Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-27

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Puzzled Over the
Original Package Mattcr-Great Interest
Displayed in the Silver Bill Ioebatc-A
General Notes,
ESPECIAL cORnESFoSpENCB.1
congressman are occupied jjust at pres
ent with the consideration of the question
Of renomination. There is a very active
convention campaign gong on in all the
states, and when the nominations are
finally made there will open q congress
SIGNAL campaign which will probably be the
hottest for many years. The congressional
committee, sad to relate, has started. out
with an internal fight, which is still un-
settled, and Which has turned a good poll
tician off the committee, besides provoking
considerable bad blood.s MIR. Odds, of
Michigan, who was made secretary of the
committee, has resigned the office, the re-
suit of a racket with Mr.. Belden, the chair
man. His successor as yet has not been
named.
The fall campaign will be a struggle.for
the condemnation or the Endorsement of
the Mckinley tariff bill, and the fight will
be as stubborn as it Is possible to make a
fight. While the republicans asAa whole
are satisfied with the outlook, there
is a very general confidence on the part
of the democrats that the next house
is going to have a democratic majority.
The democrats IN the south are much an
noyed by the Farmers Alliance, but this is
apersonal matter, largely, for if alliance
men are elected it is q toregone conclu-
sion that they will be democrats in the or
ganization of the house.
Iowa congressman generally admit that
there will not be much change in the Iowa
delegation. One member said: low. has
the best lot of representatives. of any state
IN the union, and the peopNe out there
know it. We pull together, aud while we
look out for our constituents we are with
the party. The house is making a won
derful record for following the pledges,of
the party platform. l do not believe any
party ever before lived up to it's platform
pledges the way the republicans of the
house have this session. We were pledged
to pass q protective tariff bill. We have
done it. We were pledged to pass q silver
bill, and we have passed it. We were
pledged to pass a federal election bill. We
have adopted a plan in caucus and o bill
will be passed to meet the requirements of
the case"
tx Copgressman Jerry Murphy, of Iowa,
while here, gave out a few tips on
the politics of that state. He
said: THE democrats of Iowa are
strengthening their hold. I am confident
that this fall they will carry the First,
Second. Third Fifth and Ninth congress
sional districts. 1t will be the tariff fight
which will do it. The people of the west
are gradually waking up to the fact that
indirect taxation is pretty direct taxation
after al, and very heavy On their pockets.
l think it will be found that Senator ALI
son is occupying a strong position in favor
Of lower tariff"
Funny if the democrats don't carry the
Second district, Jerry.
1t is intimated thai Representative Kerr,
of the Fifth district, will decline a renom-
ination if it is rendered him. He is max
ing no effort, and it is said he has made up
his mind to settle down to private bust
ness.
h "Orlginal Package" Puzzle.
The senate original package bill was
again under consideration before the house
judiciary committe yesterday. So far the
proceedings have been confined to a criti-
cal analysis of existing laws, supreme
court decisions and constitutional pro-
visions, and the indications are that several
sessions of the committee will be thus
taken up. 1t begins to appear that a num-
Der of the members of the committee-per-
haps a majority-are not satisfied that the
last decision of the supreme court was q
correct Interpretation of constitutional law:
bnt as there is a feeling that the commit.
tee is dealing with n of the most delicate
problems involving the respective rights of
the national and state governments ever
considered by it, a very conservative spirit
is manifested at all stages of the discus
sion. The only evidence of the ultimate
purpose of the committee is to be foundin
the willingness of many of the members to
%tutional limitations control over the liquor
traffic, if this can be done by an addition to
or amendment of the existing law.
The Silver Debate.
The final vote on the silver bill in the
senate will probably be taken to-
day or tomorrow. There was a
great deal of interest displayed in the
proceedings yesterday. The attendance of
senators was much larger than usual and
the galleries We're we'll filed. AS the fight
reaches the close both sides are getting ex-
cited. Most of the democrats are ready to
join with the silver republicans who are
contendlng against a minority of their own
party and the administration. Mr.. VOL
colt, of Colorado, made a long speech yes
terday, which created q sensation. After
stating the silver side of the argument he
made a bold attack upon the admlnistra-
ton. A list of republican senators favor
able to free coinage, as given out by one
of them. includes Messrs. Wolcott, Teller,
Jones, Stewart, Plumb, Ingalls,, Mitchell,
Power, Sanders and Cameron.
The Federal Election Bill.
The republican caucus OF members of
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