The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-05-14

Published Every Wednesday.
PAW PAW, MICH, MAY IA. 1890.
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May o, 1890


Representative Mckinley opened the
tariff debate i'm the House with good,
strong, sensible speech in favor of the
Mckinley tariff bill and also stating in
"A nutshell the position of the Republi-
can party on the question. He said IF
any one thing was settled by the polit-
ical contest of 1888 it was that the pro-
tective policy as promulgated by the
Republican party i'm its platform rs
maintained by the Republican party
through long series of years, should
be secured in any legislation which Is
10 be had by Congress chosen in this
great contest and upon this mastering
issue. The people have spoken,
and they asked this Congress To register
their will and embody their verdict IN
to public law. If this bill shall
become law the revenues of the gov
eminent will be diminished from fifty
10 sixty millions of dollars per annum."
1t is expected that the general debate
on the bill will be closed Saturday night,
then will follow eight days of five minute
debate, the final vote being taken on
the Goth inst. This bears out your cor
respondents prediction that the bill
would be passed by the House before
June 1.
A Republican caucus of the House has
decided upon adjournment not later
than July /. OF course To make this
decision operative it must be approved
by the Senate, and as the Senators have
not the same reason for wishing to get
away from Washington early this year
as the Representatives they may not be
willing to hurry themselves any, and it
may be somewhat later than the date
set before adjournment actually takes
place.
1t has been practically decided by the
Republicans of the House that the river
and harbor bill, carrying an appropria-
ton of something like So, 200, 900, shall
lot pass at the present session. A
number of other measures involving
more or less heavy appropriations will
also be quietly shelped, and il will not be
Surprising il the Democratic campaign
of "extravagant appropriations" shall
be turned against That party in the
coming Congressional campaign by the
fact of the total amount of money APP
propriated by the first session OF the
fifty-frst Congress being less than that
appropriated by the first session of the
Fiftieth Congress, when the Democrats
had majority in the House.
The bill authorizing the Secretary OF
War to deliver to the State of Colorado
all flags carried by Colorado regiments
in the late civil war has become "A law,
The Senate took up the Jones silver
bill this week, but owing TO the absence
of Senator Jones, its author, it will not
be disposed of until next week, if then.
The sudden death of Senator Beck on
Saturday last, and his funeral in the
Senate chamber on Tuesday made IA
big hole in the Congressional work,
little or no business being done on
Monday and Tuesday.
The members of the Senate committee
on Pensions do not take kindly To the
Morrill, service pension bill which the
House passed as a substitute for
the dependent pension bill passed
by the Senate. and ii is probable that
report recommending noncur-
renee will be made To the Senate.
That if adopted by the Senate, would
throw the matter into the hands of
conference committee of the House and
Senate and would probably result in
compromise bill, containing something
of each of the present bills.
Attorney General Miller has been
confined To his house Tor nearly week
by sickness, but he is getting better
and expects to be in his office Monday
Secretary Tracy has sold the residence
in which the disastrous fire occurred
that deprived him of wife and daugh-
ter.
The meeting of the Republican
National Committee which was called
for the 18th in this city. has been post
poned until Monday the u, to oblige
several members who found it incon-
lent to come earlier.
Mr.. John l. Davenport, United States
Supervisor of elections in New York
was before the Republican caucus com
mittee which is considering the questio n
of Federal election law, this week
Mr.. Davenport favOrs the main features
of the Rowell bill The committee has
not yet reached any conclusion: rs soon
as it does another caucus will be held
and the question deiir itely settled.
Southern Democrats are very much
interested IN the probable successor To
the late Senator Beck. 1t is suppo ed
here that he will be elected Dy the
Kentucky Legislature, which is now in
session, next week. Representatives
Carlisle and McCreary are both consid.
cred as candidates.
Assistant Post Master General Clark.
son has gone to Iowa to attend the fun
eral of his father.
Senator Quay's visits to the President
which are quite frequent these days,
are disturbing the Democrats very
much.
Senator Edmunds who has been alinl
all winter, is now reported to be very IL
at his residence in this city.