Iuka reporter., 1890-07-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Igrom our regular correspondent /

Representative Todge is Il mcno-
maniac on the suhiect Of Federal
election law. de wants nc says, .'iE
necessary, a file OF iedaral soldiers
at every polling place IN his dis.
trict." He has made the Federal
election idea the sole object Of his
thoughts throughout this session, and
attempt to crowd out any other I'M
portant business IN its favor. He
has made the first member to ar
rive IN Washington, and promptly
attached his fortune to that of Nlr.
Reed, while he was a candidate for
the speakershIp Of the House. He
came here before any other of the
Massachusetts oegelation, aud when
they arrived. they learned, As they
did Two Years before, that Mr.. Lodge
had his committee places picked out
in advance of any OF them.
There is II great pressure at pres
ent in rcpubll an circles, to have the
Lodge btl pass, of cour the
actual reason !, that millions have
been gwen away through subsidies
and tariff, pnbllc buildings and IN
many other cxtravagant ways and
il is admitted BY those in authority
tha, the Z. $. Treasury is nearly
hankrupted. TO avoid a deficit the
republican majority proposes that
the government shall commit ii col
i.cssyi breach of trust. tpo e-brief:-
Oa the lith OF August next the
silver colnage act becomes operative.
Upon that day the amount held by
the l.. ;. Treasurer tor the redemp-
ton OF the circulating notes IN the
hands Of the public, of discontinued
national banks, according 10 The
terms ct he act, are u DC turaed
into the general fund. The amount
! Will pruhably. according to the best
estimates, amount to about $50, ,000,-
900 THIS is done Under the pre-
tense Ut increasing the circulation;
while the real reason is to avoid Il
-aeticit in the Treasury, when all
these wastetul appropriations come
TO be paid.
The statesmen here are, also, in
tensely excited as to the outcome Of
The census, and the new apportlnn-
mont. They realize that the North
erR States will scarcely hold their
own IN population, and that the
growth. oi the country ut large may
even detract from them something
Of thelr present Representations.
There Is also u good reason To be-
llevc that the new industries, mint 5.
and activity .ot the Sonth, developed
during the last ten years. have
hrolght more people there than once
were. Hence the great anxiety on
the part o: The republicans 10 pass
the Lodge Bill. .i3ut that cannot he
reached without violating and chang
ing the iailes Chat have governed the
Senate for hundred years.
Pressure is being broughU on the
i've or six republican senators who
are most determined in their oppoe
pitinn 10 tie measure; and means
wfile the features OF the bill are be.
ing corsidereg by the Senate Com
Nnnitte on Privileges and Elections.
The Senate will dispose ot the APP
appropriation bills, and then the tariff
bill before The election bill ls reached;
|gnnd il will be left pending al a.
it,rnmenl. unless those more con
4seryative statesmen can be infiuunc-
& ed ia lis favor.
Il Representative Yoder, of OHIO,
who is u member OF the Democratic
A committee, says that
<the demacrats will gain several
\ sa'epresentative at the comlng cleo
<{iun, us the result Of the gerryinand-
H ~ ol tie State. MIR. Mckinley has
been thrown into a.distriet that will
huvosa majority Of 1000 against him.
<. His friends will make a desperate
ffurt to secure his election; but MIR.
oder says that nothing short OF i
.miIlion dollars will accomplish that
result.
The other gains, which the com
( inilfee nre stru of making are three
i in Missouri, one 10 Kentucky twe
Maryland, one earh IN Louisans
3ennsylvanla, and Others pos
Nova and Mnssachusolts
shorl, to gire the demo
working u jerisy NTH