Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-03
WASHINGTON CITY.
SOME FoRcaeLE REASONS WHY THE
FORCE BILL WILL NOT PASS.
Tho Rced-McKfnIey Conspiracy Against
Blsine-No Gag-Law Without Big
PIzht--The Agreement.
From Our Regular Correspondent,

Pi2ht-The Agreement.
From Our Regular Corrsspondsnkl
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Hsrs are some
of the chief reasons for claiming that the
force bill will not be passed by the Senate
this session:
A strong delegation Of manufacturers
have been here within the past ten days
protesting that before any political scheme
is attempted it is the duty Of the Senate
to pass the tariff bill, as the business Of
the country is unsettled by this long delay
and suspense. -"
The reports coming in are TO the effect
that the force bill is not as popular even in
the North as the Republican leaders had
supposed.
It's conceded that ten or a dozen Of the
Republican senators will not consent to q
limitation upon debate, and without gag
rule il will be impossible to pass the force
bill, even though it had the undivided sup
port Of the party.
PowDFRLY's ATTACK.
The terrible attack upon the bill by Mas.
ter Workman Powderly, of the Knights OF
Labor. will make it so unpopular in the
North and West among laboring men that
it is dangerous to buck against this big or
ganiZation.
The middle into which Secretary Blaine
has gotten his party over the reciprocity
question has heaped up fresh trouble and
will delay for several weeks the passage OF
the tariff bill.
The conspiracy to force Secretary Blaine
outbf the Cabinet by Reed, Mckinley q
Co. has made Blaine an enemy to all their
schemes. and the "old Blaine-fever.
many Republican congressman admit, has
broken out all over the country.
The political uncertainty growing out OF
the labor, temperance, and farmer move
ments render il a necessity that Republi.
can Senators and Representatives shall &c
to the States by the middle of September
TO enter into the canvass, or they will be
whipped all along tho line.
NOT PASS THIS Session.
Other reasons could be given, but these
would seem to be enough, and in spite OF
the fact that bitter Radicals like Spooner
Hoar, and Sherman will not give up as
long as there is chance. it is becoming
more and more apparent every day
that the Senate will not pass the
force bill this session. OF course il
tho Republican caucus were to meet
and adopt an ironclad rule to gag the
minority, order the previous question
within a week or ten days, have Ingalls, in
the char to play the role of despot IN imi-
tation of Boss Reed in the House, why,
then. there would be reason 10 abandon
hope and conclude that the Infamous bill
was going through on railroad time; but
II must be remembered that this plan will
not be adopted, and even should there be
general desire on the part of the Sen
ate Republicans TO modify the rules
it would be next to an impossi-
bility to change the existing Jules
without long and tedious fight. The
government of the House under Boss Reed
is SO low and disgusting that the people
are looking to the Senate as the one delib.
erative body left. and it will be strange II
the august senators allow that dignifieo
body to be turned into beer garden fol
the sake of passing so~called force bill
that many Republican admit is wholly an
experiment, and of doubtful propriety. sc
far as bringing any real advantage to the
Republican party.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
If Congress will utilize the time syste.
matically the tariff bill. the river and har-
Dor bill, and all the appropriation bill,
can be gotten out of the way by the end OF
the first week in September, or certainly
by the middle of that month, and then al
adjournment can be reached. The Demo
Gratis are willing 10 enter into an agree
ment on this line, and, has been for two
DAYS the information of the Dispdfct cor
respondent that quiet understanding &c
this effect has been reached. though fol
the present the policy on both side:
seems to be kept very still about the mat
ter for obvious reasons. OF course such
an agreement would not really be binding
upon the Republicans unless it should have
the caucus sanction. 1t may be that nc
further caucus Will be held. Things are
going to drag along under tho dicker that
has been made, and in two weeks or so the
chances are that there will be no uncer.
tainty whatever surrounding the sItua
ton. The information now at hand war
rants the belief that the backbone OF
the force bill IS already broken, and that
it will not be passed this seselon
and should it be taken up at all in the Sen.
ate it would simply be for the purpose OF
giving certain Radicals o chance to shake
the bloody shirt. Little. Radical Spoonei
is having terrible time i'll Wisconsin, and
is in danger of defeat for reelection. Sois
old man Hoar in Massachusetts, and these
two pepper-pot politicians are bound to
give the old shirt few shakes.
SlAhA tOh iliHmONDs
DR.. Fisher, secretary of the Democratic
State Central Committee of Virginia, will
not start for Richmond until Monday &c
open headquarters for the campaign. He
was asked to-day if he had yet secured
quarters, or knew just where the quarters
would be located. He said that he had
made no definite arrangements, and did
not care to say anything further on the sub
iect until after his arrival in Richmond.
Judge" Riley, of Accomac, who was
last week nominated TO be United States
Consul at Puerto Csbelo, Venezuela, il
much troubled respecting. his confirma-
ton. His case is hung up in the Commit.
tee on Commerce and the Judge" cant
get the senators to act. People are telling
him all sorts of yarns aud he begins tc
think there is q design to - do him up"
Hon. William l.. Wilson, of West Vir
g1nia, who went to Amherst Courthouse tc
speak at the Tenth-district convention
yesterday, returned TO Washington to-day