The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.


tran ON Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, Aug. l0,-Repub
liran audacity can scarcely 90 !
farther than it did on Saturday
when one Of the loor-keepers of |
the House, claiming u be acting
under Instructions from the |
Speaker, attempted TO use force
to prevent Representative Enloe
leaving the House for few
minutes. Mr. Enloe, as any
other American citizen would
lave dpnc, insisted upon his
right 70 goand come II he pleased. |
Later, Mr.. Enloe brought the mat
ter before the House as i question
of personal privilege, and very
naturally wanted to know If tia
Speaker had issued such instrue-
tons, and # 50 by what authority.
The Speaker denied having
issued such insiluctlons nut at
the same time stated it is his
opinion that the door-keeper had
done right Sain. Joseph Cannon,
who Il second only to Mr.. Reed
IN aujaeity, defended the action
of the insotcnt door keeper. MIR.
Eploe protested thai il olIiccls Of
the House were to be given the
authority to keep members i'll the
House against tlieir Wills, they
would some day keep them out Of
the House by the same authority.
pbe matter was fiually referred TO
the committee on the judiciary,
and majority Of that committee
! being republicans but little is e.
b. eXpectcdln the shape of Justice.
Truly one might ask, under
what form Of Government do wa
hive? Oliver Cromwell found il
! necessary to use regiment Of
soldiers TO dlspefse the English
Parliament; but the myrmidoas
! Of Speaker Reed, without the
strength Of an armed body, at
tempt to control the actions Of
democratic members Of the House
by sheer audacity. What a spe3-
taele tor free country
II IS now apparent that the in
famous Federal Election bill Is to
be rairoaded through the Senate
by force Of the party whip Justify
welded bv that, ,sanctimonous, but
INSCRIPTIONS son Of New Eng
land. Senator George Il. Hoqr. 1t
has been reported to the Senate
! ard put on the calendar, and ia
/ order to facilitate It's passage the
!. resolution providing for the adop-
ton Of Il gag rule, TO cut off de-
bate, has been introduced and re.
felred to the committee on Rules.
The talk about the bill having
( been modified by the committee is
, bosh; il has been slmpllfed to a
i certain extent, but 1t remains one
n of the most obnoxious measures
; ever attempted to be forced upon
1 a deienseless people. History will
r rightly characterize it as an at
!. tempt to Polanderlze the South.
n Senator Vance stirred up the
4 republican senatorial MenagerIC
! on Saturday by showing how un.
Just the tariff bill as 1t now stand;
i Is to the agricultural interests Of
! the country. Mr. Vance made al
i unsuccessful attempt to have GER
! tain clauses amended and the re
l. publicans, as if to make the bll
/. still more unjust to the South
q adopted an amendment raising
| the duty oil cotton ties.
: Mr.. BIaine's reciprocity idea j
k ahead, and the indications are tina
i it will certainly be adopted by tn
n Senate, but in the House, wher
,e Speaker Reed who is bitterly op
i posed to It, Is sole Monarch it ma,
r possibly be defeated. Messrs Reed
! Mckinley and Others Of th
( Chinese wall high protection wini
,e of the republican party are trylnJ
n to convince Mr.. Harrison that
! will be ruinous to him and bl
n party for him to send a message t
Dt Congress fayorlng reciprocity, q
ID he has promised to do.
. The republicans of the House
at particularly Mr.. Reed and b
m coterie, have perslstently antagor
r lzed the worklngmen of the CO.
TX, during this entire sessg