The Red Cloud chief., 1890-11-28
The SHORT SESSION.
Appeoaching Meeting Of Congress
For Final Businooa
Al lPfoRII0BIEJT BILL CERTAIN.


Voe WSsb&nx NJ O0u0lU S00S On -
given - 70 what will engage the time
Of Tho coming session Of Congress which
will begin next Monday. beyond CO..
aiderstjoa OF the several regular sppeo-
peiatoa bill2 Tho indications warrant
the assertion that the pension sppeo.
priation bill will b the most earnestly
debated measure. owing to the enoe.
moas proportions IL 10 reaching. There
are apparently many Democrats In the
House Of Representatives who desire
IN extra session Of tho Fifty-seoonA
Congress and believe that 1t 10 their
policy 70 work to that end Leading
Republicans stand ready 10 encourage
such . move on the part Of their oppo-
nentA believing that its effect will re-
suit in great benefit to toe Republican
party 1t the next election. Specu,a-
ton, Of course, runs very high on either
sidc Of the question and almost any
opinion sought may be- obtained with
plenty OF statesmen ready 10 father It
The silver men are determined. II pos
sible. TO force through . free coinage
bill They are strongly impressed with
their ability to accomplish the work In
the Senate. where they will have the
assistance OF the new Senators from
Idaho Montana and Wyoming. There
will not be sufficient strength. however.
to carry such . bill over . Presidential
veto. which IL almost certain to follow
its passage; although some Of the strong.
est adherents Of free coinage express
the belief that the President will not
antagonize such . measure after giving
1t mature consideration. The recent
Democratic successes, it is claimed. will
figure greatly to their advantage.
Representative Lodge, VI Massschu-
sets, Is OF the opinion that the House
will certainly pass an spportionmsnt
bill and that the Senate will complete
the work Of the majority by passing the
elections bill. lie also ventures the
opinion that III the Democrats get an
extra session next spring it wall be the
beginning OF the ent for them" He
thinks Mr.. Mills will win in the SPEAK
crship contest Many other Repub-
licans entertain this opinion.
The announcement that q strong lobby
is on the way 10 Washington with =
view to securing the enactment OF legis.
lat on which will lead to the disfran-
chisement OF the Mormons. has created
quite . cOmmOtion in political circles
There are two bills now pending in the
respective houses which propose 4 take
the privileges Of the franchise from any
person aiding. abett ng or cOuntenanc-
ing polygamy. OF who may be attached
to any institution that does. Friends
Of the Mormons hold that to pass either
Of these measures would be very unjust
acknowledged allegiance to tho laws OF
the United States. 1t does not appear.
however. that there will lie any time
for the consideration OF such bills dur
ing this session.
Senator Vance, who has had SO much
trouble because OF his opposition 10 the
su%b-treasury bill. Is quoted as having
said that he will gladly cooperate with
any friend Of the measure in Congress
to put the idea Of the bill into q shape
c~onformab!e to the Constitution. IL 10
believed that his statement WILL faciti l.
tate the closing Of the chssm between
Mr.. Vance and the North Carolina Sen.
atorship
Representative Yoder, OF Ohio. tells
q new story regarding Mckinley's de-
feat Holmes County contains q large
number OF people with quaint old
fashioned ways who are known as the
Amish sect One popularity of these
people is that they entirely discard the
use of buttons. using hooks and eyes in
stead. "The Democrats" says Mr..
Yoder. did not use the advance
in price in peaf4 buttons as an
among these people. but
they went to the stores in the country
and purchased all the hooks and eyes
Then they sent peddlers through the
towns and farms. instructing them
to sell hooks and eyes at a price which
was about 800 or 400 per cen higher
than before. The Amish people did not
object I the advance on tin cups and
other nccessaries OF life, but when it
came to paying more for holding their
together they voted tho Demo
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