The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-04
From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON
wAsarNoroN, Mar. a, isoe

WARRINGTON, Mar. AZ, i5oe
Ex- Speaker Carllsle thinks the Lodge
Federal election bin one Of the most
measures ever before
congress, aud considers that Il would be
impossible TO hold legal
election under Its complicated provisions.
In speaking Of the bin Mr. Carlisle said. |
sSuppoae We do little figuring on It 10
start with. II this bin was n law there
would te at each Of the $4,000 election
precincts Of the country, al every con
grcasional and presidential election, ! fed.
eral understanding total Of 6so,ooo men,
and costing ten or fifteen millions Of dol
Jars every two years. This estimate Il
based upon the present number OF voting
preelneta but the complications oI this bill
would make the process Of voting such
slow one that TIE number OF preciucts
would have to be largely increased. per-
hsps doubled. In order to give the voters
an opportunity to deposit their hallo,s."
The bill has not been much better received
by the republicans than by the democrats
The Blair educational bill Ii dead. But
the Senator has come up Smiling with an
other bill, this time the appropriation Is
only $ss,ooo,ooo.
The republicans Of the House don't vote
as they talk In contested election caAes
The democrats were led to believe that
seyen or eight republicans would vote
with them In the ease OF Mudd vs. co'np,.
on, but when the vote was taken Mudd got
the solid republican vote aud the seal
There are four contested election cases
in which all the arguments have been
heard, and Il l. expected that the repubil-
cans Of the committee on elections vii
try to railroad them through this week.
The announcement by the republicans
Of the House Ways and Means committee
several days ago that the tariff bin was
complete has brought great deal OF
trouble upoa then In the shape OF objce.
tions from influential members Of their
party TO certain clauses Of the bill. The
result IL that the bin has not been reported
70 the House and Il may not be this week
and Il would no, be surprising II the pres
sure should prove great enough 10 compel
radical changes IN the bill before II Is re .
ported II Ii probable that the democrats
viii prepare substitute, based on the
Mills bin, but gislag all raw material.
used in manufacturing a place on the free
list
So general has been the complaint
against the paper used in the postal card'
that the post-ofiice department was com.
pelIsd to get after the contractor, and that
Individual has promised to use a better
quality Of paper hereafter.
The House has passed the annual pen
sion appropriation bill. II was for SOS. goo
ooo,and every man VINO voted Tor Il knows
that Il Is not enough, and there Is bound
70 be big deficiency $: ::he end Of the nexi
fiscal year, but that does no, stop the dem
agogues from getting up and bowling 70,
additional pension legislation. One oi
them In speech advocating a service pen
sion said, as cooliy as u he was speaking
OF buying an apple, that the total coat oi
such bill would not exceed $6ss.ooo. 600.
/ When Mr carllslc's statement was pub
llshed recently that the appropriations
whie., the republicans OF this congress in
t:ndad making would cause deficiency Il
the treasury At the etd OF the next fiscal
year, Mr. Cannon chairman OF the Hsuse
committee on appropriations. stated that
Il was a mlsrepresentaslo made far polit.
Icai effect. Nov, as good republican as
Senator tIaw.ey states on the floor Of the
senate that the appropriations to be made
for the next fiscal year will aggregate
Ssa3.ooo,ooo against M estimated revenue
Of s4so.ooo.ooo. making deficls Of S7s,.
100000. Certainly SIR Hawley was no
talking for political effect.
Senator Yes, made good point wher
Senator Sherman's antitrust bill was un-
decentralization by stating that the easles
way 10 abolleh trusts was q, abolish tn
protective tariff which made .hem possi-
bic.
I The bill placing John Fremont on tn
retired list OF the army with the rank Q
Major General has passed the House.