Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR.
Wnshimntnm lime 9.

WASHIN GTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS THE MoNIToR.l
Washington. June 70.
The president has definitely settled
the question of his candidacy in 1892
by stating to an old personal friend
that he intended to return to India
napolis and resume the practice of
law at the expiration of his present
term. This little statement spikes
good many democratic guns, and will
compel the newspaper fraternity of
that party to invent some new motive
for everything which the president
does.
A very sensational story has been
published here alleging to give the
details of certain remarks derogatory
to the Mckinley tariff bill made by
Secretary Blaine before sub-com-
mittee of the senate. Fortunately
your correspondent is able to present
statement of what really occurred
IN that committee room. Mr.. Blaine
was before the committee for the
purpose of making an argument on
some matters pertaining to the state
department., and while there he and
Senator Allison began to good natur-
edly chaff each other about the tariff
bill. Senator Blackburn, who is the
democratic member of the sub-com-
mittee, told Mr.. Blaine that he re-
gretted that he was not a senator so
that he might have a speech on the
floor of the senate attacking the bill,
and Mr.. Blaine with a wink, replied
$50 do II The joke was fully un-
derstood by all present but that did
not prevent it's being made use of by
the democratic press as serious mat
ter labeled "Blaine's savage attack
on the Mckinley BILL" MI. Blaine
is not opposed to the Mckinley bill,
though he thinks there are several
important ways in which it might be
amended with advantage to the coun-
try; he believes that we should re-
ceive some trade concessions for al
lowing sugar to come in free, and
that some amendments should be
added providing for reciprocity with
such of the South and Central Amer
ican countries as may desire it, and
he furnishes proof that they all do.
The bill is to be taken up in the SEN
ate to-day week.
Speaker Reed and the republicans
of the House met with temporary
defeat at the hands of the democats
| on the amended silver bill providing
for free coinage which has been adj
opted by the senate, owing to the ab-
sence of a number of republican
| members of the House at an mop
perfume time. The Speaker, as is
customary, referred the bill to the
proper committee when it reached
him from the senate, and the fact
was so recorded in the journal of the
House. The next day the democrats
observing the absence of the repnb-
licans made a fight on the approval
of the journal and succeeded in de-
feating the republicans. Mr.. Nc
Kinley voted with the democrats, in
order to move a reconsideration, but
the democrats again won. Saturday
Representative Belden, the new chair
man of the republican congressional
committee, by able management had
succeeded in getting the absentees
here. and the democrats were beaten
at every point, and the bill ordered,
by vote of the House, to be refer
red to the same committee, which, by
the way, had the bill all the while
When the bill is reported back to the
House the free coinage amendment is
certain to have been struck out, and
that will bring on another contest
which will determine whether a ma
jority of the House favors free coin
age.
Senator Edmunds has offered, and
the senate has adopted a resolution
for the appointment of committee
of seven to investigate the admins
trative service of the senate and re-
port what, if anything, should be
done to increase the efficiency and
J economy of the service. The ap'
pointment of this committee is intend
ed as an answer to the often reiter'
ated charge of extravaganza against
the senate.