Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our regular Correspondent. /

WASHINGTON, ~. u, sept. Il lo5U.
Senator Edmunds has exposed the
cloven republican foot by his resolu-
ton for q Congressional recess, instead
of adjournment, from September 10,
to November 10. Having by various
methods succeeded in getting date set
for the disposal of the tariff bill-the
most unjust financial figure of the age
the republicans now propose that
Congress shall meet again after the
Congressional elections. This action of
Mr.. Edmunds was taken because Mr..
Harrison refused to assume the respon-
sibility of calling an extra session for
the sole purpose of enacting odious po-
litical laws and making unnecessary
appropriations.
First and foremost. If the republicans
are allowed to carry out their pro-
gramme, and they will not unless the
united legitimate efforts Of the demo-
Gratis shall fail to prevent it, will come
the Force bill, upon which the republi-
cans are already banking to carry the
Presidential election of '92-their lead
ers expect to loose the next House, but
are raising large fund to try and save
themselves from defeat by the aid OF
the electoral votes of four Southern
States which they calculate can be car
ried with all the election machinery in
the hands of unscruplous Federal
agents.
Next will come the Congressional
and Electoral college apportionment
under the new census, which Is to be
manipulated In the interests of the re-
publican party. If only the question
of right and precedent were considered
this apportionment would be left fol
the Fifty-second Congress to deal with
so it has been since the foundation of
our government; but the republican
party has never been in the habit of let.
ting little things like right and prece.
dent stand in its way, and it Is too late
to expect it to reform now.
Incidentally 1t Is proposed that q large
number of bills carrying large appro
priations which the shrewd leaders ot
the party temporarily side-tracked
early In the present session are to bt
railroaded through and in order to car
ry this programme out successfully 9
quorum of republican Senators have
according to Senator Frye, who ought
to be good republican authority, agreed
to adopt a gag rule for the Senate simi
lar to the one which Speaker Reed ha!
bound the House hand and feet.
| Another nice little scheme in con
nection with this recess business is
that the pretense is to be made tina
the measures in which the Farmer:
Alliance and the Labor organizations
are interested, similar to the compound
lard bill, the amendments to the eight
hour law, and to the alien contract Law
already passed by the House cannot b,
acted on unless those extra three week.
are made use of. The object in this
pretense is to try and make 1t appear
to the farmers and workingmen that
the democrats ia opposing the Ed
munds resolution are opposing the con
sideration of their interests.
Mr.. Harrison has signed the meat in
spection bill, thus giving himself great
er power in a commercial sense, than il
possessed by any European sovereign
with the possible exception OF the GA,
of Russia.
There Is rumor that the River an(
Harbor bill, which is now in conferenc'
is to go over until after the Elections
in order to keep down the total amour
of the appropriations made by the pres
ent Congress.
Wall street pressure has made Secre
tary Window Issue q call for 500, 900 ,0O
more A per cent bonds which will ma
ture in September 1891. He offers t
pay par and accrued interest to date o
maturity.
Senator Morgan has presented to tn
Senate resolution adopted bya mass
meeting of colored men at Birming
ham, Alabama, against the passage O
the Force bill. This added to the fac
that a meeting Of negroes at Philadel
phia adopted q resolution declaring tn,
| passage of the Force bill to be impoliti
shows that the negroes are not banker
ing after the projection" which tn
republicans In Congress are so anxiou
TO give them.
/ To-day is "labor day'', and it is beinl
generally observed by the labor organi
zations Of the city. They want Con
gress to make 1t national holiday.
The preliminary farce of deprivinl
another democrat of his seat Breckin
ridge, of Arkansas is going on in tn
House to-day. 1t is hoped that hi
i constituents will see to 1t that he Gomez
back to the next House with such ,
big majority that even republican
election committee will not dare t