Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written aud compiled for the HERAL

Written aud compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. lo.-The
President is hard at work on his annual
message to Congress, Just ~ he would
lave been had there been no political
cyclone. He l'steps patiently 10 ell the
explanations made by the returning Re
pubiicaus OF the causes, and is satisfied
that the result was brought about prince
pally by stay-at-hame Republicans, ald
that they remained at home on account
of Democratic misrepresentation con-
corning the new tariff law and the FEEDER
al election bill, and that the number OF
Republicans that voted for Democrats ID
small in any locality, though it mounts
up in the aggregate.
A notable thing about the situation is,
that not single prominent Republican
who has been to Washington since the
election feels any alarm about the result
in 1882 without exception they are oi
the opinion that the dissatisfaction In the
Republican ranks which enabled the Dem
ocrats to elect such large number OF
Representatives in the Northern States,
will have disappeared before the opening
of the National campaign. This 10 GER
tainly encouraging.
"What about the election bill " 10 q
question that has been asked very often
since the election. do not pretend to
speak by authority, but judging from
what is said by Republican Represen'
tatives aud Senators nov here, think IL
will be pushed through the Senate al
once. However, nothing will he done
until a caucus OF Republican Senators hai
been held, and as there are several promi-
nent Senators who have from the start
thought it uowise to pass this bill, it may
be decided to let it drop. The President
will, in all probability, make some recon-
mendat!Ou regarding this bill in hi,
message, he has been generally supposed
to be IN favor Of 1t, but there are rumors
during the last day or two that he nov
thinks 1t would be unwise to attempt to
pass it through the Senate at the short
session not because he does not think
there is o necessity for such law, but
because he fears Democratic tilibusteFlng
against it would take up so much time
that it would DO impossible to pass the
Congressional appOrtionment bill, which
will also be bitterly opposed By The Dem.
ocrats, ia both House and Senate, and
the thirteen regular annual appropriation
bIl lis, at the short session. 1t 10 sperfectly
Datural that tie President should be
averse to calling an extra session OF the
newly-elecred Ffty-secUnd Congress iu
the Spring. and the failure Of even one OF
tue regular appropriation bills to pass al
tue coming session will leave him bo
CHOICE in tue matter-the passage OF all
tue appropriation bills before the fret Of
next July Is necessary to keep the wheels
OF Government running.
Some of the shrewdest political observ.
ers here think that nothing short of q
miracle can prevent the holding of ~ ex
ira session in the Spring, and the fact
that the Democrats have already opened
the campaign for the Speakersbip of the
House in the Fifty-second Congress, shows
that they believe sn extra session to be
one of the cortainties. OF courAe the Re.
pUblicans will do their level beat to pass
all necessary legislation OF the coming
short session. The closing session OF the
Fifty.6rst Congress certainly bids fair to
be one Of the most interesting and exeit-
ing short session ever held,
Speaking of the campaign for the
Cpo4kCldutD vi LILO nC4b hoHau " - hi~
ready in full blast here, and owing to the
large ard unwieldy majority that the
Democrats will have. 1t promises TO be
unusually hot and exciting. For the first
time in thirty years the northern Demo-
Gratis will find themselves able to control
the House, If necessary, without the aid
of single vote from the Southern States,
and that they will attempt to elect a
northern Democrat Speaker 10 we'll nigh
certain. The Southern Democrats have
30 loOg regarded the Speakership OF the
House as tboit special perQu,site, when
the Democrats controlled the House, that
they are not all disposed TO give II Up,
aud Will not without maklng . most bit
ter fight. Already they are arguing that
among ,he Democratic Representatives
elected from the Northern States there Il
40 man who possesses the parliamentary
knowledge aud legislative experience
Necessary to make successful SDeake
of tho House, and up to this time the
argument has been an unansw cradle one.
Neither Byoam OF Indiana, nor Springer
Of IllIools, 10th Of whom are candidates
can hope to secure the solid support Of
tue members from tue northern States,
and without II they cannot win. Mills,
of Texas, Crisp aud Blount of Georgia,
OF Kentucky, Hatch OF
Missouri. aud Wilson of West Virginia,
are already in the Aeld as Southern can
didateS.
The town has been shocked by . rumor,
which started in New York, that Post
master General Wanamaker vas fnan.
cially embarrassed. Nobody here believes
a word of it, aad Mr.. Wanamakers
friends say that Jay Gould started the
ramon in order to injure Mr.. Wauansker's
credit, because against GOulJ's wishes,
Mr.. Wsusmaker persists "a pushiog his
idea OF a Postal telegraph system, vi ich
Gould thinks would be luxurious TO the
Western Union telegraph company, which
ha oonfrots