The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-03-13
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS.
Especial Correspondence to the Sentinel

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Vice-
President Morton's sudden trip to
Florida has been fully explained to
your correspondent by prominent
Republican, who is not an admirer of
the Doodle campaign which Mr.. Nor
ton has entered upon to capture the
Republican nomination in '92. "Mor-
tons object said this gentleman, Gin
going to Florida at this time is to
hold a private consultation with Sen
ator Quay, who is also down there,
and to ascertain whether his support
can be purchased. He is prepared to
pay big price, and / am afraid that
he will succeed, for Quay has always
had weakness for money, particu
larly when in large sums, and no man
knows the value Of money in a politi-
cal campaign better than he.'
The Democratic members of the
House are fretting no little because
they lost seat in the House last week
that might just as well have been
kept. The trouble is that certain
Democratic members of the House re-
fuse to sacrifice either their pleasu, e
or their private business to occupy
their seats and attend to the duties
that they were elected to perform.
There are several of these men who
have not voted in the House three
times this entire session. In this par
ticular case, several Republicans, dis
gusted with the report of the MAORI
ty of the Elections Committee, init
mated to Democrats that while they
would not vote against the contest INT,
they would make it point to absent
themselves without pair e when the
time cs to take the fin vo e, so as
to make it certain that the De. .ocrats
col Id defeat the contestant. These
gel lemen kept their words, and yet
the contestant was seated by beg
carly majority of two votes, all be-
cause the chronic absentees of the
Democratic side were not on hand to
vote.
The House committee on Pensions
seerls to have gone daft. A majority
of that committee has practically
agreed to report bills that would, if
they became laws, require nearly
$700,000,000 to pay the pensions.
These reports are only bunkum; no
sane man has any idea that more
than one of the bills the dependent
will be passed, and that is by no
means certain, as the rapidly lessen.
ing treas Try surplus has already eau
ed the Republican leaders to notify
the cbairmen of committees to curta;l
cir appropriations if they expected
the bills to get through.
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= : 1t was supposed that in view of the
.acts and the law, and also of the fact
that the votes were not specially need
ed, that the Senate committee on
Elections could afford to be fair in
making a decision in the Montana
Senatorial contest, but by a strict
party vote it has decided to report in
favor of the Republicans. A more
outrageous and unfair decision was
never made by any committee.
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The House will probably take up
the bills admitting Wyoming and
Idaho this week. The Democrats will
antagonize the bills with an omnibus
bill prepared by Mr.. Springer, pro-
viding for the admission of Wyoming,
Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona.
1t is impossible to get Republican
member of the House Ways and
Means committee to say word about
the new tariff bill, and when it will be
reported, if it ever is, nobody seems
willing to even guess.
Out of the four contested electio
cases decided by the House, only one
Democrat has been allowed to retain
his seat.