Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-11-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The cause OF the Def at The + deral
Election Bill TO Pass -An Ex-
ira Session.


From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov 10. 90
The President Is hard at work on his
annual message TO Congress Just as he
would have been h d there been no DO
Ideal cyclone. He listen patiently 10 all
the explanations de by the returning
republicans Of the causes, aud is satis-
ded that the result was brought about
principally by stay at Rome republicans
and that they remained at home on &C
count At democratic misrepre sentation
concerning the new tariff law aud the
Fedora. election biz, and that the mum
Der of republicans that voted for dem
ocrats Is small In any one locality.
though il mounts up In the aggregate.
A notable thing about the situation
is. that not single prominent republi
can who has been 10 Washington since
the election feels alarmed about the
result In 1891; without exception they
are of the opinion that the dissatisfsc
ton in the republican ranks which en-
abled the democrats TO elect such a
large number of Representative In the
Northern Ststes,tgill all have disappear
ed before the opening Of the National
Campaign. Tbs is certainty encouF z
ing.
~ hat abou. the election bin is q
question that has been asked very often
since the eie6ti0D / do not pretend to
speak bv sp hority. bn- judging from
what Is said by republican RsITssenta
tives aud senators now here, think #
will be pushed through the senate at
once however. nothing will be done
until a caucus OF republicans Senators
has been held and a rhers are several
prominent Senators who have from the
start thought |. IN wls0 To pass this bill.
! IL may be decided to let Il drop. The
| President In all probability. IN Ike some
recommendation reg riding this bill In
| his message, he has 0sen generally sup
posed to be in favor OF it, but there are
some rumors during the last day or two
| that he now would be un ise to at
i tempt 20 pass It through the Senate at
1 the short session, not because he does
l not think there is necessity for such q
law. bur because be fears democratic
/ filIbusieiibg against Il would take W
/ so much time that lt would be mpossi
/ BILE TO pass the Congressional epp triton
l ment bill, which Will also be bitterly
4 opposed By the DEMOCRATS. In both
1 HOUSE and Senate. and the thi teen
| regular annual appropriation bills, al
/ the short session, 1t q perfectly natu
1 raj that the Presidents should b. nFerse
| 10 calling 10 extra session 81 The newly
elected Fifty Ffpond crnRrRss Ia the
Sprsna and The failure Of even one 81
tle X xnleF sppseDFia ion b. Is 20 pass
et The coming session VII sssVs uifp lr-
| choice 10 fhe laatter-z---.lle passage o.
/ first Of next .Jnly IS necessary 10 keep
l the wheels 1T 9overnNent rnnnlng
/: Some to the shveWess politiesl oh
/ servers here think nothing shot
OF miracle can prevent the hold
ing Of an fxtra Session IL The
| SprIng and the TACT that the Dem-
| ocf ats have already opened the cam
( paign for the Speakerkhl Of the House
/ in the Fifty-serond Congress, ehows
that they believe so ex ia session Ia be
one OF the cerlsIniles OF course the
Republicans will do their level best TO
pass al necessary legislation &C the
coming short session, In order TO pre-
MT the holding Of an extra Session.
The closing session OF the Fifty first
! Congress certainly bids fair TO be one
| of the most Interesting and exciting
short sessions ever held.
Speaking of the campaign for the
| Speskership 0f the next House. 1t is
already la full blast here, and owing to
the large and nnwieldy majority that
the Democrats will have, il promises
to BE- unusually hot and exciting. For
| the iirst time In thirty years the north
| ern Democrats will Il al themselves
able to control the Il su>e, il necessary.
without the aid OF single vote from u 9
| Southern States, and that they will al
| tempt 10 elect a Northe rn Democrat
| Speaker is well nigh certain. The
Sou. bern Democrats have so long re
| garded the Speakership of the House
| a. al IL IL.
| Democrats oOnLrolled the 16cse, that
they are not at all disposed To give is
up, and will not without making a
most bitter fight. Already they are
arguing that among the Democratic
Representatives elected from the North
| ern States there is no man who possess
| es the parliamentary knowledge, and
| legislative experience necessary to
| mske successful Speaker OF the
House and up 10 this time the argument
has been an unanswerable one. Meth
OF Bynum OF Indiana nor Springer of Hi
nois, both OF whom are candidates can
hope TO secure the solid Euppc-J OF the
members from the northern States. and
withou it they cannot win. Mills, OF
Texas, Crisp and Blount of Georgia
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Hach Of
Missouri, and Wilson oil West Virginia
are already In the field as southern car
didates
The town has been shocked by q
rumor. which started In New York
that Postmaster General Wanamakel
was FINANCIALLY embarrassed. Nobod,
here believes word of it, and Mr.
WaDam ker's friends say that JAY
Gould started the rumor in order to il
jure Mr.. Wanamsker's credit. because
against Gould's wishes Mr.. w Anamal
er persists in pushing his idea of Tia,
Postal telegraph system. which Gould
thinks won d be injurious TO the Yves
evn Union Telegraph company, which
he controls