Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-07-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., July r.
Senator Morrill,, chairman of the
committee on Finance, today cal
led up the Mckinley tariff bill, as
amended by his committee, IN the
Senate and made speech opening
the debate, the end of which no
man Is rash enough to attempt to
set a date for. There was DISPOSE.
ton on the part of Senators favor.
able to the River and Harbor bill to
have that measure disposed of be-
fore the tariff bill was taken up,
but OwlEg to the fact that there is
a doubt in the minds OF many
Senators as to whether the Presid.
ent will sign the River and Harbo1
bill, if 1t is passed by the Senate
and the Senate amendments agreed
to by the House, but little was
done towards antsgonizing the
tariff bill with it.
Democratic Senators are openly
threatening to talk out the rest Of
the Fiity.frst Congress on h {
tariff hill, unless the Republicans
will promise not to take up the
Federal election bill in the Senate
at this session. This can be done
under the present Rules of h c
Senate, if the Democrats have the
nerve 10 carry out their threats. o.
course the Senate can, If so dlspos
ed, change its Rules so as to upset
this little Democratic scheme
but from conversations with 4
number of the leading Republican
Senators | think the sentiment
is at this time against M. king
the radical changes in the Rule.
which would be necessary to do it.
Many Republican Senators are un.
der the impression that there is no
general demand by the part y
throughout the country for the
enactment at a Federal election
law, so that it may be said that the
fate of that measure is in the hands
of the Republican voters OF the
country If they wish it passed let
them make that fact known to
their Senators, and it will be done
That's the whole situation IN a
nutshell.
L. S. Treasurer Huston, who
has been i'll for quite awhile has
recovered and resumed his duties.
Mr., Huston is a deservedly pOpu-
lar official.
Ex-RepreSentatiVe Valentine,
the new Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate, has made a Jump IN t o
popularity by raising four mamoth
United States flags at the feet of
the Goddess of Liberty on the top
of the dome of the Capitol, on the
Fourth. Strange as 1t may sound
this Is the first time that building
was completed, except when the
House or Senate was in session,
because of the Rules, which says
that the flags over the respective
house Of Congress shall be hoisr ed
only when they are in session, con.
sequently on all holidays and
during the recess of Congress their
has been no flag over the Capitol.
This has been surprising to all the
visitors, particularly those from
foreign countries, and Mr.. Valen.
tine is deserving OF credit for hav.
ing been the first one to solve that
problem of how to raise the flags.
He had four stalls temporarily
erected pointing north, south, east
and West, and it is probable that
they will be made permanent.
Today is individual supervision
day in the House, and what Is to
come mp later in the week is not
yet fully determined upon, though
the comittee on elections will tr,
to get some of the contested election
cases distressed o. + i ne app s " q
ton bills, which usually have the
right of way, do not prevent.
Mr.. Blaine has gone to Maine
and is not expected to return for
some time, unless the complication
with Great Britain in regard to the
Behring's Sea Fisheries shall reach
4 crisis. There was Iumor here
asst week that the "Squadron of
Evolution" had been ordered to
Behring'S Sea to protect American
interests at all hazards bat it is
stated at the Navy department
hat the Squadron is on its way
home, having sailed from Rio de
IanelrO Saturday.
There are now forty three stars
IN the legal flag of the United
States, the President having signed |
he bill admitting Idaho as a State
N the 3rd inst, The law provid.
ng that the new star shall be added
N the Fourth of July succeeding
he law admitting a new State.
Owing to a Senate amendment the