The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25
w-ntaxton Letter.
prom our regular eorrespondeht.l
w.suryeToS d C.. July q. 1896.

| Federal election bill for weeks past. the
Republican Senator'S have suddenly be-
| come CLANS on that ,ubject, and the
| Republican caucus committee has mapped
out a plan Of business that viii carry the
! session we'll into September, which does not
include the FedergT election bill at all
They propose that all the appropriation
| bills shall be disposed Of before the tariff
bull is regularly taken mp, although should
| any of these bills At any time not be ready,
| then the tariff bill will be called ~ tenn
| porariiy. This programme will, Of course,
have to be adopted by the caucus before
it becomes official.
In the meantime what Is puzzling the
men v no look below the political surface,
is that The Senate Committee on Elections
is busily engaged in considering the Fed
eral Election bill, and it is known to a few
people that the committee or rather It's
| Republican members, ave decided upon
several amendments 10 the bill as it Passed
the House. All of which looks ito a man
up a tree as ifthe committee knew that
the Senate intended TO take mp this bill at
| the present session.
The House 70 day passed the Original
Package" bill. after a debate which
brought out the fact thar the question of
Estates rights. Is as live now as it was in
the days Of Calhoun, and if the vote upon
| this measure be taken as a test, the states
| rights men are in a majority in tie House;
but it il probable that prohibition iniuen-
| ces caused many to vote for this bill who
are generally speaking opposed TO any
thing which even squints toward states
rights.
The bill for a national bankrupt law is
the next one TO be disposed Of BY the
House. It will be voted upon Wednesday
| afternoon, and from opinions expressed by
prominent n bers il is safe to say that
| the bill i'll be passed. 1t is extremely
difficult to frame a law Of this kind that
will give satisfaction to all classes, but
everybody seems to be agreed that some
sort Of a general Law IS necessary on this
subject, something that Will protect the
interest of the honest creditor and debtor.
Mr.. B LANES reciprocity idea is not
seemingly making much Roadway among
the Senators Of his party not because it is
not 4 coed idea, but because Of political
and other reasons. However, if my infor-
nation il correct. and think it Is, Mr..
Blaine @ilIhave an inning wben the Behr-
ings Sea correspondence with Great
Britain goes to the Senate. which will
probably be this week, that will console
him somewhat for his disappointment.
His last dispatch to the British Foreign
Minister is the kind Of a document calcu-
lated to make Young America throw
W his hat, and cheer for the author
Of the sentiments therein expressed.
Whatever else may be brought against
NJ. Blaine. it will be ackno y lodged by all
when this correspondence Is published,
that he has stood up nobly for the rights
Of the United States.
Legislation in appropriation bills is, gen.
orally speaking, not to be commended; but
there is a paragraph in the General Def
cheney bill Just reported to the House, that
most observant people would like 70 see
become a law. II provides That here
after the Secretary Of the Treasury shall
include in his annual report the revenues
from and expenditures on account of he
postal service" Should this become Flaw,
the Seeretary's annual report would, as it
should, present in one statement all the re-
ceipts and Expenditures OF the Government.
For some strange and u~naccountable rea-
son the Postofiee receipts and expenditures
have always been kept and published en-
tirely separate.
Mrs. Harrison and several members of
the President official family have been in
yesting quite heavily in suburban real
estate near Washington. The matter was
kept very quiet, and never got out until
the deeds were presented for recording
The investments are purely speculative.
The political rnmpus over the Federal
election bill will be as nothing compared
to what We shall see If the Republicans
carry out their expressed intention of MAX
ing the Congressional re-apportiOnmen I
based on the Eleventh census before ad-
journing and in time to have the fall cleo
ton held Hereunder. 1t is expected that
the South will lose a number Of Representa-
tiyes, and that New England will lose
two or more, while the Northwestern
states will gain a number. This is a new
thing sprung upon the Democrats, but
there are various reasons why they will
most bitterly oppose it; it would knock
them out Of all they hope TO gain in the
gerry wandered Ohio districts because it
would make it aeccessary to hold elections
in the same districts as at the last Con-
gressiOnal election, while in the South it
il would injure that party very much. The
Republicans insist that it will be lone if
the superintendent of the census can get
his returns completed in time, and he says
he can. WESTON.
notes by the Way-parfOr meeting.
The pleasure OF your company Is requested
at a Parlor Meeting TO be held at Mrs. Jos.
Turner's. on Friday Eve, 18th, AT : o'clock.
by order of >npt. Of Parlor Meetings.