Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-19
WASHINGTON.

GArCpcdheN OdTllSit ApItcenlSu THO
minority report of the Ways and
Means committee to the House. 1t
takes the Mckinley bill in detail and
shows the injustice of that measure,
and goes into the strongest kind of |
argument in favor of a genuine tariff
reform, one that will afford the coun-
try some real eliefinstead of delud.
ing, as the Mckinley bill will do,
those who know no better, into ex~
pecting benefits that will never come
until the democrats are returned to
power.
The Democratic rooster has had a
glorious time in Congress since the
returns from the Spring elections be-
gan to come in. 1t was for several
days hard to find democrats desk
IN the House that was not ornaments
ed with newspaper with cuts of one
or more ROSTERS Justify growing for
victory In its column, and the favo-
rite democratic pastime last week
was to show these papers to the re-
publican members. Seriously though
the best informed democrats In Con,
gress believe the Spring local cleo
tions to be but the prelude of the
great tidal wave which is to give the
democrats the control of the next
House OF Representatives, and the
Presidency in 1892.
Unless there is great change of
opinion among members of the
House, the abortion which the Judi>
ciary committee reported and the
Senate passed last week under the
name of an antitrust bill will never
be heard from in the House. 1t
might as we'll have been called an
anti,small pox bill for all that it could
accomplish If it were law.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to
make good the money stolen by Sill
colt is law, and the Congressman
who lost their November saleries
have all been paid.
Representative Wilson, who ranks
high among the democratic leaders
of the House, says the republicans
will certainly pass Federal election
law during the present session. II
they do, it will have to be done by
order of king caucus, because there
are enough republicans in the House
who are opposed to any such law to
defeat it unless they are compelled
by order of the party caucus to swal-
low their opinions and vote with
their party.
The republicans of both Senate and
House have held caucus after caucus
within the last few days trying to get
together on the silver question. Secre-
tary Window has brought all of his
powers of persuasion into action in
trying to have the caucus adopt his sill
yer bill, now before House commit
tee, but so far nothing is agreed upon.
Between the anti-silver republicans
and the free coinage republicans there
is a wide chasm which will have tC
be bridged in on this subject. In the
meantime the most Of the democrats
hold themselves in readiness to vote
for free coinage, pure and simple, il
they can get an opportunity.
The bill to revive the grade of lieu
q tenant general Of the Army has beer
favorably reported to the Senate. l
2 it becomes a law it is expected tina
: Gen. Schofield will at once be promo
, ted.
The Torrey bankruptcy bill ha
been favorably reported to the House
, This bill has been very highl!
spoken of by lawyers as being equal
ly just to both creditor and debtor.
The Pan-American Congress want
an international American Banl
: established under a United State
y charter with branches in all Ameri
1 can countries. The Congress will ad
q journ this week, and on Friday tn
4 delegates will start on their South
. ern trip.
4 The Tanner administration of tn
- Pension Office has been stirred u
% again by the dismissal of the assi'
4 tant chief of an important division
!" who had his pension re-rated. The
IS go slowly, but they go.
a Brokers from New York, Chicago
and New Orleans have sent delegs
tions here to protest against the pas
20 sage of the Butterworth bill taxin
dealers in cultures" and "options.
Another acknowledgements
tive Wise of Virginia-has been d.
le prived of the seat in the House {