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WASHINGTON.

the breech in his party in the Senate
He has been asked, aye begged, by
Senator Hoar, who recently express
sed himself as preferring to see every
mandatory in New England in
ashes and the mechanics reduced to
so cents day and diet of Goldfish
than to see the failure of the Force
bill, and his associate to come to
the rescue. Mr.. Harrison favOrs the
Election bill, and ever since his elec-
ton he has bitterly hated Senator
Quay on account of the patronizing
manner with which he treated his
highness; therefore if he did as he
would like to, he would throw
the weight of his influence, which
isn't very. heavy after all, against
Mr.. Quay; but he hesitates, because
he fears that Mr.. Quay may succeed
in having his resolution shelving the
Force bill and appointing August 80
as the day for taking the vote on the
tariff bill adopted by the Senate.
Can Mr.. Quay get his resolution
passed? TO what extent will the
democrats support it? 1t now looks
as If the first question might be an
swered in the affirmative, and that
the democrats in body will support
the Quay resolution not because
they endorse it, but because they rec
} ognize in it weapon to whack more
than half of the republican party
!, over the head. The democrats would
= much prefer continuing the debate
on the tariff bill, for that debate is
making hundreds of democratic vo>
tiers every day, but if Quay should be
\ defeated he and his followers would
|. probably be willing to vote with the
t rest of the republicans to adopt gag
e rule and pass both the tariff and
4 Election bills. Senator Vest says the
:, tariff bill is worse than the Election
n bill.
V Prominent republicans openly ad.
9 NIT that the fight which is now going
a on in the Senate has already practi-
n cally settled the Congressional cleo
h ton in favor of the democrats. The
openness with which Mr.. Quay is
acting for the special interests of a
single clique of monied men so dis
gusted some of the republicans that
they announced their intention to
33t defeat certain clauses of the tariff bill.
! AS quick as the telegraph could mott
t. fly these men, and special trains could
g. bring them, delegation was before
ia the Senate Finance committe, de-
n, handing, not politely asking, what
le these rumOrs meant. The republi-
II can members of that committee
OF humbly infoGmed them that their
ty interests should be taken care
N of as had been promised them when
le they made'their campaign contribu-
es lions, and these robbers of the toiling
IS millions returned whence they
ne came.
III Representative Baker, of New
" York, who enjoys the notoriety Of
IS being the only man who ever had a
ty resolution returned to him bya vote
bPee Of the House, because Of its bad taste,
ed made an ass of himself again by Of
Of fering a resolution rejecting upon
te. Mr.. Mills because of his making tariff
reform speeches. 1t was too much
even for Speaker Reed, and he
certainly isn't over squeamish abou
no such things. Mr.. Baker was asked t.
ro withdraw the resolution, but he re-
~ fused, insisting upon having'it print
- ed in the Record. The Speaker Their
~ quietly ignored Mr.. Baker and the
os House proceeded to business and HI
~ did not get his resolution printed.
os Public opinion is a great lever
~ Secretary Window has decided tina
% the prices paid by the Government
-, for silver bullion shall be made pub
20 lie. They never should have beer
a. hid.
- After numerous scares the Rive
- and Harbor bill went through tn
al Senate Saturday.
nd The anti-lottery bill was passed b.
W. the House Saturday afternoon by
~, unanimous vote.
ut Recognizing the fact that the Con
bo gressional campaign this year was t
be run on "gall" and "boodle," AS
sistant Postmaster General Clarkson
who has an unlimited supply of tn
former, is to become the boss dog {
rita the Republican Congressional Cam
W" paign committee. The doodle
II. will be furnished by the usus