Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-08-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our regular Correspondent. j

[From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.. c., Aug. IL, 1890.
Republican audacity can scarcely go
farther than 1t did on Saturday when
one of the doorkeepers of the House,
to be acting under instruc-
tions from the Speaker, attempted to
use force to prevent Representative
Enloe leaving the House for a few
minutes. Mr.. Enloe, as any other
American citizen would have done,
insisted upon his right to go and come
as he pleased. Later, Mr.. Enloe brought
the matter before the House as q ques-
tion of personal privilege, and very
naturally wanted to know If the Speak
er had issued such instructions, and if
80 by what authority.
The Speaker denied having issued
such instructions; but at the same time
stated it as his opinion that the door
keeper had done right. Saint Joseph
Cannon, who is second only to Mr..
Reed in audacity, defended the action
of the insolent door-keeper. Mr.. En-
loe protested that if officers of the
House were to be given the authority
to keep members in the House against
their wills, they would some day keep
them out of the House by the same
authority. The matter was finally re-
ferred to the committee on the Judi
ciary, and majority of that commit
tee being Republicans but little is to be
expected in the shape of Justice.
Truly one might ask, under what
form of government do we live? Oliver
Cromwell found it necessary to use q
regiment of soldiers to disperse the
English Parliament; but the myrmi-
dons of Speaker Reed, without the
strength of an armed body, attempt to
control the actions of Democratic
members of the House by sheer au-
daeity. What spectacle for a free
country!
1t is now apparent that the infamous
Federal Election bill is to be railroaded
through the Senate by force of the
party whip Justify welded by thai
sanctimonious, but unscrupulous son oi
New England, Senator George F. Hoar
1t has been reported to the Senate and
put on the calendar, and in order to
facilitate its passage the resolution pro-
viding for the adoption of the gag rule
to cut off debate, has been introduced
and referred to the committee on rules
The talk about the bill having beer
modified by the committee is bosh; il
has been simplified to certain extent
but it remains one of the most OBJ
noxious measures ever attempted to bt
forced upon defenseless people. His
tory will rightly characterize it as ar
attempt to Polanderize the south.
Senator Vance stirred up the Repub
lican Senatorial menageria on Saturday
by showing how unjust the tariff bill
as it now stands, is to the agriculture
interests of the country. Mr.. Vanc,
made an unsuccessful attempt to hav,
certain clauses amended and the Re
publicans, as If to make the bill still
more unjust to the south, adopted al
amendment raising the duty on cottol
ties.
Mr.. Rlaine's reciprocity idea isahead
and the indications are that it will Ger
tainly be adopted by the Senate, but il
the House, where Speaker Reed who !
bitterly opposed to it, is sole Monarcl
it may possibly be defeated. Messr
Reed, Mckinley and others of tn
Chinese wall high protection wing {
the Republican party are trying t
convince Mr.. Harrison that it will b
; ruinous to him and his party for hir
to send message to Congress favorin
reciprocity, as he has promised to do.
u The Republicans of the House, pal
ticularly Mr.. Reed and his coterie, hav
: persistently antagonized the working
men of the country during this .entir
session of Congress, and il they do nc
hear from it at the coming elections
will be strange indeed. The employe
q of the government printing Office al
threatening to make trouble because q
amendment providing for the erectio
ofa new building for that establish
ment was stricken in the House. Th
need of this new building is concede
by all, but it is refused In order to. Ell
fable the Republicans to pose as econ'
miste.
Senator Morrill,, who has gone ava
i'll, is not in favor of reciprocity, b
says its only logical out come will b
free trade.
4, Mr.. Wanamaker says the new styl
of postal cards In several sizes will b
: almost equal to penny letter postag
: Mr.. Wanamaker is mistaken; there
as much difference as there is betwee
the present Postmaster General and.
Statesman. III
II The entire administration and all (
the Washington pension attornie
either in person of by proxy have gor
to the G.. A. r. encampment at Bostol
: The first named is in search Of politics
! capital, and the last of hard cash in IL
Eshape of applications for pensions.
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