The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular correspondent.

(From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, ID. G. Aug. 1S, 1890.
Will Mr.. Harrison dare TO Jump
into the breech in his party in the
Senatel He has been asked; aye deg
ged, by Senator Hoar, who recently
expressed 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
ever since his election he has bitterly
hated Senator Quay on account OF the
patronizing manner in which he treat
ed 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 hesitstes, 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 a vote son the tariff bill adopted
by the Senate.
Can Mr.. Quay get his resolutions
passed. To what extent will the
democrats support it' 1t now looks as
if the fist question might be answered
in the affirmative, and that the demo-
Gratis in a body will support the Quay
resolutions; not because they endorse it
but because they recognize in it a
weapon to whack more than half of
the republican party over the head.
The democrats would much prefer con-
tinuing the debate on the tariff bill
every day, but if Quay should be de-
feated he and his followers would
probably be willing to vote with the
rest of the republicans to adopt a gag
rule and pass both the tariff and Elec-
ton bills. Senator Vest says the tariff
bill is worse than the Election bill.
Prominent republicans openly admit
that the fight which is now going on
| in the Senate has already practically
| settled the Congressional election in
favor OF the democrats. The openness
with which Mr.. Quay is acting for the
special interests of single clique OF
monied men so disgusted some of the
republicans that they announced their
intention to defeat certain clauses oi
the tariff bill. As quick as the tele-
graph could notify these men, and
special trains could bring them, a dele.
| CATION was before the Senate Finance
committee demanding not politely a *
ing, what these rumors meant. The
republican members of that committee
humbly informed them that their in
terests should be taken care of as hat
been promised them when they mad'
their campaign contributions, and thes'
robbers of the toiling millions returned
whence they came.
Representative Baker, of New Yorl
who enjoys the notoriety of being thu
only man who ever had resolution
returned to him by vote of thu
House, because of its bad taste, mad
an ass of himself again by offering I
resolution rejecting upon Mr.. Mill
because of his making tariff reform
speeches. 1t was too much even fo
Speaker Reed, and he certainly ism
oyer squeamish about such things. Mr.
Baker was asked to withdraw the res
olution but he refused, insisting upol
having it printed in the Record. Tn
Speaker than quietly ignored Mr.
Baker and the House proceeded t.
business and he did not get his resolu
| tion printed.
| Pulic opinion Is a great lever. Sec
retary Window has decided that tn
prices paid by the Government for sill
Iver bullion shall be made public
They never should have been hid.
| The republicans don't do much talk
ling these days about a Congr ssiona
lre-apportionment this year. Caus,
why; the census shows that the Soutl
| will gain instead of lose Congressman
Few weeks past Superintendent Porte
has worked his force night and day Il
| get the count completed in order tha
the re-spportionment might be made
but the result has not been just wha
was anticipated, and no re-apportion
ment will be made. The population o
the country is in round numbers Ga,
100000.
| Recognizing the fact that the Con
gressional campaign this year was Il
be run on "gall' and "boodle' Assist
ant Postmaster General Clarkson, wh
has an unlimited supply of the former
| is to become the boss dog of the Re
publican Congressional Campaign com
mlttee. The doodle will be furnish
ed by the usual crowd.
| The anti-lottery bill was passed b.
the House Saturday afternoon by
unanimous vote.
| After numerous scares the River an
Harbor bill went through the Senat
Saturday.