The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL,
WHAT THE SOLONS ARE DOING IN
CONGRESS-.

w hal IhE SULONS AXE UOlNG
CONGRESS-.
An Interesting Batch of News from
our Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April, 2I, 90
The rumors about crookedness in
connection with the awarding Of the
contract for taking seals in Alaskan
waters have all been revived by a news.
paper publication charging Secretary
Window and at least one other mem
Der of the cabinet with having taken
enormous bribes from the parties that
secured the contract. The thing has
had a snaky appearance from the first,
and the indications now are that some
body is going to get into trouble before
it is done with. Mr.. WINDOWS bust
ness associates during the two or three
years he spent in New York City before
becoming Secretary of the Treasury,
were not such as to inspire confidence.
The Republican caucus committee,
which has been struggling for some
days to hatch out silver bill upon
which their party could get together is
in seemingly hopless deadlock and
unless one side or the other shall give
in, no bill will ever be prepared by
this committee.
Senator Blackburn announced on
Friday, when an attempt was made to
call up the Worlds Fair bill, that the
measure would not 60 through without
opposition and since then cold shivers
have been chasing each other up and
down the backs of Chicago's friends.
Gen. U. S. Grant will have two
monuments in this city if the present
ideas prevail in Congress. A favorable
report has been made to the Senate for
an equestrian statue, land the G.. A. R.,
have bills pending to allow them to
erect a statue of him in the statuary
hall of the Capitol building.
The absurdities of the Republican
tariff bill become daily more apparent.
The country asks of Congress mate
rial reduction of the revenues Of the
government, ,and this monstrosity,w which
Mr.. Carlisle has shown will increase
the revenues about $4,000, 900 per
annum,is rendered them by the Repub-
lieans of the House. There is only one
good thing about this bill, and that is,
it will furnish lot of tip-top Demo-
cratic campaign material for the coming
Congressional fight.
Speaker Reeds gag laws are to be
extended to the Senate, it is said to
enable the majority to rush things the
rest of this session as fast as they mind
to, no matter how much the minority
may wish to take time enough to intel
ligently discuss measures before passing
them.
Senator Dolph's " smelling commit
tee,' which has for weeks been trying
to find the leaks through which the
news of executive sessions reached the
public, has by the decisive vote of IS
to % been snubbed by the Senate for
its trouble. The vote was taken on the
resolutions reported by the committe
to bring the newspaper men who re-
fused to tell from what source they re-
ceived their information before the bar
of the Senate. This probably ends the
matter.
The two Republicans from Montana
who have been, by the grace Of the
Republican majority in the Senate,
seated in the chairs to which two good
Democrats were legally elected, have
drawn lots for the choice of terms,
and Sanders drew the short term end
ing March 3, 1898, and Power the
long term ending March 3, 1895.
Senator ingalls, has gone home to
see whether he can patch up some
sort Of truce with the farmers alliance
of Kansas that will save his Senatorial
head.
The Republicans of the House COM
mittee on the Judiciary do not propose
being outdone in hypocricy by the
members of their party in the Senate,
therefore they have agreed to make a
favorable report on the alleged anti
trust bill recently passed by the Sen
ate.
There is already one bill on the
calendar of the Senate providing for
a Constitutional amendment for the
election of Senators by direct vote OF
the people and Senator Reagan has
just introduced another with the same
end in view.
Petitions are pouring into Wash
ington against the passage by Congress
of the Butterworth option bill.
The regular river and harbor ap-
preparation bill has been reported to
the House.