The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-03
Washington Letter.

in the House, and one long to bere-
membered. After an unusually eX-
citing time over the Senate free
coinage amendment to the silver bill
the House by vote Of 1876 to 151
refused it's concurrence to that
amendment, and asked for a confer
ence on the bill. Had the Demo
Gratis voted solidly in favor of free
coinage, as they did last week, the
amendment would have been ac-
cepted; but, in addition to num-
Der who absented themselves when
the vote was taken, there was a re
spectacle number that voted against
the amendments, more than enough
to offset the Republicans who voted
for them.
AS soon as the silver bill was out
of the way the House took up the
Federal election bill, and the excit-
ing fight over that measure is now
in full swing. The present program
is to debate the bill until next We'd
nesday, when a vote will be taken.
The bill will pass the House, unless
something now unforeseen shall occur
to change the sentiments of a large
number of Republicans; but those
best posted on legislative probable
ties say that it will not pass the
Senate at this session, even if it is
taken up by that body, which is ex-
tremely doubtful.
The President threw little
bomb shell into the House this week
by telling several Republican men,
bers that if the House accepted the
Senate amendments adding more
than 81, 000,0 600 to the River and
Harbor bill, which carried nearly
$21, 900, 600 as passed by the House
he would feel compelled to veto the
bill Quite number of people be-
lieve that he intends to veto the bill
anyway.
Mr. Blaine's idea of an amend
ment to the Mckinley tariff bill pro
viding for reciprocity with the
South and Central American coun-
tries continues to be an absorbing
topic Of conversation, in spite of the
important happenings of the week.
It is strongly favored by the Presi-
dent, and is gaining ground very
rapidly in Congress and unless all
surface indications are at fault, the
Senate will certainly adopt it, and
it will have an excellent chance of
passing the House also. The more
| it is discussed the more friends it
makes; it promises to afford relief
not only to the overstocked manu-
facturer. but also to TIE great agri-
cultural interests of the country by
charging the market for our prod
ucts, 1t is by no means a new idea
with Mr. Blaine; it is only the le-
ultimate outcome of the plans he
began when Secretary of State un-
der the late President Garfield, and
which would have been carried out
under that administration had not
the assassin Guiteau shot Gen. Gar
field.
Senator Henderson has made a
strong report to the Senate which
bears out the statement several
times reiterated in this correspond
ence DIS to the horrible condition of
the old rat trap used for the Gov
eminent Printing Office, the largest
establishment of it's kind in the
world Senator Henderson says,
the only remedy is the construction
for the use of this office of fire
proof building. Ground may at this
time easily be obtained in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the present of
fee; but unless Congress shall act
promptly in securing it private en-
terprise will get ahead Of it by pur-
chasing the ground for other pur-
poses.
The long investigation by Sen
ate Committee of the dressed meat
traffic, which took place last year,
has borne fruit, and the Senate
Committee on Agriculture has fa-
vorably reported bill to provide
for the inspection of all live stock
about to be slaughtered intended
for human consumption in any
State or territory other than where
slaughtered, or for expectation
l
The House bill authorizing oaths
to pension papers to be administered
by any official authorized to admin
lister oaths for general purposes. has
been favorably reported to the Sen
rte.
The President will to- morrow pay
his first visit to the new cottage at
Cape May where his family are
quartered for the season. He will
return to Washington Tuesday.