Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

oar, and he has become convinced
that it Will DE impossible to dispose
of the measures OF national i'm
pOrtsnce, not to mention those im.
pOrtant to particular sections oil
the country IN the time between
the first Monday in December and
the fourth of March 1891. at the
same time, it is believed that he
would prefer that Congress should
adopt the res olutiOn offered by
Senator Edmunds providing for q
recess from September 10, to No
vemDer 10, instead of his having tC
call an extra session.
Senator Edmunds says lie offered
the resolution without comforting
with bis colleagues, and because he
thinks the additional time which
will thereby be gained is absolutely
necessary to dispose of the immense
mass of business-all more or less
impOrtant-with which the calen,
dar of the Senate is loaded down.
Mr.. Edmunds thinks, as does every
one else at all familiar with the
subject, that unless those three
weeks before the regular meeting in
December are utilized in this man.
ner many important measures can.
not be acted upon.
The Democrats are bitterly op.
posed to the Edmunds resolution
and some of the most hot.headed
among them are already making
wild threats of fllibustering
against the resolution when it is
called up, which may be this week
or later. These gentlemen have
apparently forgotten that the Con.
sututiOn of the United States con.
fers the authority upon the Presi-
dent, in case Of failure by the
House and Senate to agree upon a
date for adjournment 10 declare
Congress adjourned from one date
to another, in his discretion, and,
that this authority will be exercised
if the minority shall persist in en-.
deavoring to defeat the Will of the
majority by continuous flhbuster.
ing is not for a moment to be
doubted. MlnOrities have their
right; but the fact should not be
forgotten that the majority also
has nights, and that in the Senate
particularly it has been extremely
lenient in demanding them this
year.
Another thing which will proba-
bly, have restraining effect upon
the fllibustering proclivities of the
Democrats is that among the meas.
ures VI ich the Elmuuds resolution
or rather a similar one Will give an
opportunity of becoming laws,
which otherwise they cannot pos.
slbly have, are a number that the
Labor organizations and the Farmers
Alliance are unanimously clamOr.
ing for ; and for the Democrats to
antagonize those organizations so
openly-they are always ready to-
do so secretly-would mean that
the Republicans would certainly
elect thirds, if not more of the
next House of Representatives.
Its begins to look now as though
he reciprocity amendment to the |
.arif bill would provide for includ.
ng other countries than those of
South and Central America. Sen.
'tOr Aldrich, who in the absence |
If Senator Morrill, is IN charge of
be tariff bill, las introduced an |
amendment to include coffee, tea |
md hides in the amendment giving |
he President authority to place a
iuty upon such articles coming |
rom counties which refuse to |
eciprocate by allowing our goods |
rec entry. OF course the question
emains as yet an open one, and |
will so continue until the voting
lpOn the amendments shall begin.
After several OF the most disor
lerly days ever seen in the House,
nd an unprecedented display of
PERSONAL feeling on the part of the
members only 81 votes could be
mustered by the opponents of the
compound lard bill; but included
n those thirty one were some Of
he lOudest.mOuth men in Con.
,ress.
The House has passed the till
the eight hour Law,
which was asked for by the Labor
organizations.
The President has signed the
neat inspection bill, and a strong
fort is being made to get the bill
rOhibiting dealing in options, in
agricultural products, which was
rOwded out by Democratic fllibus. ,
erlng last week, before the House {
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