Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-07-19
WASHINGTON, July s, 1890.

ASHIN6HON, guy o. AS"N'
Senator Gormau has, by general
consent. been put in charge OF demo
cratic interests in the fight which it is
now evident viii soon be engaged in
upon.the floor OF the Senate. 1t will
be a consolation TO democrats through
out the country TO know that under
his skillful leadership everything will
be done which is possible TO be done
to prevent the consumation OF the re-
publican threat of throttling the mi.
norttv IN the Senate, as Speaker Reed
has already so etlrctually done i'll the
House.
The republican Senators who have
been opposed TO The new Force bill,
otherwise known as the Federal cleo
ton bill, arc slowly yielding to the
pressue which has been brought TO
bear upon them. Even Senator Ev.
arts it is said has, under compulsion,
promised the new republican boss
Representative Beldcn, that he would
vote for the bill. 1t now looks is though
the bill would become a law. 1t is re.
gardcd by the republicans as a last
desperate chance to gain enough Con-
gresham in the South TO offset the
losses which they are scrtain to have
I in other sections. In fact Mr., BcIdcn
OPENLY uses this ss an argument to
convert republican opponents of the
measure.
Many of the more decent rcpubli.
cans are disguised with Mr.. Belden'S
attempt 10 manufacture sentiment in
favor of the Force bill, by sending that
remarkable appeal to the republican
editors to come to the rescue of the e..
o. p.
Much Indignation is expressed here
over q rumor which has leaked cut
| through British sources TO the effect
| that Mr.. Blaine has completely backed
down in the Behring Sea negotiations,
and that Great Britain Is to have cv-
crything her OWL way. Should it
turn out TO be true. goodbye to Mr.,
Blaine as a public man. The Ameri-
can people forgive every thing ex-
ccpt cowardicc.
The two subsidy shipping bills,
about which, for certain reasons and
promises, Mr.. Harrison mas been fret
ting q great deaf, have passed ihe
Senate. Even such hide.bound rernb-
licans as Senators Edmunds and
| Plumb could not stand this bill. which
will take millions, Just how many no
one can say. out of the Treasury, all
of which will 90 to a certain well
known ring already formed in antici-
patton of the feast at public expense
| which awaits them when the bills be-
como laws. Only IL democrat, Sen.
| ator PAYNE, voted for these bills.
Thanks to tho solid republican vote
OF the Senate and of the House, it
now only requires The signature OF
Mr.. Harrison to complete the dcgra.
dation Of silver and put it on the same
footing as coal and iron or any other
! commercial commodity. Senator Sher-
man, the man who is responsible for
demonitizing silver in 1873. is also re-
sponsiblc for this late fraud upon the
people, under the guisc of friendship.
Mr.. Sherman Is, and has always been
the humble tool of Wall Street, and
tho provisions of this silver bill, with
which he SO adroitly bamboozled his
colleagues of the Conference commit
tee, are all in the interest of those
money sharks. No democrat stulti-
fed himself by supporting it.
Speaker Reed is as mad as hornet
over al article signed y. NJ. &. which
appears in the current North Ameri-
eau Review, showing the mistakes
which he (Rccd) has made since he be.
came Speaker. What adds to his III
ger is the fact that the article is gcucr-
ally understood to have come from
Mr.. Blaine, who is madly jealous OF
the prominence the Speaker has re-
Gently gained, although Gail lIamil-
ton" is the writer OF it,
The tariff bill is now the unfinished
business of the Senate, the majority
having repcnted of the cussedncss'
whish made them refuse to tax. it W
last Monday. How fast it will be
pushed through will dercnd largely
upon the action of The republican eau
Gus.
II has been the boast of Speaker
Reed that the House was no longer
a dclibcrativc body, and now that TIT
Senate seems about to adopt the gas
Rules OF the House, the question nat
urasly arises, why not abolish Con
gress, and let those immaculate saint
who now II the republican part!
decide upon what shall become laws
There is one consolation however
the further the republicans 60 in thei
entertainments upon liberty, the NOR
certain It is that tho people will ris
in their might and thrust them iron
the power which they have SO glazing
ly misused.
Gen. Schofeld will soon DO Lieut.
General of the Army, unless the re
publican bosses shall decide that tn
bill rcviving that grade IN the Army
. which has been fayorably rcportc,
from the House committee OIL Miliiar