The St. Mary banner., 1890-03-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

y short time ago was II nation
issue AID political battle g:onn
m which the two great ndffie
j. n q id for victory b fade
from the public view, 9Th
Tariff, that il, the Fifiieth Con
gross monoplizel the leglslatIv
attention. AMI was the them
which excited to eloquent period
even the voice of the meade" IRON
wavbacll. has lost its charm, ah'
in the Fifty first Congress WI
prohab,y not a"ejve more t"an :
nassinr roticc. T"e trc ,id'nt, II
i s,sd. in h.s aDaual message
rec ,mrnie,ireyision ana red1c'i'"
h,t h committee on va 5 an!
means seemed 60 be III 10 hurry
to heed the i,junction, n,ieca
there seems to be a disposition 10
avoid, if possible, the question
altogether.
The investigation which was
undertaken by the committee III
tic b .gll.u ng Of t e {, O. On H.
Mckinley plan with vie" 10
framing a tariff bill which would
be Just and Impartial has not yet
i,ornp fruit. IF q blIl is reported
at All it will probably not 60
further than revis on; 10: a r'd"o
tion is not advocated as hepun-
fcan measure. 1t is more d'Siia-
bic to have it appear that we 90
not need a reduction, but that we
~ use to advantage all the money
we have, and PIE. f"r thIs
reason the aprio ion bill are
H., no uu,l.ed toward as fast aS
.,,ossible. If they reach the c,tleh
dar brf ,re n tariff hi is reported
.she strongest argument he Demo
er,ts have for a reduction, to WI,
the Treasury surplus, Will iall, f"r
the surplus viii nave disarp"a'eh.
Thus it i, that the Republicans
propose to lob this ques In OF It's
IiJnporlanca and take away t'om
Democrats pillar OF great
strength in tie coming cimpalgh
The Senate has for the pas
1yrck been murh eng gel with Ii
s If. For some tine past til
yIac ed:ng~ II * tive scsN o ~
haze be II lcakin, ont, and mucA
10 tie disgust OF tie sen tor
.hrir D iya.e al j = have reached
the lub.ic eve thr ugh the prying
ur,ss. TO stop thrir onts"geonS
p !, ceilings se,ect 'm'nit.rc
was appointed to d"Ni-e ways and
means OF III, c.la u cU:k ng NJ
every crack and creNi'e of the
Ch amber, through. winch tie
Voice OF the executive session
IN git fin! its way. J his commit
tee on "Wednesday brought III this.
repcrt, aad its recommendations
we're unanimously adopted.
y TIL v we're that al! the hy w1ys
and back entrances tote neo:
and gallery Of the Chamber shouli
be sucur IS locke /, barred "ni
guarded, and that the door KEEP
ers who were WON'T to sit Slet Ping
in their chals only feGr feet away
frpm the entrance te the Cham
l,er should be moved back ten
liDral feet thcrtfrom, which IN
some instances compelled thee
gentlemen to flkc seats in tie
Committee rooms on the other
side OF the corridor. Thus Sc
cured tue Senate Will hereafter
discuss combinations and other
State secrets only to find that
one or more Of lieir own members
are giving the thing away.
But this is not the only veya-
tious proceeding that has dis
turbed the equilibrium of the Sea
ate. Apersonal colloquy between
Senator'S Chandler and Call has
filed mach space in the Record
since Tuesday last. The difficulty
arose out Of the investigation
started some time since by Mr..
Chandler as to the cause which
led to the murder of Deputy Mar
shal Saunders at Quincy, Fla.
In defending his own State fir NJ
q charge of countenancing the
killing IN cold blood of United
States Officer, Senator Call made
personal attack on Senator Chan.
llor, and it is alleged, interpoiat-
ed in the Record language which
the decOrum Of the Senate would |
not suffer to be spoken in debate.
On Wednesday Chandler intro
duced resolution calling atten-
finn To this. and asked the Sauata |