Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-20


promises to shelye the Federal election
bill and the latter agreed to have the tariff
bill voted upon August 80. I can state
on the very highest possible authority
that no such bargain has been made O,
even thought of, that Senator Quay in
Offering this resolution Is onlv endeavor
Ing to have the tariff bill disposed of, and
to bring this extraordinary long session
to close. His reason for leaving the
Federal election bill out of his resolution
Is, that ne thinks it will be impossible to
pass it in time to take effect at this years
Congressional elections, therefore he
does not think any good will be accom-
plished by prolonging the session in order
to pass it,
Speaker Reed takes another view OF
the matter and believes that it is the
.bounden duty of the Republicans of the
senate to pass the Federal election bill
before adjournlng and 1t is limited tha,
he has plan to compel the senate to &C,
upon that measure if it does not do so OF
it's own will and accord.
The situation is particularly embarass-
ing to the Democratic senators. Most OF
them would very gladly vote for Mr..
Quay's resolution, or anything else that
would postpone action upon the much
dreaded Federal election bill; but every
one of them has put himself on record as
being conscientiously opposed to chang
ing the time honored rules of the senate
and the adoption of this resolution would
make very radical change in those
rules. Hence to Use q homely, but
expressive phrase, they are ''between the
devil and the deep sea-.
Republicans in the house are making
arrangement to have Saturday set aside
for the consideration Of the anit-lottery
bill and all Republican members not sick
have been notified to be present on that
day.
Representative Struble. of Iowa, en-
deavoured to obtain unanimous consen,
for the consideration of joint resolution
authorizing the expenditure of the unex-
pended balance appropriated for the
Mississippi river food sufferers for the
relief of destitute persons in Oklahoma,
as the President recommended in his
message last week, but there being
objection the matter went over for the
time being. 1t will be passed as bill.
Owing to lack of quorum the house
has done little outside of routine busines:
THIS week. There are few more than 8
dfe,umiuethe city, but it seems, ,impossi
ble to keep them on the floor Of the house
for any length of time, and the Democrat:
are always ready to make the point Of
mo qurom' when vote is to be taken
Some ugly stories about card partie:
composed of members in committee
rooms and neighborlng restaurants, art
beidg circulated here, and if some of the
members are not more careful they viii
find themselves in bad order at home
and it will serve them right, too. They
were not elected to play cards.
The President returned from the G. A
R. encampment yesterday afternoon. HI
says he had a great time and what
pleased him more was that all of the
boys" seemed to enjoy themselves. He
also spoke very highly of the new
Commander-in-Che
The Democrats don't like Mr. Blalne's
foreign policy. Well, nobody asked
them to.
A joint resolution has been passed by
both houses Of Congress and approved
by the President extending the old ap-
preparation IN the cases of the REGULAR
appropriation bills which have not ye
become laws until the Goth, inst.