Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-13
WASHINGTON.
ADMINISTRATION PRESSURE TO PASS
The FORCE BILL.
The New Apporttonment 10 DC """o
Once on Probable fraudu-
lent Census, South.
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WASHINGTON. July I2.-All sorts OF re-
,,oy,s are float NC about the capital in re-
I'D n the plan Of action for the remain
INC weeks or months Of tho session OF Nop-
cross and II is a hard matter to find OUT
=, nresont lust what the Republicans pro-
GO to do. II is known that President
Harrison and Speaker Reed are bringing
cverv pressure possible TO bear on tho sen
40 to mass the Federal election bill 10
DO ,his the Senate will be compelled 10
change the rules and apply gag-iaw 10 'ha1
Tho caucns committee held meeting
,fts morning. and 10 is understood llAt
fbey are very anxious 90 have the ruicS
CHANGED so that debate can be shut up"11'
Epooner, OF Wisconsin. the notes, l''io
Radical in the Senate from me w. :.
burning up 20 initiate Boss heeu' aHu ~
begins 10 look now az II the party WI
have to act "a unit and do somethihS'
ntooDY-sHrET KNBLEMs.
Petitions are coming in from Republi-
ran clubs from all parts Of mo thlttd
states demanding the passage OF TINS lnla-
nous iii. and to-day Mr.. tvarts put IN ono
from the Harlem Repuh' 'ln Ctuo OF Nc"
York CITY. That is one OF the most power
ful clubs in the country. ,.o
The old BLOODY shirt is being waved more
fercely than ever. and the bitterness
against the South seems TO increase ratneI
than diminish as the years roll by.
roRrER URGED TO HURRY Up
There is strong talk here that IN add
hon 90 passing the Federal elecuoh-Iaw
The programme Of the Republican leadefsls
also 90 make the new congressman app9r-
tionment before the present session ehu@;
Superintendent Porter mas hoen instT9cteu
10 hurry up the census returns, anu II II
the understanding that INSIDE OF SIX Wcehs
BE- is 10 have tho matter III shape Tor Ooh-
cress TO work upon.
AEF TIE RETURNS CooKEDf
Even in advance of the official hguress
the Rcpublcans are daily chuckhng anu
savinc that tho census VIII give the North
and West Republican stroneholusl nlteeh
additional congressman and electoral votes,
All tbq, the south will lose fifteen or
moro. IL really looks ~ If the thing las
Leen cooked up In advance, az Governor
lIiu SO ably charged in his recent
Great Democratic speech az lndlanapohs'
n will not he surprising n the returns
from the South show wonderful decrease
IN population. and the chances are luat
hundreds Of thousands of negroes nave
Rem Intentionally omitted from the lists.
Manufacturing and municipal statistics
eau also De juggled in the same way.
E1rCuoN CONTESTS.
Chairman Roweu, Of the House Flec-
tions Committee. is going to try TO take
up some of the election contests IN tho
Uouse next week. but he will probably not
succeed. AS the oricinal-package bill Will
bo pushed 10 advance Of this business.
rAEK AT ARLINGTON.
Senator Daniel to-day introduced bill
appropriatng $4,000 to establish puolc
park ~ Arlington. Va. and Sj0O,O 900 for inc
erection of an iron bridge across the foto-
mac 90 connect Arlington with the city OF
Washington. Tho bill provides that there
shall be a waeon-roadway thirty feet wide
across the bridge.
post-ofiice hns been established at Ia
nor, Washington county. Na.-Nuham W.
Cook postmaster.