Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-20
F-on Our Re5c'a- Cos ,espordent.

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 Vase NCToN, Dec. ), JSo0
 Senator Coilom hes int t-oCuce1 bi.i for he -edc@t'or O. letter postage to one re It anG t has beec re-e~-ed o ne Senate Committee on Post Offices anG Post reads This is no buncombe meas u7s; the E nator is in earnest and ne proposes. if it be as;b'e. to have the } Io-eC pon a. ,.e j., eeeG3 sess O.. i'd oNDag 10 Ire r6p.o growing 9u5 lic sen men avo. O: one ceno le .er DO tsge trere IS .,.tie GoIbt of iis passage. ii iI $ voted lpon.
 The bnow-ii al gen ,iemen ~hc have Tor several months been telling tbe copn;. taa. be Federal E1ec,;C ;Ca bi.. vas de.,, mpsi have cApe enoeo some chas~in Wnen ire repuu uljcau sepdtocs 70 ed soldly la inle pp .his bill aac to coni.B6e ls ciiae Ger" .on to the e c!usiop of al. o;ier bu.Hess CT the "'morp .ug hour" uniI u .s d'~poseG Q. Sepa.o- hoar Sc s he is conFdeD, Lnt tre ~ vii: lindll. pass oe:ore the :. ,a of Jan ary. but that 1t Will be .ue cause 0: one of The shsipe7S apd mC. determined struggles ever waSed in Cou- gress. He hopes tbGt ;.ie demos..- 3
 will see the wisdom of acquiescing
 without resortiDg to filibrcterine, Beu
 tEere is little proba0i I,y that such viii
 be the case. The bill can never he ras.
 sed by the senate until the rules of rna
 body are changed so as to limit debate,
 and that change, which can only be
 made by the united and persistent eff forts of the republican majority, will be opposed by all the parliame ntafy meth ods known to the dem ocratic majority. One scheme Of the democrats has already been made pubic. whereby they hope to defeat the election bill. It is to offer as 8 substitute for all that portion of the bill after tho enaoting clause, bill for the free coinage of silver.
 There are several reasons, however, why thIs scheme is also certain to fail. The principle of which is the idea that has in some way become general around the Capitol, that the president will veto free coinage bill if Congress passes one.
 This idea of veto has not deterred Senators Plumb and Teller and num- Der of representatives from introducing bills providing for the free coinage of silver, and Mir. Teller said today that he felt perfectly confident that some one of these bills will be passed by the sen ate at the present session. Of the action of the house he is not 50 confident. there are radical differences in these bills. For instance. Senator Plumb's bill provides for a double unit of value Ia dollar of 41215 grains standard silver or 55-S grains of gold) of full legal ten der quality, while Senator Teller's blll fixes the weight of the silver dollar a 400 grains of standard silver, and con-
 tains no further addition to the existing
 law for the coinage of bullion received
 at the hints.
 Senator Ingalls, has introduced a joint
 resolution to appropriate sum of mon-
 ey to purchase seeds to be distributed
 gratis among the citizens of Kansas and
 Nebraska suffering fir kn the effects of
 the recent drought.
 Senator MandersOn has presented a
 petition..which offers the most practicable
 solution of the Indian problem yet pre-
 sented. It asks that the Indians be deprived Of their horses, and that the government issue to them in lieu thereof
 working oxen. Speaking of this matter Senator Manderson said: "An Indian
 cannot fight very much if mounted upon
 an OK, but he can blow all he wants to-. We have been giving these Indians Sonies for farm work, but they have never used them except as saddle ami mals. The disarmament and dismount- ment of the fractious tribes IS necessary and should be accomplished at once. An Indian believes his highest mission to be the killing of fellow being; white man preferred" A resolution has been adopted by the senate calling upon the secretary of war for information as to what steps have been taken towards disarming the Indians.
 Secretary Blaine, in company with the Brazilian naval officers who have been visiting Washington, occupied the di- plomatic galleries of the house and se- nate for an hour or two on Tuesday. The Presidents message made a won dsrful impression upon Congress, not withstanding it contained no new rec concentrations. It dealt with the poli-
 tical situation in adigniied, strsightfor- ward manner that could not fail to com
 mand the respect of friendiand foe alike,
 and it has solidlfied the republicans in
 Congress as nothing else could have done
 in so short time.
 The house got right down to work in a
 business like way that promises we'll for
 the session, although there is not yet a
 republican quorum present. It passed the Information copyright bill, all though day was wasted by its oppon-
 ents in filibuetering against it. Work on the appropriation bills is being rapid
 ly pushed, and one -pens;on-has al
 ready been reporteG from the commit
 tee. The Census committee is working
 hard to perfect the apportionment bill,
 which is certain to become a law at this session, democratic reports to the con- trary notwitL