Fergus County argus., 1890-03-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON. March II, 1890.

W AsIIlNGrON. March IL, 1880.
| The Blair educational bill. which has
grown to he lone-drawn tale, will come to
a vote March 2o. senator Blair was OPP
posed Ia this action. but was everw helme,l
by the will of the ma joriiy. lie seems will
ing to have the hill before the senate and
to speak on il himself f"r the rest of his
natural life. In his speech advocating an
early vote senator Frye stated bluntly
| that there appeared To- he no desire on the
part of senators to listen to more speeches
oa the educational bill. lie had frequently
counted as few as seven senators present
during the debate. Finally il was agreed
Thursday 81 next week for discussion. Mr..
Blair will bc allowed the iloor for u final
hour aud not more, and then the bill will
he under the five minnie rule and the vote
will be ON the amendments and bills. Aud
thus the agony ia the senate will he over
for time.
Senator polph's investigating committee
has abou: completed its Iabors. Mr. Delphi
is now busly engaged upon what is sup
posed is his report On the cease. but its tenor
is not revealed. Mr.. Dolph's adherents in
the senate are growing beautifully fewer,
aud il now appears that he will not have -
majority {" back him when the resolution
To punish the newspaper correspondents
for contempt comes To II iinai vote. The
outcome of the matter will proba bly, he the
discussion with open doors a.. the propo-
>iti"n Ia discontinue the practice If con
-iiering n.minat ions in secret session The
feeling is growing that the secret session
privilege has been abused, the "nly things
of sufficient importance 20 necessit e secret
sessions being important treat les and there
has been no important treaty ia twenty
years.
II the decision u' the house is concurred
IN 10y the senate the Territory of Oklahoma
viii he n thirsty land, at least until the
legislature "f the new territory acts ON the
subject. The discussion ~ the house was
lively aud g.od hundred. The result of
the vote was n triumph foi prohibition.
but ~ II only holds good INT il the meeting
al the legislature, il is of ,luubtful utility.
hii the introduction uf int"Nirating liquors.
int" the territory Tor any purpose. h. only
thing that could absolutely prohibit a liguor
traffic. failed.
IN N-Hcpresentative William Preston Taul-
bee, who was shot in one sf thecSrri.lors of
the house 10y Charles T.. Kincaid, CORE |
-pondent Of the Loui-vi lille Times. died Tues. |
day morning. kincail lies in Jail utterly |
Frustrated aud in his dcliratr condition of
health sren- likely to :" into n drclinc. in |
which death will "utstrip the law. Public
feeling is much Divided as to the merits of |
friends aud being criticised on the other
hand for shooting his man in the back.
The defense will bc conducted 10y Represen-
iativc Mc' reary, who represents the dis
rici adjoining that formerly r-presentsd
by Taulber. aud 10y Rrpre-entativeCaruth.
the brilliant and da saing and fiery
attorney at Louisville. The
lefcnse first undertook l." enlist the serv-
ces oi senator blackburn. but the willy Joe
was not eager to take hold of a ease over
which feeling may run high aud bitter in
>rniucky. Taulhrr, despite the scandal
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