Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WnshinQtOn. .Jltne 80.

Secretary Blaine has not the slight
est idea of resigning, although the
democrats are busying themselves in
circulating silly rumor that he in
tends resigning if congress does not
do something towards carrying out
his reciprocity ideas. Mr.. Blaine is
by no means alone in those ideas;
they are shared by the president, ev-
cry member of the cabinet except
one, and by many of the most emf
nent republican members of both
house and senate but if congress
does not see fit to carry them out by
the necessary legislation Mr.. Blaine
is not the sort of man to resign he
knows that he is in no way RESPONSE
BILE for legislation.
The debate on the Federal election
law goes merrily along in the House;
there was night session Saturday
and there will be another tonight.
The talk has been quite lively at
times; but by no means as exciting
as 1t was expected to be, although
Representative McComas of Mary
land, who is considered one of the
ablest of the southern republicans,
had quite a spat with Representative
Bland of Missouri, Saturday after
noon. Mr.. McComas' speech was a
red hot broadside into the southern
democrats and it is not surprising
that it should have stirred them up.
The vote on the bill will be taken
Wednesday afternoon. 1t will pass.
The president having signed the
dependent pension bill, Commission
er Raum has issued a pamphlet of in
structions to applicants for pensions
under its provisions, which may be
obtained by writing to the pension
bureau. 1t allows a pension from Sc
to S12 a month to all soldiers who
served ninety days or longer, who
are now, from any cause, unable to
earn a support; also to all widows
of soldiers and to dependent parents.
The president intended to have
spent yesterday with his family at
Cape May, but owing to the pressure
of business he was unable to get
away. He will go Thursday night
if congress takes the usual Fourth of
July holiday, and remain until Mon
day.
In view of the attempts to predict
the date of the adjournment of con-
gress it is we'll to stop moment and
consider the condition of the regular
annual appropriation bills, which
must be passed before adjournment.
Only two of them-the army and the
military academy bills have become
laws. The others stand; the agri-
cultural bill, passed the house and
now in senate's committe; diplomat
ic bill, passed house and senate and
now in conference; District of Co
lumbia bill, reported from conference
to senate; fortifcation bill, passed
house and senate and in conference
Indian bill, passed house and in sem
ate committee legislative bill, pass
ed house and senate and in confer
ence; naval bill, passed both houses
and in the hands of the president
pension bill, ditto; post-office bill,
passed house and senate and report
ed from conferedce to the senate and
the conference report adopted; river
and harbor bill. passed house and now
on senate calendar with amendments F;
rsundry civil bill, passed house and
now in senate committee; general
deficiency bill, not completed by
house committee on appropriations.
Senator Chandler has gone to New
Hampshire to remain until the feder-
al election bill comes up in the SEN
ate. The senate has passed the bill
to admit Wyoming and Idaho as a
state.
Senator Morrill, called up the tariff
bill in the senate to-day but it is
not to begin until next week. Opin-
ions differ as to whether the recip-
rocity amendment will be adopted
but the majority seem to think that
it will be.
The conferees on the silver bill are
Senators Sherman, Jones and Harris,
and Representative Conger, Walker
and Bland. The result will, it is
thought, be a compromise on the
lines of the original house bill.
The house Judiciary committee has
reported a substitute for the senate
bill to prohibit the importation OF
liquor into states having laws against
it's sale, which includes all articles of
traffic.
The Blair educational bill, which
was some time ago introduced in the
house by Representative Cheatem,
the colored member from North Car
olina, is to be favorably reported to
the house by the committee on educa-
ton. 1t is not known whether it will
be pushed to a vote at this session or
not, probably not.