Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. %, 1890.
Speaker Reed has been so badly beat
en- at his own game by the. Democrat
of the House that he offered through
one of his minion to agree that no NOR,
Democrats should be unseated at thi
session if the Democrats would stay II
their seats to make O quorum. It /,
unnecessary to saw that the offer wa
rejected--the Democrats will make M
bargain with Reed. The offer was no
made until the Speaker found out that
he could not force the Democrats t.
stay in the House, not even by locking
them up, and Representative Kilgort
had set an example by kicking open Q
locked door that every democrat in the
House was prepared to follow If it be
came necessary to do so to get out oI
the chamber. A number Of Republ
Representatives are in hearty sympa,
thy with the Democratic efforts to pre-.
vent the unseating of two legally elected
Democrats in favor of two negro contes.
tants, but they lack the courage of theil
colleague, Mr.. Cheadle, of Indiana
who made strong speech begging the
members of his party not to attempt
to commit this outrage, simply be.
cause a majority of the election com.
mittee had reported in favor of the ne.
groes. The negroes will never be seated
until the Republicans get quorum.
The Republican majority ofthe con-
ference committe have about patched
up an agreement on the tariff bill, and
1t might have been reported to day,
but tits presumable that the Repubii-
cans will hold it until they can get a
quorum of Republicans on the floor of
the House; that may be tomorrow or
1T may not be at all during this session.
A prominent Republican member of
the conference committee, who was
known to be opposed to Blai ines Latin
American reciprocity idea, was asked
why he voted for reciprocity amend
ment. "Oh,n he replied, laughing,
reciprocity is popular fad just now,
and 1t is well enough to have the name
tackled onto the BILL" That expresses
in a nut shell the much talked of
amendment-it is only buncombe.
Mr.. Harrison lacked the courage to
carry out his threat of vetoing the Riv-
er and Harbor bill. 1t is said that
certain Senator high up in the coun-
ellis of the republican party informed
him that if he vetoed that bill majori-
ty of the republican Senators had pIedg-
ed themselves to make war upon him
personally during the remainder of his
administration. 4EE
Senator Plumb gave the Treasury de-
partment a little raking over Friday,
because of its having entered into linn
tied partnership with a lot of New
York Spectators, and Saturday, Sena-
tor Cockrell reopened the same wounds
In few remarks objecting to the con-
sideration of Senator Sherman's bill to
reduce the amount of bonds required of
national banks, Mr.. Cockrell said that
he proposed when this bill was taken
up, to offer an amendment requiring
the withdrawal of all bond circulation,
and the substitution of Treasury notes
the best paper currency that any
country ever had. "That will take,n
he continued, "the control of our finan-
ces out of the hands of monopoly.
What has been seen within the last
few weeks has not been creditable to
the country. The Secretary of the
Treasury has been seen drawn on by
spectators in stocks and grain in New
York, to pay out every dollar of cash
surplus in the Treasury in order to save
their imaginary profits in speculation
and gambling.
The bill shutting the lotteries and
newspapers which print lottery adver-
tisements out ofthe mails, is now law.
There are lots of rumors about what
the lottery people intend doing to test
the cOnstitutionality of the new law,
but they alllack confirmation.
A resolution has been reported to the
House providing for the appointment |
Of committee to inquire into the
Chicago Is making toward the |
Worlds Fair, and report to the House
In December.
The Washington Navy Yard is being |
worked for all 1t Is worth Just now, to-
help the republicans In contiguous
districts. Secretary Ira
cy must have been joking when he
'aid that politics should not enter the
navy yards. Politics may not enter
The Washington yard, but democrats
ire being pushed out to make room for
at quite lively
Senator Vorhees has issued joint
resolution directing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to purchase 10 100000 ounces
If silver bullion within 80 days in
American markets not to exceed $1.29
Der ounce the bullion to be coined at
nee and held as current money. E
A Boston boot manufacturer has re.
Iuested Representative Kilgore to al
Ow him TO name new production,
peciallyintended for Texas trade, "The
AiIgOre boot.H