The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 4th, $780,
The President accompanied by Mr..
Blaine, who has been his guest at
Cape May Point since Saturday, is
expected here tomorrow or next day
and haye it on excellent authority
that he will this week send q special
message Ia Congress containing rec
concentrations concerning the tariff
bill and reciprocity. He carried with
him mass of Information, psrticu-
larly relating to the importation of
sugar, which Secretary Window has
been some time engaged in preparing
for him for the purpose of submit.
ting it TO Secretary Blaine aud obtain
ing his aid in preparing a message
which will take "A position upon
which the entire Republican party
in both House and Senate can come
togethher-they have never been
half so far apart as the Democrats
have tried to make the country be-
lieve.
Owing to the precariOus state of his
health Senator Morrill, has been
granted an indefinite leave of alb
sence. This leaves Senator Aldrich
in charge of the tariff bill, and it
would ne a difficult matter to place it
in more competent hands. There is
no better posted man in the United
States upon the varied complications
of our tariff system than Mr.. Aldrich.
The Senate is not making much head,
way with the tariff bill nOtwithstand-
ing its meeting daily at 10 O'Clock,
owing of course to the announced
policy of the Democrats in delaying
il by every known parliamentary
method. How long the majority
propose 10 stand this is predetermined;
but it certainly will not be much lon
ger. Senator Blair offered a re50lu-
ton instructing the committee on
Rules to prepare and report a change
in the Rules which would enable the
majority to cut off debate latter 81
reasonable time" but for some cause
the Republican leaders in the Senate
did not think proper to adopt it at
this time, although caucus has de.
termined that it shall be done if
necessary, and the resolution was re-
ferred to the committee on Rules.
The House refuses to grant leaves
of absence and has revoked all those
in existance but that does not keep
the members here as was shown by a
vote taken on Saturday when 40
"pairs" were announced and the
House was compelled to adjourn at
O'Clock.
The President and a very distin-
guished party of public men will
attend the annual encampment of the
G. A. r. at Boston next week. They
will go on the U. S. S. Dispatch but
whether they will make the entire
trip on her or 60 to New York from
here by rail and then take the
steamer. has not yet zen fully deter
mined upon.
The Cleveland Democrats are mad
at Representative Flower, chairman
of the Democratic Congressional CAM
paign committee and accuse him of
using his position to lay the wires to
secure his own nomination to the
Presidency in 1892. Flower has had
the fever for some years and as he
has barrel" of the largest size,
which may always be tapped by the
right sort Of talk, certain Democrats
are determined that he shall always
be in the field, in his mind anyway.
Seriously though, isn't three New
York candidates-Cieveland, Hill
aud FIower-fOr the Democratic
nomination little too many for
good feeling?
The Louisiana Lottery lobby was
never more active here than it is now,
and if unlimited money lavishly
spent will defeat the anti-lOttery bills
which have been favOrabiy reported
to the House, they will do it but
there Is healthy public sentiment
throughout the country favoring
those bills, and its effects are apparent
here already.
The House committee on Post Of
fees has reported favorably the bills
providing for postal subsidy of
steamships. which recently passed
the Senate.
Representative Baker of New York
has introduced a resolution in the
House authorizing the President to
send to Russia, through the proper
channels, "a respectful but earnest
protest against the proposed expul-
sion of Jews from that country. The
resolution was referred to the CON-
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
Representative Rogers of Arkansas