The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-07-25
The Egis G telligencer
Bel Air, Md. July %. 1880
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
rm our Regular Correspondent.

Form our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 81, 890-Representative
Lodge is a monomaniac on the subject OF Federal
election law. He wants, he says. IF necessary.
file of federal soldiers at every polling place IN ms
district" He has made the Federal election iuet
the sole object OF his thoughts throughout inns SEES
sion, and will attempt to crowd out any other I'M
pOrtant business In its favor. he was tne Hrst
member to arrive in Washington, and promptly at
tached his fortune to that of Mr.. Reed. while ne
was a candidate for the speakership OF tne Rouse.
He came here before any other OF the Massa th
sets delegation, and when they arrived, tney
learned. as they did two years before tnat MT
Lodge had his committee places picked out IN ad-
There is a great pressure at present in Republican
circles to have the Lodge bill pass Ot course the
actual reason is that millions have been gwen away
i'm MANY other extravagant ways and it is admitted
by those in authority that the Y. .: treasury IS
nearly bankrupted 10 avoid Ia aenc,s ,e pun
commit colossal breach of trust. To be brief,
on the 14th of August next the silver coinage act
becomes operative. Upon that day the amount
held by the U. S. Treasurer for the redemption OF
the circulating notes, in the hands OF the puDllc
OF dlscont,nued natlona DaKs .o an
fund. The amount will probably according 10 the
best estimates. amount to about $4,000 900: Inns
is done under the pretense of increasing the CIR.
culation; while the real reason is to avoid denclt
in the Treasury when all these wastefu approprla-
lions come to be paid.
as to the out come of the census, and the new APP
portionment. They realize that the old Northern
and that the growth of the country at large may
even detract from them something OF their present
representation. There is also good reason 10 pc
lieve that the new industries, mines, and activity
of the South, developed during the last ten years
have brought more people there than once wers
LEANS to pass the Lodge bill. But that cannot be
reached without violating and changing the rules
that have governed the Senate 1or huhureu
years. -
Pressure is being brought to bear on the fve or
six Republican Senators who are most determlnSe,u
in thnir nnnn n
the features of the bill are being CONSIDERED Dy the
Senate Committee on Privileges and EeetionSsIiiM
The Senate will dispose of the appropriation Dilis
and then the tariff BILL before the election bill is
reached; and it will be left pending at adjourn
ment.unless those more conservative statesmen can
be Influenced in its favor.
Representative Yoder, of Ohio, who is a member
OF the Democratic Congressional committee, says
that the Democrats will gain several Representa-
gerrymander of the STATE Mr.. Mckinley has been
1000 against him. His friends will make des-
perate effort to secure his election; but Mr. Yoder
says that nothing short of million dollars VIII &C
The other gains, which the committee Is conn.,
dent of making, are three in Missouri, one IN ken,
lucky two in Maryland one each in Louisiana and
Pennsylvania, and others possibly IN iowa ana
Massachusetts. Enough, in short, to give the
Democrats good working majority in the next
The Senate is still discussing the sundry Civil
Bill, a lively debate between Senators Reagan,
of Texas. and Steward, of Nevada. was one OF the
CLEANS of sunshine during this prolonged delDera-
ton.
The House to-day after an, at times, exceeding
ly lively debate. passed the Original Package"
bill, it having been decided by the Republican
sary to keep the Prohibition Republican voters in
line at the coming Congressional elections.
The next thing on the House Republican pro |
gramme is the National Bankruptcy bill, which |
is to be railroaded in the usual Reed style; the
House having by party vote decided that the hnal
vote should be taken on Wednesday. Think OF |
passing measure as sweeping in its effects as |
this Qpe Is, after only two days of alleged debera-
ton =