The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-24
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent. !

The circumstances surrounding th
cases OF most of the absent Republican,
are such that II hardly seems fair :
harshly criticize them, and yet II Is be
lieved that the Republican party at larg
Is losing much more by their being AVA
from here than it can possible gain by tn
work they are doing in their respective
districts Without them II will be i'm
possible to pass Representative Boothman'
joint resolution invalidating the recen
gerrymander Of Ohio, on account of Ger
tain territory being left out, and thu
Democrats will have the power, II so dis
posed, to prevent the House acting upon
the report Of the conference committee on
the Mckinley bill when it is made, and
there are other important matters, includ-
ing the contested election cases, that
might be acted upon with q quorum Of
Republicans present 1t is only fair to
say that the managers expect q quorum
this week.
The House has decided that the objec
tionable portions OF the speech recently
made by Representative Kennedy, Of
Ohio, shall be expunged from the record.
Speaker Reed has signed the River and
Harbor bill, which was on his table for
about week.
The Raum investigation was formally
closed Wednesday, and q report is ex-
pecled from the committee at once.
The Senate has passed the bill repeating
the timber cultivation act, and has agreed
to the conference report on the railroad
land gran, forfeiture bill.
There Is lots OF scandal flying around
In connection with the efforts oi the lottery
lobbyists to delay the adoption Of the anti
lottery bill, which was passed Tuesday
afternoon by the Senate without dissent
vote. II is said that one prominent Sen.
ator was Offered $4,000 in cash II he
would manage in some way TO get the bill
delayed, and another sl5,OOOfor the same
purpose. II Is also said that Senator Ev-
arts and Ex-President Cleveland have
been offered a retainer of $780, 900 II they
will become counsel for the lottery com.
pany In order to have the Supreme Court
pass upon the constitutionality Of the new
law. II these gentlemen accept the, re.
tainer they are expected 10 get OFT an in.
junction restraining the Postmaster Gen
eral from putting the law into effect until
the Supreme Court renders a decision.
The lottery would willingly pay $4,000
for one years unrestricted use Of the mails,
and II would probably take longer than
that TO get case through the Supreme
Court
Following are the gentlemen forming
the conference committee now engaged
In considering the Mckinley Tariff bill
House--McKinley. Burrows, Dingley,
Bayne, (Republicans), Mills, Mcmillan,
and Flower, (Democrats). Senate-Ald-
rich, Hiscock, Sherman, Allison, (Repub-
llcans, Vance, Carlisle, and Voorhees,,
(Democrats). The impression Is that the
committee will be ready to report early
next week, and that the bill will not be-
radically changed In any respect from
what Il was when passed by the Senate.
The question Of an extra session Is again
at the front, and II Is we'll nigh certain
that there will be one, but II is not yet Ger.
tain whether Il will be brough, about by
Congress taking recess as soon as The
tariff bill Is finally disposed Of, or be
called by proclamation Of the President.
Il is conceded by most Of the Republican
leaders to be absolutely necessary, owing
10 the number Of important measures that
are expected to Le Enacted upon when Tie
session shall adjourn.