Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-12-27
WASHINGTON.

senator stewart open revolt against
the republican caucus and his manly
speech against the Force bill are the
talk of the town and likely foreman
so for sometime to come, notwith>
standing the nearness of Christmas.
That he voiced the real sentiments
of a number of his republican col
leagues cannot for a moment be
doubted, but none OF them are expect
ed to display the "sand" exhibited
by the Nevada Senator, and / under
stand that he acted largely from
spite, because Mr.. Harrison and the
republican leaders in roth Senate and
House have combined to prevent the
passage of free coinage bill. What
ever his motive it has wonderfully
stiffened the backbone of the republi>
can opponents of the Force bill.
Senator Paddock, another republi>
can opponent of the bill, is growing
FESTIVE and has given notice that if
the bill is not disposed of very
soon he intends asking the Senate to
take up his Pure Food bill.
The republican caucus voted in ia
vor of changing the Senate rules in
order to cut off debate, but it is not
yet certain that they can succeed.
Mr.. Hoar and his associates in the
pushing of the Force bill are in
peck of trouble, and it is growing
worse instead of better. They fear
to make the attempt to change the
rules because they are not certain
that they can carry it through even
if they can get it to vote, which is q
matter of doubt, as the democrats
have announced their determination
to debate the proposed change, which
must be made under the present
rules, for the remainder of the ses-
sion. One thing is certain, the
change cannot be made without rev.
olutionary rulings on the part of the
presiding officer of the Senate.
If anything is to be done this week
by the republicans in the Senate it
will have to be done without the as
sistance of Senators Allison and In
gals, both of whom have gone home
without being paired. So far the re-
publicanS have refused to even cons
slider taking a holiday recess, and
present indications are that they will
hold sessions right along, and OF
course, the democrats will be COM
PEELED to attend, because if they stay
away the republicans would be GER
tain to crowd the Force bill through,
In the House quorum has gone
glimmering, and there isn't much
probability that one will be seen
there again before January.
The republican bosses are believed
to have secretly decided that nc
financial legislation shall be passed
at this session, although they are
making a great pretense of consider
ing the bill which Metropolitan eau
Gus went through the farce of endors
ing, which provides for the purchase
of 100000 ounces of silver il
monthly instalments of 2,000,00t
ounces and for the re-coining of thu
$25, 100000 of fractional coin anC
trade dollars now lying idle in tn,
Treasury. They would have beer
willing to allow this bill to pass, bu
it was no sooner reported to the Sen
ate than Senator Reagan offered al
amendment providing for free coin
age. Then it was decided that it wa
) too risky to allow the bill to be vote
on, and so the matter stands at pres
ent.
Senator Pettigrew wants to max
another Indian scare impossible, S
he has introduced bill prohibiting
the sale of fire arms and ammunitio
to Indians on reservations. The gen
, eral impression is that there is al
ready such a law in existence, whic
: has been violated with the conn
/ vance or through the neglect of Gov
eminent officials. This whole India
business will probably be investiga
: ed by Congress. Senator Manderso
has offered a resolution to that etfeC
There is aIgeneral desire on the pal
of Senators and Representatives t
get at the real status of the Indian!
: There has been some hitch in tn
o issuing of a proclamation by Nj
;, Harrison inviting foreign nations
take part in the Worlds Fair, but
is now said to be all right and thu
. the proclamation will be issued tn
\ week.
1t is already apparent that at lea!
$50, OOO,0 900 will be required to max