Nevada County picayune., 1890-09-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
 WA>HIxgroN. D. C., Aug. 29, 20.

tl.a twin isus put upon exhibition m fine House this week More disgrace full scenes were never witnessed, and Ithe active participants were all mem ber- of the Republican party, which claims to represent all that is good and moral in the politics of the countrg-c claims. mind yoH. Repre- sentative Cannon, one Of speaker 0Rccd. most submissive heutenants, began the trouble by assuming the authority to publicly reprImand in resolution torly-four members of the House by name, because they did no, mcelly sit in their seats in order to be counted to make up T quorum. Ten of the gentlemen named were Republicans The subject before the House was the compound lard blu. which Mg. Cannon i, anxious to have passed, and to which there ia bitter opposition in both parties, The gentlemen whom MT Cannon wanted to reprimanj, very naturally protested against aay such proceed i. ing Mr. NauX, the venerable suc- ce,sor to MT Randall, hi, gray locks fairly tusrIjng with5adienatiun, said: Have you q right to lnlutc mo- lives That's not ghe parliamentary power f the majority in sht, House
 mt-i the empire comes This was greeted with applaozo from the Bem- 5crats. There was more of the same sort. sad it 90 aneercd Mr Cannon | llat h. completely lost his head, and made usc of langeageswhiea no re- respectable newspaper eaH print.
 Thar araj up Mir Mason, q Rcpub- aela opponent of thc bill whose temaa aa, lH the gallery. and going oyer #5 where Mf CauuaH was he roundi, rcpyoyed h.m in tae choicest l Chicago biIIin-,gafe but he had the good fast, to do it in a tone too low to bc heard by the ladies in the gal leu,- Meanwhile 'he Noq5r was in a terrible uproar. He he was pass ed aeswcon Repre-, aujaJive, Mason, Hoi Illinois. aad Walker. of Massa- ghU,ef both Republicans. and had : if not been ioG the interference Of members they would have engaged ,n agt.g0'!@. IL would seem that uo.aHL mor. lj-uac,ful eo3ld oc- 'cur hnt taa end was mol yet Rep ) rt-cuatiye> Wilson. of Washington. and BeahNjtb, of New Jersey, two more Republicans got into au alter cation over the Cannon resolution. and Mg Wilson called Mr. Beckwith a blankcfy blank liar, whercupon the Jcr-eYuan disgracei himself and his constituents by applying uc most , ijsQgaaefu. epthcj in the English language to thc Representative Of the State which bears tue houorcd name of the father of his country. The result WAS au immediate slug gng match which required the com hinad ef!oc'- of the ocrgcaul-at-arms and number of member, to stop. These be the men who are asking the voters of The country t0 continue them in power.
 The agreement so begin voting . upon tly tariff biIl september X, has been unanimously ratified Jy fhe sen atr. senator German says the bill ai'ibo sufficiently exposed by that time to show the people of the conn try vaa, aa outrage the Republicans arc fotstiug upon them ihc sugar lobby ,s again gathering bero in force a order 'o get in their work when tae sugar clause ot 'hc hj.I Is reach ci which will probably be n.>l week
 Hgseudcat ha.csDunbled upon ine Republican programme hy which H" leaders oi that party expect tp huoHEiub the voters once more. thats js tJ he no further aYpropria- $ tiol gt money at th session than is , absolutely necessary to keep ihe l wheels of government moving. They wii. then go before the country pos ing as economists and ask the suffra- 9cs of he voters. If they can per
 gadc Mr. Harrison to call an extra .ees5on to meet moi later tbau Nu- GaWho lu.ar ll. l. will be done. if
 et t The regular session which
 meet iu December, the ma.i, is to he dropped aui the spoiiauou of the
 ircasarN E 10 begin in earnest. tal aiga contributions are being solicited from all parties interested in NuE pi Che hundreds Of measures carrying bncral appropriations, now pending, and they rc all promised that the bills shall bc pushed through at the next session, and the state mcnt + made that forty three Rcpub- lican Senators have agreed to adopt a gag ra,c for the Senate in order to push these bills through the faster. By this means the leaders of the par tr hope 10 raise a corruption fund large enough to buv up the doubtful districts and retain control of the Z next House
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