Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-12-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our rsEuIar cOrrsspODdep..I

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. Is, 1890.
Mr.. HarrisOn's little scheme Of push |
ing the Force bill for his own, personal
benefit Is at last slowly beginning to
percolate through the brains of the 9TH |
er Presidential candidates and the re-
suit is decided coolness towards that
measure on the part of number of
leading republicans. 1t Is believed that
Mr.. Harrison is figuring that the thous-
ands ofsupervisors and deputy super
visors who would be appointed under
this bill, should it become q law,
might be utilized to form the basis of
Harrison machine that might control
enough of the state delegations to the
next Republican National convention
to insure his nomination.
There is q very strong probability
that the Force bill will be shelved for
good this week. The administration
and the Republican Senators Of the
the HOar stripe have heard from the
people; and are almost in a panic in
their anxiety to do something to satis-
fy the public demand for more money;
and yet they are mortally afraid that
when once q financial billof any kind
gets before the Senate substitute pro-
viding for free coinage will be adopted.
It was this fear that caused certain Sem
ators to attempt to get democratic Sem
atOrs to promise that If a bill was intro
duced authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to purchase anywhere from
twenty to, thirty millions of dollars
worth of silver bullion they would not
offer free coinage as substitute for 1t.
1t Is needless tn say that no democrats
made any promise; it is the policy OF
the democratic Senators to keep clear
of all entanglements, in order to be
prepared to take advantage of any cir
cumstances that may occur to secure
Legislation in behalf of the people.
4 = Mr.. Harrison has, I am creditably in
formed, made up his mind to send a
special message to Congress intimating
what kind of financial bill he would
sign. He has so little influence in Con-
lgress that it matters little what he rec
Iommends. ~ &.
No nomination for the vacancy on
the bench of the Supreme Court has
yet been sent to the Senate, and / am
told by republican Senator that it is
doubtful whether it will go in until the
Force bill is disposed of because Mr..
Harrison has rendered the appointment
to Senator SpoOner, and he is afraid to
have him leave the Senate before the
vOte is taken on the Force bilI-the
margin is too email to loose a vote.
: The farce called an investigation OF
the Pension office has been resumed by
the House committee. The commit
tee showsa great deal more anxiety
not to find crookedness than it does to
find it. An attempt will be made to
) get the committee to look into the
methods by which a son of Commits.
sioner Raum became attorney for 0
large number af applicants, whose
claims had been practically pigeon.
holed in the Office before he took charge
! of them.
The bill reducing the fee for obtain.
ing an increase in pension has been
favorably reported to the House. This
is hard blow to the pension sharks,
: but Secretary Noble is trying to strike
them still harder by getting all the
States to adopt the system now in
vogue In Massachusetts,, Minnesota and
: Wisconsin,, Of having the Attorney
i General of the State look after all ap.
!plieations for pensions, free of charge
The re-apportlonment bill providing
!, for membership Of 356 TO the House
! of Representatives has been reported tc
!, the House, and the republicans having
j tacitly agreed that New York should
ton it is entitled 10 should there be .
: recount in New York city and Brook.
Ilyn, 1t is not thought that the demo
= Gratis will oppose its passage.
Senator Vest has presented to thu
lSenate q memorial from the Nationa
Bankruptcy Convention urging the i'm
v mediate passage Of the Torrey bank
( Iruptcy bill, which passed the House al
), the last session. A number Of peti
II tions against its passage have been re
z !! lceived from the northwestern states.
!. Thenotoriouss ship subsidy bills whicl
4 passed the Senate at the last session
a were too much for the republicans Q
., the House committee on Merchant Ma
o rine and they have agreed upon singl
e bill as substitute for both, of them
u The new bill combines many of tn
i features of the other two, and Is certain
to pass the House, more's the pity.
Representative Grain, of Texas, ha
reported from the House committee OF
Ipost-offices q resolution calling on tn
r. Postmaster General as to the exten
and grounds for complaints of ineffiC
..fient post-office service In Texas ant
y other states.
y There isn't as much talk about MI
Blaine's reciprocity scheme as ther
70 was short time ago, and suspicion
arising that the Administrations ism
9. giving the Secretary of State any carr
10 est support in this matter.
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