Mohave County miner., 1890-03-22
WASHINGTON LErTER.
Correspondence of THE MrsEll

Correspondence OF THE MISEIl.
WAsHNGToS, March 10, 1890.
The Montana Senatorship was treated
in the Senate committee On elections and
privileges, az is always the practice in
contests for seats, from purely party
standpoint. In accord with this custom
the majority recommends the seating Of
Saunders, the Republican. The grounds
for this recommendation Is that the Re-
publican House in Montana was the legal
House as its members held certificates Of
election and the body was recognized as
the legal house by the State Senate. The
report will be made in few days. Sem
ator Gray will prepare the minority re-
port, which win be an exhaustive argu-
ment for the Democratic side. Senator
Turpie will not sign eithe: report, but
will likely make one for himself, as he
holds that no formal election Of Senators
has been accomplished and believes the
case should be returned TO Montana for
action.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections mas reported on the request
of Mr.. Call that the accuracy Of the re.
port Of his speech on the Saunders-F Flori-
da murder, as published In the Congress-
ional Record, be investigated. The COM
mittee declined to question the accuracy
Of the stenographer and recommended
that the report Of the speech stand with
out correction. The additional question
as to how far Senator may 60 in debate
and be within parliamentary bounds was
recommended to be referred to the SEN
ate on rules for defination.
In this beautiful manner does the Sem
ate sit in judgment on hair pulling among
its old women. Senator Chandler
claimed that Senator Call had interlop
ed into the published report Of bis speech
remarks derogatory TO his New Hamp
shire dignity. This accusation Mr.. Call
resented with all the fervency Of his
Southern nature. OF course the charge
was true and everyone knew it to be true.
Still Mr.. Calls language as used on the
floor was fully as bitter and personal As
was the language in the Record. He
had added nothing of importance. The
custom Of allowing Senators and Repre-
sentatives to revise the official reports Of
their speeches shall have some limit. At
present it sometimes means that the
official report is mangled beyond rccog-
milton, and speech that was when de-
livered miserable, stumbling failure be-
comes after pruning and padding bril-.
liant success. When you start to revis-
ing speech there is no telling where you
end.
The House is deep in figures. The
scores Of public building appropriations
are before it, and the end seems far off.
The mill grinds rapidly enough. Regu-
larly bill is called up in the committee
Of the whole, it is recommended that the
proposed appropriation be reduced about
twenty-five per cent, and then the able
solons grab the next one and put it
through horizontal reduction.
The government clerks are having
some difficulty reorganizing their Repub-
liean State Associations. The trouble is
generally about membership. The truth
is that SO many Of them forgot their al
legiance TO the old party during Mr..
Cleveland's administration that there
might be awkward explanations TO make.
Their love feasts give promise Of being
cold and suspicious affairs.
Speaker Reed usually walks home
from the Capitol, and you can be sure
there is always somebody lying in wait to
catch him and ask for some favor, as he
strides up the avenue. His enormous
body shakes as he walks and the gait is
rapid but not firm. His head is bent
forward as that Of man who has habit
ually poured important advice into short
er mems ears. The smile one his face is
one Of perfect content and his eyes, look
ing like small beads in that immense
mass OF jelly.like flesh, take in everything.
No one in his party is half 80 we'll
pleased with his success az Speaker az
Is Mr.. Reed bimself. For years he has
fretted at being kept In the background,
and now the SARCASM and ACQUISITIONS Of
his political enemies are as dear to him
as the congratulations Of his friends.
But II the present session has glorified
Reed, Il has depressed Major Mckinley.
The Ohio mans leadership Is waning.
Reed takes all the laurels. The recent
debate on the new rules and the prior
fillibusting, offered Mckinley an oppor-
tun;ty Of which he failed to avail him
self. As the representative Of the major
ity in the most important committee of
the House, he exhibits the same defect
that Carlisle does as representative Of
the minority. He is too slow. With all
their experience and good sense these
men are unfortunately placed, for neither
has the cut and come again powers that
make such men as Reed and Randall
leaders On the floor.
The contested election cases are ss-
pecially annoying to the Democrats. The
debates on these cases have developed
the strength of Crisp, Of Georgia, who is
rapidly going TO the front rank and who
is personally popular with his Democratic
colleagues. He is the readiest man now