Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-05
our WASHINGTON LETTER.


Correspondents OF the REPUBLICAN,,
WAsxiNeroN, D. O., Feb. Q, leoe.-
What . tyrsnt this man Tom Reed Of
Maine, hes suddenly bscome The Cmsar
o. Congress- ons would thiuk from the
dreadful exclamation Of the Dsmocrs nc
members and their papers, and that he
had put In porii the very Consultation
under which We are suffered TO earn our
daily bread. Surely such . spirit to
trsmple down that old aud sacred instru-
msnt was never before presented By such
. Justice LOVING Democracy.
II 10 the pleased privilege OF tho miner
~ 70 play the martyr in politics, and II
70 the instinct Of the majority 70 put it.
opponent 70 the kniis. Bat all fsir-
minded men will say that Speaker Resd' Q
ard tue majority tonight can safely SAY
that their Heed liveth and that he Is u OF
the Reed spoken Of In Holy writ, while b
vs. "eesily shaken BY the wind"
To . locker on who during the week
tust ended eat In tho galleries of the
House, he vas foscibly reminded Of the
old scensa enacted on the same door
thirty years ago whom h Yancsy and
other IRE oaters tried to crack their slave
drIvsr's whip over such men ~ Potter Of
Missouri aud BurlingAms OF Mass, and
when Potiar Wa challenged TO neht
duel, quickly accepted, and a. the
challenged party chose . closed room,
and butcher knives - weapons, the
d0uty eouthsrner replied that butcher
knives were barbar0us and refused to
meet him. Potter replied. the whole
was bsrhsrous, but II compelled TO fight
be meant business; BsriIagams also
challenged Rife aud the Canada side OF
the Niagara Fsiis. Il was likewise
rejected for Asmsy reasons.
Twerty-seven years ago there first fell
upon my ears, during the PeninsuIsr
campaign, the rebel yell, whose rsvsrber-
alton hes again Tesounded through the
halls Of Congress for the past three days,
aud which came forth mainly from the
self-same throats ~ st that time woke
the swamps Of ths Ctickamauga. Then
the birds and insects fed away before
that rebel yell, the thunder Of the battle
and the furious flames Of he'll. But no;
our boys did not sease worth . cent this
time; they had been there before. Bus
despite all their tuning and cursinQ the
gallant Reed was calm and immovable,
and brushing away all the sophistrics
which obscure the main question, what
was all this much-ado about? eimply,
shall the majority rule? Shall minority,
ssncs when they are sitlinx In their ssats
drawing e12 = day.
No, Reed simply ruled, that II In the
room, voting or not, they made up
visible quorum; that they were actually
present for all practical purposes, and
that Liquidation should not be blocked by
any such game The day OF fllibuster-
lag BY either party h pest. The majority
70 responsible 70 the country for oil iegIs-
iattou, and unless some such rule 10
adopted this entire session would be
FILTERED away and NO bills whatever
passed; then the Democrats would pro-
claim upon every rOstrum In the land
during the next campaign; Soc, your
Republican Congress has done nothing
10 relieve the people OF the tariff, or 70
grant the soldier the Hevics Pension bill;
actually done nothing. Aud why? OF
course they will not tell the reason.
namely, because We Democrats sat there
Ike statues and would not vote, thus do
stroyibg quorum.
ership OF Reeu, Mckinley and Cannon.
. trap; the contested election cases will
be speedily settled and tile unterrined
will be taught that "two" 10 not an alb
breviatlon Of twelve" and that South
ern ballot b0xes, such - were used In
Ark snsas. win mot be tolerated BY masses
OF our people. The Committee on Elec-
lions are all ready TO report on four cases.
aud ara nnw cnnsidssips the oase of
Nrasnptar. No. Auia 81 Mnrviand
DIR. sydney s. Mudd Of Maryland 10 .
hustler oil only about 30 summers, but he
allows no grass to grow under HE feet.
The chairmsn Of his district committee,
Clagge :, says, when interviewed by 1
Star reporter, that he has secured the
appointment OF 81 men In Government
positions, as be promised the boys h.
elected, and be propcses e DO 10.
That 10 the t,ss1 Of talk the men who
10 the party work like to hear, aud II
our Senator don't look out the Mary
landers Will throw dust OIL him.
Again. this week Mudd called upon
Commissioner Raymond and asked that
Democrat usned Gay, . clerk, be dis
charged and the position given to one OF
his constituents, Belt. Raymond flew |
up and declared, a. he had done two |
months ago, that no man should be dis |
charged for political purpose. Mud |
withdrew, declaring no would Gee il the |
Of War could not take hand |
In the matter, and to-day Raymond Is
relieved rs commissioner aud Lit. Col.
Roberts takes his place. Raymoud's
name 10 row Mudd.
The municipal affairs Of the district
are controlled BY three com missioners
appointed by the President, two Of
whom are citizens and belonging TO the
two dominant parties, the third, an off e
Of engineers. detailed for tho purpose,
and who at least 10 presumed to be In
~ mpathy with the party In power. Ray.
lnond was a Mugwump, and ell the
are naw humble followers If
Grover Cleveland. The water depart
mont of the District 10 controlled by
lhis commission, now Douglass, Hines
aud Roberts. This TACT may be OF In
terest to cone OF your readers.
Fitxallen o. Bennett, . worthy citizen
and old veteran Of the Tooth New York,
was here during the last few days. eec-
Ietary Of the Navy, General Tracy, was
his old commander, and upon who he
,alled at his residence and was most cor
TALLY received both by the Secretary aud
als wife. ~ Bennett was hospital steward
II the regiment and tho dispenser OF
y Come get your qnintns." aud might
,hd ocm missary "B" whisky. Comrade
Bennett had . very fine picture OF the
General taken when hen he commanded
he regiment, and On its production the
3encral threw aside all restraint Of rank.
Bennett was one of his ''boys' again, and
he madam must come right In aud SEQ
lin. Sequel: II Bennett wants any po-
itical favors he has, as the politicians
yOuld sav ia atral0 ht nnl1v nm tba Soo |