Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent

position that cannot fail to serious.
ly tax the good sense which he has
time after time shown himself to
be largely endowed with. 1t is to
him that the rank and file of the
Republican party look for a settle
ment of the unfortunate difference
of opinion that has risen among
the Republican Senators. Senator
Quay seems determined to get his
resolution combining the legislation
of the present session to the tariff
bill; the appropriation bills and
bills affecting public buildings and
grounds before the Senate. His
resolution when first offered last
week was referred to the committee
on Rules, as we'll as an amendment
offered by Senator Hoar to include
the Federal Election bill in the
legislation of the session. A eau
Gus has since been held but moth
ing was done except to discuss the
situation and by a vote of Is to IL
to refuse to endorse Senator Hoar's
amendment.
Saturday afternoon Senator Quay,
without waiting for the committee
on Rules to report, asked unsnl'
nous consent to offer the same
resolution, which also provides for
taking a final vote on the tariff
bill on August 30th, but Senator
Edmunds objected, the matter
went over and Mr.. Quay gave no.
tlce that he would this week offer
the same resolution and insist upon
its consideration. 1t is expected
that all of the Southern Senators
will support Mr.. Quay's resolution,
IN fact it is charged that 1t is the
result of a bargain with them
this | do not believe-because it
will prevent action upon the Fed
eral Election bill.
Meanwhile Senator HOar who Is
leading those who favor the pass
ing of both tariff and Federal Elec-
ton bills is by no means idle. Tele'
grams to absent Republican Sena-
tors have been sent urging them
to return at once, and it Is not i'm.
possible that another caucus will
be held before the matter is finally
settled, and if full attendance can
be secured it is probable that Mr..
Quay's resolution may be defeated,
but it he can get it voted upon by
the Senate before the caucus meets,
and the Democrats support him it
Will be adopted.
The Louisiana Lottery lobby is
solidly IN favor of the Quay reso.
luton because it will prevent the
passage by The Senate of the rigor-
Gus anti.lottery bill which the
House on S. turday took up and
passed and numerous other lobby
lists representing interests that
will be more or less damaged by
legislation which has already pass
ed the House are adding their in.
huence towards getting the Quay
resolution adopted by the Senate.
Speaker Reed, while deeply re.
GREETING the turn which things have
taken in the Senate, will do moth
ing to prolong the session in order
to force the Senate to act on the
Federal Election bill. He says
the House has done its duty and if
the Senate refuses TO do likewise
let its members answer for it TO
their constituents.
The President has so far taken
no side in the dispute though it
is pretty well known that he tavors
the Federal Election bill, and its
friends are trying to get him to do
something to help them, while its
are equally as persistent
in asking him to keep his hands
off. Mr.. Quay and nearly every
Republican who is expected to vote
for his resolution say that they
favor the Election bill, but believe
it to be impossible to pass both 1t
and the tariff bill at this session,
and they regard the tariff bill as
the most important.
The Senate devoted Friday and
Saturday to a discussion of the
River and Harbor bill which was
passed. 1t contained many i'm
pOrtant amendments.
The House had a time all last
week on account OF the absence OF
a quorum about half the time. The
prospect now IS that the attendance
this week will be larger and the
delays fewer.
1t is good news to active Repub-
licans to know that Assistant Post.
master General ClaIksOn, whose
right 10 be called a political hustler
has been fully proven, is, after Sep
TENDER LIST, when he resigns his