Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGroN, d. c., April, IA. 1896
Ex-speaker Carlisle presented tn
minority report Of the Ways and Mean
committee to the House. It takes th,
Mckinley bill In detail and shows tn,
injustice OF that measure, and goes int
the strongest kind Of argument In favo
Of q genuine tariff reform, one that will
afford the country some real relief in
stead Of deluding, as the Mckinley bill
will d., those who know no better, in
to expecting benefits that viii nevel
come until the Democrats are returned
to power.
The Democratic rooster has had g
glorious time In Congress since the re-
turns from spring elections began to
come In. II was for several DAYS hard
to find a Democratic desk In the House
that was not ornamented with q news.
paper with cuts Of one or more roosters
Justify growing for victory in its col
umn, and the favorite Democratic
pastime last week was to show these
papers to the Republican members.
Seriously though, the best informed
Democrats in Congress believe the
spring local elections to be but the pre-.
lude of the great tidal wave which is
to give the Democrats the control of the
next House of Representatives, and the
Presidency in 1892.
Unless there is great change OF
opinion among members of the House,
the abortion which the Judiciary COM
mittee reported and the Senate passed
last week under the name of an ante
trust bill will never be heard from in
the House. 1t might as well have been
called an ante-small pox bill, for all
that it could accomplish il it were a
law.
The bill to appropriate $75,OOO to
make good the money stolen by Silcott
is law, and the congressman, who lost
their November salaries have all been
paid.
Representative Wilson, who ranks
high among the Democratic leaders of
the House, says the Republicans will
certainly pass Federal election law
during the present session. If they do,
it will have to be done by order of king
caucus, because there are enough Re-
publicans in the House who are opposed
to any such law to defeat it unless they
are compelled by order of the party
caucus to swallow their opinions and
vote with their party.
The Republicans of both Senate and
House have held caucus after caucus
within the last few days trying to get
together on the silver question. Secre-
tary Window has brought all of his
powers of persuasion into action in try
ing to haN e the caucus adopt his silver
bill, now before House committee,
but so far nothing is agreed upon. Be-
tween the anti-silver Republicans and
the free coinage Republicans there is q
wide chasm which will have to be bridg-
ed in some way before anything like un-
1ty can exist in the party on this subject.
In the mean time the most Of the DEM
ocrats hold themselves in readiness to
vote for free coinage, pure and simple,
If they can get an opportunity.
The bill to revive the grade of lieu
tenant general of the army has been
favorably reported to the Senate. Ifit
becomes law it is expected that Gen.
ScOfield will at once be promoted.
The TORY bankruptcy bill has been
favorably reported to the House. This
bill has been very higly spoken of by
lawyers as being equally just to both
creditor and debtor.
The pan-American Congress wants an
American bank estab-
lished under United States charter,
with branches in all American coun-
tries. The Congress will adjourn this
week, and on Friday the delegates start
on their southern trip.
The Tanner administration of the
Pension Office has been stirred up again
by the dismissal of the assistant chief
Of an important division, who had his
pension re-rated. They go slowly, but
they go.
Brokers from New York, Chicago, and
New Orleans have sent delegations here
to protest against the passage of the
bill taxing dealers in
futures" and Opinions"
Another Democrat - Representative
Wise of Virginia-has been deprived
Of the seat in the House of Represen-
tatives to which he had been legally
elected, and Republican put in his
place who was not elected at all.
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Windrim denies that he was Influenced
In electing the site for a public building
at Springfield, Missouri. by winning a
large amount of money in a game of
poker from party interested, as has
been charged.
Mr.. Harrison has, by authority con-
ferred upon him by act of Congress,
presented gold medal to Mr.. Joseph
Francis, the inventor of the first life
saving car. Mr.. Francis SO years ofage
and extremely feeble.
The Worlds Fair business may be re-
garded as settled. The Senate commit
tee has favorably reported the Chicago
bill, slightly amended, and it will be
passed by the Senate in a few days.
PATENTS GRANTED.