Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-09-06
WASHINGTON.

ton fora Congressional recess, instead
of adjournment, from September 10,
to November 10. Having by various
methods succeeded in getting a date
set for the disposal of the tariff bill
the most unjust financial measure of
the age-the republicans now propose
that Congress shall meet again after
the Congressional elections in order
that it may proceed to do what it
does not dare to do before those cleo
tons. This action of Mr.. Edmunds
was taken because Mr.. Harrison re-
fused to assume the responsibility of
calling an extra session for the sole
purpose of enacting OdiOus political
laws and making unnecessary appro>
priatiOns.
First and foremost, if the republi-
cans are allowed to carry out their
programme, and they will not, unless
the united legitimate efforts of the
democrats shall fail to preventit, will
come the Force bill, upon which the
republicans are already banking to
carry the presidential election in 1872
their leaders expect to loose the
next House; but are raising a large
fund to try and save themselves from
defeat by the aid of the electoral
votes of four Southern States which
they calculate can be carried with all
of the election machinery in the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS Federal
agents.
Next will come the Congressional
and Electoral college apportionment
under the new census, which is to be
manipulated in the interests of the
republican party. If only the ques-
ton of right and precedent were
considered this apportionment would
be left for the Fifty.second Congress
to deal with-so it has been since the
foundation of our government;-but
the republican party has never been
in the habit of letting little things
like right and precedent stand in its
way, and it is too late to except it to
reform now.
incidentally it is proposed that q
large number of bills carrying large
appropriations which the shrewd
leaders of the party temporarily side
tracked early in the present session,
are to be railroaded through and in
order to carry this programme out
successfully a quorum of republican
Senators have, according to Senator
Frye, who ought to be good republi'
can authority, agreed to adopta gag
rule for the Senate similar to the one
with which Speaker Reed has bound
the House hand and feet.
Another nice little scheme in con.
nection with this recess business is,
that the pretense is to be made that
measures in which the Farmers Al
lance and the Labor organizations
are interested, similar to the com
pound lard bill, the amendments tC
the eight hour law, and to the alien
contract law already passed by the
House cannot be acted upon unless
those extra three weeks are made USE
of. The object in this pretense is tC
try and make it appear to the farmers
aud workingmen that the democrats
in opposing the Edmunds resolution
are opposing the consideration o
their interests.
Mr.. Harrison has signed the mea
inspection bill, thus giving himsel
greater power in commercial sense
than is possessed by any European
sovereign, with the possible excep
ton of the Gar of Russia.
There is a rumor that the Rive
and harbor bill, which is now in con
ference, is to go over until after tn
Elections, in order to keep down tn
total amount of appropriations mad
by the present Congress.
Wall street pressure has made Sec
/ rotary Window issue call for 500,
! 100000 more A! per cent bonds whicl
5 will mature in September 1891. 81
{ { offers to pay par and accrued interes
/ to date of maturity.
Senator Morgan has presented t
the Senate a resolution adopted by
mass.meeting of colored men at BIZ
. mingham, Alabama, against the pas
: sage of the Force bill. This added t
., the fact that a meeting of negroes a
Philadelphia adopted a resolution
declaring the passage Ofthe Force bil
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