The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-10
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent. /

Senator Cullnm has introduced bill for
the reduction of letter postage to one cent,
and il has been referred TO the Senate
committee on Postoflices and Post Roads.
This is no buncomb measure; the Senator
is in earnest and he prOposes,if it be posi-
BILE to bave the bill voted upon at the
present session, and owing to the rapidly
growing public statement in favor of one
cent letter pastage, there is little doubt of
its passage, If it is voted upon.
The know-it-all gentlemen who havef or
several months been telling the country
that the Federal election bill was dead
must have experienced some chsgrin when
the Republican Senators voted solidly 10
take up this bill and continue its consider
alton TO the exclusion of all other business
(after the morning hour'D until it IS dis
posed Of Senator Hoar says he is conf
deut that the bill will finally pass before
the first of January, but that il will be the
cause of one of the sharpest and most de-
termned struggles eyer waged in Con-
gress. He hopes that the Democrats will
see the wisdom of acqulescing without
resorting to flibustering. But there is
little probability that such will be the
case, The bill can never be passed by the
Senate until the rules Of that body are
changed so as TO limit debate, and that
change, which can only be made by the
united ahd persistent efforts of the Repub
lican majority, will be opposed by all the
parliamentary methods known to the
Democrotlc minority. One scheme OF
the Democrats has already been made
public, whereby they hope to defeat the
election bill. Ii is to offer as a substi-
tue for all that portion Of the bill alter the
enacting clause, bill for the ire coin
age of silver
There are several reasons, however,
why this scheme is almost certain TO fail,
the principal OF which is the idea that
has in some way become general around
the Capital, that the President will veto q
free coinage bill if Congress passes one.
This idea ofa vote has not deferred
Senators Plumb and Teller and number
of Repres natives from introducing bills
providing Ior the free coinage Of sllver,a
Mr. Teller said today that be feli perfectly
confident that some one Of these bills will
be passed by the Senate Mt the present
session. or the action Of the House he Is
not 50 confident. There are redical lif-
ierences in these bills. For instance, Sena-
tor Plumb's bill provides for a double unit
of value Ia dollar of 4l2 & 1.2 grains
standard silver or 95.3 grains of gold Of
full legal tender quality, while Senator
Tcller's bill fiAes the weight OF the silver
dollar ut 400 grains OF standard silver, and
contains no further addition TO existing
law Tor the coinage of bullion received al
the minis
Senator Ingalls, has introduced a joint
resolution to appropriate a sum Of money
10 purchase seeds 10 be distributed gratis
among the citizens of Kansas and Nebras-
ka sufIering from the effects Of the re.
cent drought.
Senator MaDderson has presented d
petition which offers the most practicable
solution Of the Indiana problem yet pre-
sentpd II asks that the Indians be de-
priyed Of Il cir horses and that the Gov
ernment issue TO them in lieu ihereo
working oxen. Speaking Of this matter
Senator Henderson said "An Indian can
not fight very much II mounted upon al
OK, but he can plow all he wants to. W,
have been giving these Indians ponies 70
farm work, but they have never use,
them except rs saddle animals Tn,
disarmament and dismounting Of th,
iruclious tribes IS necessary aud should b.
? accomplished at once. An Indian be
lieves his highest mission TO be the kill
Ing OF a fellow being; white man pre-
, ferred." A resolution has been adopted b.
the Senate calling upon the Secretary o
War for information as to what steps hav
been taken towards dlsarming the In
dians.
Secretary Blaine, in company with tn
4 Brazilian naval officers who have bee
, visiting Washington, occupied the d
plomatlc galleries OF the House aud Ser
ate for an hour or two nn Tuesday.
The House got right down to work in
business like way that pr mises we'll f'
!, the session, although there is not yet
Republican quorum present. 1t pnsse
:, the International copyrisht Tin, nltbpuR
day was wasted by It's opponents in I'll
clustering apuinsi it Nurk on t''e NJ