The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-12
VOL. Z. NO. 8,
WASHINGTON CITY.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL OF
THE UNITED STATES.

Speaker Reed has fully Demon
strated his ability to control the
House no matter how turbulant the
minority may try to be. When the
democrats began fillibuster by re-
fusing to vote on the motion OF Rep
resentative Dalzell to take up the
contested case of Smith VS.. JACK
order to break quorum, he
took the bull by the horns and in
structed the clerk to enter the
names of the democratic members
present as not voting. and then de-
clared quorem present. This rails
ed as great a row for awhile as was
ever seen in the House, members
stood upon chairs and desks and
yelled themselves hoarse, but above
an the din stood stood the COM
manding figure of the Speaker;
quietly giving his reasons, and they
were good ones, for making the de-
cision. He only followed the exam
ple OF Governor Hill when he pre-
sided over the State Senate Of New
York, and of a democratic Speaker
in the legislature Of Tennessee
Mr.. Reeds action is generally COM
mended by republicans, though
there are few that think the pre-
cedent q dangerous one.
The Senate committee on slec'
tions has set FEBRUARY 10, as the
date to begin hearings in the Mon
tana cases. 1t is regarded as al
most certain that the two repuoli'
cans will be seated, though a few
careful folks believe that none OF
them will be seated, because none
of them have fully complied with
the law as to credentials.
The House Military Committee
has reported favorably on the bill
to retire Gen. j. G. C'Pathdnder",
Fremont with the rank of major
general. This bill would have gone
through at the last session If 1t hao
not been crowded out by time.
Governor Hovey, Of Indiana, IL
here working before Congress FOL
the passage Of a service pension
bill. He says: "The republican par
ty is fully pledged to this measure
and it cannot afford to 60 back OF
it's word. have in my possession
petitions signed by nearly 100000
veterans asking for its passage. l
the bill is not passed do not thinl
it will be possible for us to win tn
next election"
The President is devoting consid
erable time to a careful cOnsidera
tion of the race problem In tn
race problem in the South, and ha
expressed himself rs very anxlOu
to see it satisfactorily settled. Blu
how? That's aquestion that not or
" the President but everybody els
would like to see finally answered
The President has been so effec'
ed by the awful calamity which n
suited In the death Of the wife An
daughter of Secretary Tracy o
Monday, that he has not made an
attempt to look after public matter
this week. The funeral of Mrs. an
Miss Tracy took place Wednesda
in the East room of the Whit
House, and the impressiveness
the scene, when Secretary Trac
broke down and Mr.. Harrison wit
his arm affectionately around hi
and the tears streaming down h
cheeks, tried to comfort the beres'
ed husband and father, will new
be forgotten by those who witnes
ed it. Mr.. Harrison never sppess
ed in q better light than at that IN
ment. Secretary Tracy, who mat
narrow escape from death hin
self, is for the present living at Il
White House.
Senator Plumb has introduced
bill to encourage the propagate
of the American bison or buffalos.
It took tour days of the time
the House before Mr.. Smith,
West Virginia, could get possessi'
of the seat to which he was elect'
but which was occupied by N
jackson, but he got it at last.
Both Speaker Reed and ex-Spea
er Carlisle have made statemer
in relation to the action of their J
spective parties in the House. N
Reed says, to express it all in nj
shell, that the republicans ha
been battling to give the majority
right to rule. Mr.. Carlisle,s sta'
ment in brief, is that what Mr.. Re
did, was wrong because it had ne
er been done before.
The republicans of the House h