Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-09
WASHINGTON CITY.
HARRISON so eRfoHTENED He Will
OPPOSE TIE FORCE BILL.
The Respportionmcnt Bill Should DC
Passed-Ths Outlook for the Lodge
Blli--Tbe Democrats Indtfferent
rrrorn Our Regular cOrrespoudsnt.I

WASHINGTON, November SIT can be
stated on the authority Of several proni-
nent Republicans that President Harrison
viii use whatever influence be may possess
70 prevent consideration of the force bill
during the short session Of Congress. These
Republicans do not hesitate to say that the
President is thoroughly frightened over
the result of the elections. and the remark
able and unprecedented success Of the
Democrats has at last knocked some sense
into ms head. During the last session OF
congress he was rampant for the enact
lnent Of tho infamous measure that was
fsthered by Lodge, endorsed By the ven
omous Rowell, and ralrolded through
the House By brute force, backed by
old Reed. the subservient Cannon. and
the innoceut-looking but arrant humbug
Mckinley. Many Democrats arc disposed
70 accord 20 Mckinley more virtues than
70 almost any other Republican. This is
all wrong from q political standpoint. lie
Is oily and thoroughly deeeitlul, and his
retirement from Congress is one of the
graDdest OF the many victories won on
Tuesday last. He las made some OF the
most bitter sectional speeches that have
disgraced the pages of the Congressional
Record, and his speeches on the stump have
'.A NNAAtAAl lftt bAE Al AAAI -AaNaN ISL.
Old Reed goes at you like a plug-ugly, but
Mckinley assumes the elegant. andwiU hit
below the belt quicker than almost any
man in public life.
NOTHING But BUSINESS Bills.
The Republicans who give the informa-
ton that Harrison is now Of the opinion
that 1t will not be good policy TO press the
force bill during the winter session assert
that the President thinks that the best
policy for the Republicans while they viii
have control Of the House is 60 pass
nothing but the important business bills,
and TO be az conservative az possible in all
they DO. He thinks that the reapportion-
ment bill should be passed by al means,
and no doubt that viii be done if
the Republicans can possibly accom-
plish it, but inasmuch as their plan
il to make this measure IA partisan
and unfair 20 the Democrats as they can
we'll arrange it the latter will fight the Re-
publcans to the best of their ability, and
the contests and dead-locks may cause
several of the big appropriation bills TO
fail Should this happen there would
have TO be an extra session OF Congress ia
the early spring. 10 seems probable that
there will be an extra session.
SILL ROWLING FORT
d-Convention Lodge appears
70 have learned nothing from the terrible
knockout that his poor old party got He
Is still bowling for the passage Of his infa-
nous election bill. and some people here
think old Tom Reed vii insist on trying the
thing on. but other Republicans laugh at
these maddened creatures who DO not seem
tOrealiZe how low they have fallen IN the es-
timaton Of the great majority Of the Amer
loan people. It was al that Reed could 10
70 whip in o sufficient number OF House
Republicans % pass the diabOlcal bill last
session, and whom the measure went to the
Senate enough Republicans over there
were opposed % the would-bo car to pre-
vent action on the matter.
When IL was announced IN the Dispatch
last summer that the senators had decided
20 shClye the infamous force bill 10 Will 10
remembered that the claim was then made
in this correspondence that shat was
the end Of the scheme. Il was pretty
well known here that 1t could not
get through the Senate and any number
of Republicans IN the House told your corr
respondent that they would never again
sanction such legislation, and that they
would not have voted for the bill in tho
first place if they had not felt pretty GER
tain that il would not pass the Senate.
They tClt thoroughly ashamed of them-
selves for having allowed old Tom Reed TO
have whipped them into line.
BLAINE OPPOSED TO IT.
Senator Barbour makes the strong point
In en- interview printed to-day that %
Blaine Is opposed TO the force bill, and as
Blaine is the most prominent Republican
LETT, the measure cannot be passed Amy
number OF other prOminen5 people think
the same way, aud the Democrats generally
do not care what Reed and Lodge may at
tempt-they know their inhuece 10 gone,
and that these two political dead-ducks
arc harmless. Reed is the most thor
ougly despiBed and Inundated man
on the American continent. and many
Republicans share with the Demo-
Gratis the 10y over his complete downfall
He never was popular with his own side,
and he is in a more pitiabie. plight than
was William Malone after the true Nlr--
ginians buried him under majority or
43 600 votes.
If Reed and Lodge are silly enough t.
press the force bill again they will still
further injure their party. They can DO
what they ike. The Democrats fear no.
thing. and IL Is safe to say that the real
leaders Of ell that is left Of the Republican
party will cause Reed and Lodge 70 take
back seats.
wADDuL's VAIL.
Nearly everybody is laughing here AZ a
wall that came over the wires from Judge
hAAA4AA III TtltLtltf ~ yAAN ANAAt NAAts 10
opinion is heard on all sides that 1t would
be much more IN keeping with the eternal
fitness Of things if Judge Waddlll should
for many months initiate the oyster. The
frozen truth Is that Judge Waddill cannot
afford TO say a word after his course
in Congress and his failure TO again oner
himself az O candidate against Hon. George
d. Wise. Republicans who were afraid TO
trot out o man in the Richmond district
thus,,rr,I.rgs - Ions
in the ewes of people here when they talk
Of force bills, and some OF Judge WaddllPs
friends think that If he is a man and q
Virginian he VIII oppose rather than adYo--
cate anv Of tho diabolical schemes OF
Moon Faced" Reed and Haftford-Con-
vention" Lodge.
QUAY 10 RESIGN.
II Is positively asserted here that ex-Bosss
Quay will after his return from FLORIDA
tender his resignation as Chairman Of the
National Republican Committee. and that
in all probability General GARRISON, OF
Iowa. Will be elected his successor. Clark
son Is fairly good manipulation aud has
been with the committee many years.
NOT The SENATE.
New York Democrats who have been
here to-day say that Governor Hill will not
be candidate for the Senate to succeed
Mr.. Eyarts. The Senate, they say, Is too
much Of a political burying- ground. The
Democrats in tho New York Legislature
are nearly all followers and friends Of the
Governor, and if he wanted the senator
ship he could have 10 for the asking,
but it is said that be would prefer 70
serve out the balance Of his term 50 the
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