Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-29
(From our Regular CorrespOndent.)

be the first business of the next
session of Congress.
This action is highly gratifying
to the Republicans. for even the
staunchest advocates of the FEEDER
al Election bill admit that 1t would
not be possible to pass that meas
ure in time to have it 60 into effect
at the coming Congressional cleo
tons; so nothing could possibly
be gained by prOlonging the pres
ent session iu order to pass it,
while there is a very urgent ne
cessity felt in all branches of bust
ness throughout the country, to
have the tariff bill become a law
as soon as possible.
The Democrats however are any.
thing else but gratfed, they had
been confidently figuring on hold
ing the balance OF power IN decid'
ing the tate of the tariff and FEEDER
al election bills in the Senate, and,
very naturally, they are very much
disgruntled to see that the majority
presents a solid front instead of
being divided into two factions as
they had expected and hoped.
There is another thing too, which
is worrying the Democrats no little.
The action of the Senators Of that
party in needleSsly delaying and
obstructing the consideration Of
the tariff bill has aroused the Ire
of the business interests Of the
country and the ObstructiOnists are
hearing from it in such plain and
unmlstakable terms that Senator
German, the Democratic com.
mander.in.chief, has felt called
upon to make a public statement
to the effect that the Democrats
were willing to join the Republi-
cans in voting for a resolution set
ting an early day for the vote upon
the tariff bill. a week ago the
Democrats were Boosting that they
would talk on the tariff bill until
December, unless the Senate Rules
were changed.
The present outlook is that the
tariff bill will pass the Senate
about September 10th, possibly
several days earlier, and that Con
gress Will adjourn about the last
week in September. That is, Of
course, suppOsing that the House
will not make any extraordinary
delay in acting upon the conference
report OF the Senate amendments
to the tariff bill, which will include
one on reciprocity.
The investigation of the charges
against Commissioner of Pensions
Ruam, practically fell through be.
fore it got we'll started. 1t seems
to have been more an attempt to
break down the credit of General
Raum as a private business man
than to prove that he has been
guilty of any official wrong doing.
The committee has adjourned to
September Isl, aad no one has the
slightest doubt that its report Will
exonerate General Raum.
The Senate gave up Saturday
to eulogies upon the late Senator
Beck. Senators Blackburn, In.
gals, Allison and Vest were the
principal speakers.
According to the promise recent
ly made to the representatives of
the labor organizations by Speaker
Reed and Representatives Cannon
and Mckinley, the Republican
members of the House committee
on Rules, a resolution has been re.
ported, and adopted by the House
setting aside Thursday and Satur-
day of this week for the consid-
GRAFTON of bills from the labor com
mittee.
The resolution which has al.
ready passed the Senate, anent the
removal of the remains of General
Grant from New York to Arlington
cemetery Will probably 90 through
the House this week. Representa-.
tive O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, ask
ed unanimous consent for its con-
sideratiOn Saturday, but Repre-.
sentative Quinn, OF New York, ob.
jected. No one doubts that the
remains Will be brought here event
ually.
The anti lottery feeling seems to
be growing among the people and
in Congress. Representative Hans.
brOugh, of North Dakota, has in
trOduced a JOINT resolution provid-
ing that neither the United States
nor any state shall pass any law
authorizing the establishment or
maintenance of any lottery or com
pany for the distribution of prizes
by chance.
Senator Rusk, who was largely
instrumental in getting the bill
nassau thinks the hill fer the IN !