Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-01

! the tariff bill become a law as soon
+ as possible.
/ The democrats, however, are any
thing else but gratifed, they had
been confidently figuring on holding
the balance of power in deciding the
fate of the tariff and federal election
bills in the senate, and, very natural
ly, they are very much disgruntled
to see that the majority presents
solid front instead of being divided
into two factions as they had expect
ed 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 OBJ
structing the consideration of the tar
iff bill has aroused the ire of the bus
iuess interests of the country and the
obstructionists are hearing from it
in such plain and unmistakable terms
that Senator German, the democratic
communicating chief, has felt called |
upon to make a public statement to
the effect that the democrats were
willing to join the republicans in vot-
ing for resolution setting an early
day for the vote upon the tariff bill.
A week ago the democrats were boast
ing 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 10, possibly several days
earlier, and that congress will adjourn
about the last week in September.
That is, of course, supposing that the
House will not make any extraordin-
airy delay in acting upon the confer
ence report of the senate amendments
to the tariff hill, which will include
one on reciprocity.
The investigation of the charges
against commissioner of pensions,
Raum, practically fell through before
il got we'll started. 1t seems to have
been more an attempt to break down
the credit of Gen. Raum as private
business man than to prove that he
has been guilty of an official wrong
doing. The committee has adjourn
ed to September l, and no one has
the slightest doubt that its report will
exonerate Gen. Raum.
The senate gave up Saturday to
eulogies upon the late Senator Beck.
Senators Blackburn, Ingalls,, Allison
and Vest were the principal speakers.
According to the promise recently
made to the representatives of the
labor organizations by Speaker Reed |
and Representative Cannon, ,and Nc
Kinley, the republican members of
the House committee on rules, reso-
luton has been reported and adopted
by the House, setting aside Thursday
and Saturday of this week for the
consideration of bills from the labor
committee.
The resolution which has already
passed the senate, anent the removal
of the remains of Gen. Grant from
New York to Arlington cemetery will
probably go through the House this
week. Representative O'Neill, of
Pennsylvania asked unanimous con-
sent for it's consideration Saturday,
but Representative Quinn of New
York objected. No one doubts that
the remains will be brought here
eventually.
The anti-lottery feeling seems TO
be growing among the people and in
congress. Representative Hansbrough
of North Dakota has introduced a
joint resolution, providing that nei-
ther the United States nor any state
shall pass any law authorizing the es-
tablishment or maintenance of any
lottery or company for the distribu-
tion of prizes by chance.
Senator Rusk, who was largely in
strumental in getting the bill passed,
thinks the bill for the inspection of
all meats intended for expectation
which is now in the hands of the
president, will, as soon as it becomes
a law, make large increase in the de-
mand for American meat in foreign
countries. He is also very much in
terested in the bill regulating the sale
and manufacture of compound lard,
and that taxing dealers in options,
both of which are to be disposed of
! this week.