Fergus County argus., 1890-05-22

From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. May q, 1880.

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/ Representatives Mills aud Mckinley, after
INDUCING in iigurative handshake by each
offering "a resolution that the other Ice al
lowed unlimited time to speak. opened the
,lel,ate upon the Mckinley tariii bill in the
house hy making speeches from their re-
.pective points 81 view. The general de-
bate on the bill viii close Saturday night;
there is then to he eight days debate under
the fve-lninute rule. aud il the present pro
gramme is not changed the hill is to he
voted upon May ~. The speaking illnot
change n single vote. nor do the speakers
expect it. In, the congressional campaign
( is about to open aud members of both par
tirs will take the opportunity oil speaking
! to- their constituents. The hill is certain to
pass the house, practically in its present
condition. bat there are runors "f n Repub-
| lieau revolt in the senate led by senator
Allison that il true. viii make trouble for
the bll. But it is eoneraly safe Z" say
that measures which have received the eau
Gus approval Of the party in the majority
will 90 through. and the Mckinley tariff
hill is not likely To- prove an exception to
! the rule.
The death Of senator Beck removes "A not
able figure from national politirs. i-fin-
era .n Tuesday in the senate chamber was
smre but impressive. "Wh" viii succeed
him" il thcqrr-tion in every body -n"uth
al the capitol. En- -Spcakerta Carlisle : sIriend-
say that he can have the place If lac wants
n. h.. q
tirularly friendly toward Mr.. tarli1le would
he glad To- SEE him elected So rs to r't him
uut ri their way in the house. H"prr-en-
tativr Ma 'reary il Also n strong fav"rite III
til. race, though som. pr"pi" think that
some keutu,kian not prominently kno"u
IN national politir- will lie houored by the
legislature which is NOW IN session. The
eiectio3. il cNpeetrd to take place next week
The uursiinn ri n federal election law IL
still worrying the Republicans. special
ca,Icus committee, ~ the head ri whrh is
Speaker Reed. il nnw considering the mat
ter To- make u report t'.ihe Hepnhl'can eau
Gus whirh j. to decide whether such law
shall Tee rnactrd at The present session. The
republicans are very much di,idrd ~ "pn
ion on this matter aud nothing short si q
t.remptory caucus decree viii secure Tia,
y"trs OF a number ri them ia favor "f an,
such law aud even then ihrre are some -
them whu would not vote ior il, iholigl
they would probably lack the courage ia
vote against il.
The silver problem seems no nearer I,
solution by the Republicans in congress
than ever. TIL. Jones bill has been ,akei
up in the senate aud it will. from presen
Indications, lie passed. After the bous
,iispo-es oi the tarin hill it will pass tn
caucus silver bill, which differs RADICAL.
from the Jones hill. After that con,cs-
guess work.
SENATOR Cali has int reduced IA Joint reso
luton authorizing the interstate eommerc
commission to investigate eases of inter
ference 10y railroads lin issuing free passes
with the election of United States senator
r and representatives. The reason for Tia
resolution wa. letter stating that FIRE
railroad passes are now being used in Flol
ida for the purpose of influencing votes
senator Quay visits to the White Hous
have become So frequent "f late that tn
tongues Of the political gossips have bee
started to wagsing AT a great rate. and "a
sorts of queer political stories are bcin
whispered around town, one of them, mhic
will serve as IA sample of the rest, being tina
Mr.. Harrison has made a bargain wit
Senator quay to engineer his campaign fo
"a denomination in 1892. Senator Qua
has few equals as political wire pulle
but. if the opinions of the Republicans
congress and oi those who visit this cit
reflect those of the party II: large, it woul
require more power than Mr.. Quay po
sesses to get Mr.. Harrison renominated b
his party in '92. or in any either year.
: The Morrill, service pension bill which =
= Gently passed the house is not acceptab
tn tn. senate, and that body will vote
non-concur when it comes mp, it haviI
been passed as "A substitute for the sena
dependent pension bill.
There is little probability now that Il
appropriations made Icy the present 81
. sion oi congress will he larger than usus
though short time ago the in,lieati"
were that they would Ice enormous, but q
Republican leaders, knowing that congrt
sionai elections are to he held this yea
have called "a halt and although there
weeping aud wailing aud gnashing of tee
among the faithful there will be no show
Of gold 1T this session. The river aud hs
bor bill heads the list oi shut out approI,
at ions.
J The Republican, house caucus has {
pressed "a Willingness to adjourn by I
middle Of July, but the senators, who a
the real masters al the situation, have
~ far said nothing on the subject.