Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-07-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Frye, Moody, Aldrich, Sherman
and Ingalls, committee to examine
into the ACCESSIBILITY and feasibility
of changing the Rules of the Senate
as to provide for the closing of de-
bate upon any question which may
be before the Senate at the will OF
the majority, and to report to a
caucus to be held early this week
the best method OF making such
change, should the cancns deem 1t
necessary in order to expedite the
business before the Senate. This
move is the direct result OF the
bragadoclO OF the light.headed but
loud .mouthed Democrats, who have
been filing the newspapers with
how they intended to defeat the
will of the majority, If they dared
to attempt to pass the Federal elec'
ton bill. A few days ago the pas
sage of the Federal election bill by
the Senate at this session was hard
ly regarded by those best posted
as one of the possibilities; now it
is not only one OF the possibilities,
but is very probable, and becoming
more so every day. This Is a Re-
publican Congress, and 1t does not
propose to be dictated to by its
political opponents. The Republi.
can caucus to be held early this
week will determine the matter.
The report of the conference
committee on the silver bill has
been agreed to By Senate and
House, who will certainly sign it.
Mr.. Conger, chairman of the House
committee, says of the bill: alt is
a compromise, as all conference
bills must be, but it is a bill that
will answer the demands Of the
country; it will answer the de-
mands of the silver miner; it will
answer the demands of the agri-
culturists OF the labOrers and OF
the business men. The bill will
give the country at the present
price of SILVER an increase in circu-
lation of $57,7SO 600 a year, an d il
silver goes up to a parity with gold
it will give an annual increase OF
so, 100000. The last section OF
the bill will put into circulation
100000 now tied up tor the re-
demptiOn of bank notes. The
Democrats refused to support this
bill, Notwithstanding the large
measure o relief 1t gives the peO.
pie. This is a Republican measure
and every financial m ssur
Of importance which has been
successful in this country-with
one solitary exceptiOD-has been a
Republican measure it has been
agreed to and passed by Repubh.
can votes, and Will be signed by a
Republican President, and 1t will
90 to country which will give
such a Republican endorsement
that many of the gentlemen who
have opposed it will not vote IN
the next Congress-"
The action of the Virginia State
Republican committee which met
here last week, in deciding to put
up no state ticket this year because
of the one sided election law in
that State, has made more Sena-
torial converts to the Federal cleo
ton bill than any one thing which
has occurred here.
The President has signed the
bill making Wyoming State.
The Democrats realizing that
they are playing desperate game,
have made Senator German party
dictator, believing that the man
who counted Cleveland in can do
anything. He certainly has the
nerve and the impudence to attempt
to do anything that will help his
party, but IN this case it will not
be the slightest use for him to at
tempt any undetermined business.
Representative Anderson, ofKan.
saS, has offered a resolution revOk-
ing all leaves of absence to mem
bers of the House, except on &C.
count of sickness, after tomorrow.
This looks like business.
The Senate gave considerable
time last week to q discussion of
the two shipping bills, and both OF
them have passed the Senate and
it is believed that one, il not both
OF them, will pass the House.
Senator Teller has introduced a
Joint resolution declaring 1t to be
the determined policy Of the United
States to use both gold and silver
as full legel tender money, and III
structlng the President to invite
the governments OF the Latin Amer
lean countries, aud OF such Other
nations as he may deem advisable
to Join the United States In con-
farance TO adOpt common ratio be