The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-01-23
Washington News.
From our regular correspondent:

| regular correspondents
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Mr. Harrison
has succeeded by persuaion, bull-dozinl
and promise of patronage in getting the
republican Senators to make a last des-
perate effort to perpetuate the power of
the republican party by passing the
Force bill, and the fight is now on,
| which is to result either in striking a
deadly blow at the liberty of the Ameri-
can citizen, by the passage of measure
| without parallel in American annals.
or in the final defeat of the bill.
| Finding it impossible to unite the re-
publican Senators in support of the rev.
olutionary gag rule proposed by Senator
Aldrich the republicans have adopted
| the tiring out process, and hope by a
continuous night and day session of the
Senate to succeed in compelling the
democrats to accede to vote on the bill.
This, it is not believed, they can do.
The session which began last Friday
morning has been in continuous ses sion
ever since, except on Sunday, and is to
continue until the republicans tire of it
or succeed. The democrats are making
grand fight in talking against time
and express confidence of being able to
win.
How the democrotic Senators feel in
this matter may be judged from the
following extract from speech OfSen3
tor Reagan, which reflects the senti-
ments OF his democratic colleagues, aid
Shows that they will never willingly
surrender: GAS dear as my life is to
lie, dS OOu Is lllY u uugG, cOuIQ save
the American people from the pending
measure by giving up my life, L would
surrender it as freely as l ever per-
formed any act in my life" 1t was an
imposing sight to see Senator Reagan
as he stood, every feature showing his
earnestness and sincerity, and spoke
these words, and it was not surprising
that they were greeted by an outburst
OF tdeafening applause from the galleries,
which Mr.. Morton was quick to remove
by threatening to have the galleries
cleared.
Senator Stewart on Saturday gave
notice of a motion to recOmmit the cleo
ton bill with instructions to the COM
mittee to report it back with provision
for the election of members of Congress
on days when no other elections are
held in the several states; and this mo-
ton may be made the excuse for getting
rid of the bill quietly when the repubII-
cans discover their inability to pass it, |
for if it is recommitted to the committee
1t will never get before the Senate again. |
Notwithstanding their having made |
speeches against the Force bill Senators |
Teller, Wolcott and Stewart are now |
acting with and voting with their re- |
publican colleagues in their efforts to |
pass the bill. This is significant, in as
much as 1t shows that the democrats
need expect no help from republicans |
j n defeating the bill.
Mr.. HarriSOn'S henchmen are now |
trying to prevent the passage of Senator |
OoO AlOO W AdeO O1AA1 WhlSh was
adopted last week Dy the Senate as a |
substitute for that hOdge-pOdge of
absurdities known as the republican
caucus financial bill, by the House by
talking vote. The bill, which is now
before the House committee on Coinage, I
is in far more danger from Speaker
Reeds opposition than it is from a
Presidential vote. Reed has the au-
methods to defeat it, and if he doesn't
attempt to do so, it will only be be-
cause he prefers seeing Mr.. Harrison,
whom he dislikes very much, weaken
passes the House. Mr.. Harrison has
made threats before, but his spinal
column has always wilted when the
time came to carry them out.
Another erstwhile prominent repub-
lican is in the tolls OF the law, w. p.
who for many years, because
of his ability to control the North Caro-
lima delegation to republican national
conventions, held the position of Ser
geant-at-Arms of the United States
Senate, has been arrested for obtaining
money under false pretenses. And We
gods, how cheap he sold his character.
The amount he obtained on worthless
check was just S35.
Some startling exposures will shortly
be made by the House Committee
which is Investigating the silver pool
charges, unless the witnesses among
whom are Senator Stewart and Journal |
Clerk Smith of the House, shall refuse
to tell the committee what they are al
legged to have told to private parties.
The democratic leaders of the House
are carefully watching the proceedings
in the Senate and should the Force Bill
pass that body. they are prepared to
make desperate fight on it in the
House when it goes there for concur
renee in the Senate amendments.
George Bancroft, the historian, who
vas Secretary of the Navy during the
Polk administration, when he estab-
ished the Naval Academy at Annapo-
is, died here Saturday afternoon in his
year.
Senator Quay has taken the trouble
% deny the rumor that he intended re-
signing his seat in the Senate. 1t was
entirely unnecessary. Everybody
Knows that he isn't one of the resigning
Kind.
The House Committee on the Worlds
Fair think the officials connected with
hat concern are drawing too much
money and recommends a cut in sala-