The sun., 1891-01-20
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Things OF Interest Hnppenius In and o,
OF the Halls OF Congress-,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-The climax OF tho
Force bill contest In the senate will not be
reached TO- morrow There may be, and prob
ably will be, some lively skirmishing when Mr..
Aldrich proposes the cloture rule. but tho real
nght will not como until after the motion to
adopt 1t has been debated for time and Vice.
President Morton endeavors to apply tha gag
20 Senators who wish to still further argue the
question Of such an important change OF pro-
cedure. Senator Hoar and the other radi-
cal Republican Senators have practically
agreed upon programme Of action.
which they profess to believe will
secure the adoption OF the cloture rule and
finally bring about vote upon the Force bill.
Tho programme is based upon an arrange-
ment with Vice President Morton by which
he agrees to ann ounce to the Senate his deter
mination to arbitrarily shut OF debate at a
given hour upon an intimaton from Mr. Hoar
that 1t is time to take vote. This action will
not be had. OF course, unless the Republican
Senators are assured that there is q quorum OF
| their own mum Der present IL. the chamber. They
are seeking supporters OF the motion 10 adopt
for the passage Of tho Appropriation bills and
other necessary legislation. This Argument
sSs shS ais
opposed to the Force btl will be found voting
these Senators viii refrain from voting when
the Vice, President shnll aha have an nounced that
NO IuItQ0E U0D8t0 Will Oe allowed, ana lnuS
break the Republican Quorum is now apparent
II the only barrier that sands between senator
ao5 nnd
Republican Senators in Washington to-day.
One or TWO more, possibly Chandler and Far.
Known thai any are gong away. except pos
sibly Senator In nealls. VITO may or may not 20
sad hays hHs Informed III. Hoar Of tn the Date Of
II The fisW in Slr. aoar's programme is that At
aS sd; are Hsn ss, to wifi h' do sf s @
can to defeat the measure, even il It
,osS i sscs for or ;ssm 1s1ss Eas .ns
cott. Stewart. and Stanford are tho four men
they DC not wssksp 6i nei.ser .se tho eo.aIs
as the lack Of their votes would ,neees.
state the presence OF torty.nins Repub-
ffn would % 1qsess Ss
Is ps5o56 oD.s n, 1haT
Arbitrarily shut on debate. but viii Join their
four colleagues in demanding that every
AlD1 sse 's sues,ien Of making - rsdes
she snd h.
U the probab bility Of the success Of The Force Bill
bush @ u, The aues,en ' 10 an Issue as as 500 soon as as
Elm.
Justice Brown to-day rendered his FIRST
opinions As q member Of the Supreme Court.
He delivered two opinions. OF which the moro
in hS case e GSRs
here on appeal from the decision of the Su-
prone Court Of tho Territory Of Utah. The
question involved in this suit is whether or not
q inhertance from his lather i being cIatned
not entitled to a share III the distribution Of his
fathers estate.
bv a poIyeamous marriage did have III lis right;
ana revsrsee the l1dgment o. she y Ierrisora! srs
scTlt sd
says the latter act declared leSltlmate all chill
dren Of Mormon parents born within less % an
twelve mouths from its passage. lhe object
the Court says. was to, make these unfortunate
children an especial object OF care and 70 make
period until after which their offspring should
Chief Justice Fuller to-day announced that
/ Justice brown had been ass igned to the Sixth
CIRCUIT. This was the circuit o. the iatH Jus
tice Matthews. and is the one from which JUS
tics Brown was appointed.
Senator Power to-day introduced q, bill to
OF tinted States Bonds With tie Tressursr Of
the United States by national banks havinea
bonds bonds for each I and and every Very national bank. Ths
voluntary withdrawal of honds for retirement
OF ClIculatlOu OF 6ucu uatlOuel pAuko 10 uOe 10
exceed $1,000 600 In any ono month.
Tho "silver brick" case was brought mn In
the Supreme Court OF the District OF Lolumbia
to-day. Me.srs, Garland and May. as counsel
torGeorse g. Morri;k. Harley b, Morse. George
F. Batchelder and Robert j. Coleman. praying
the Court to issue summons commanding
Secretary Window to appear in court and an
swer the petition OF the silver men. aud al-o
after full hearing to grant the petitioners a
peremptory mandamus commanding the sec.
rotary to instruct the officers unier h i'm 10 re-
ceive aud coin the silver bullion offered by
them.
| 1t 10 stated at the General Land Ofice that
recent sxsmin atoms show that the lands occn-
pied by the Ksweah tBellamistl colony In tho
Visalia land district In California are included
Nlthin the reservation for me se1uoia Satioaal
| Park created By the acts NJ sept; - and Oct J.
1880. This colony consists Of about 800 fsini.
lies, aud they have expended. II II said. about
| SlOO.OUO In improvements. principally In tho
construction OF roads through this hitherto a.
| most Inaccessible country: Thesa mprovc-
msnts were made it is said. without any al.
| thori'y from the Goyernment. and ttey must
| necessarily be forfeited. inasmncii As BY far
| the larger part OF them cannot be removed.
The only relief to the 'o,ouists must come
through action by Congress.