Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 23, 1891.

Senator German is proving hlm- self more than a match for the lte- publican Senators, and he is still con fident that with the active and de- termined support of Democratic Sen ators and the moral support of the masses of the country, the Force blll and it's revolutionary forerunner, the gag rule, can be defeated. He fair ly and squarely outgeneraled the Ke- publcans when they attempted to wear out the Democrats by contln- uous night and day session of the Senate, and now he is winning new parliamentary laurels by the manner in which he is blocking the Republi- can attempt to force vote upon Sen ator Aldrich's gag rule resolution. He compelled MT. Morton to acknowledge that he had made an erroneous ruling. The Republicans have but one hope of succeeding and that lies in Vice-President Morton making an arbitrary decision in their favor, and the possibilities arc rath- CT in favor of his doing so, although it will be because of the great pres sure brought to bear upon him and not because he wants to do it.
 Even if the Senate adopts the gag rule resolution and passes the Force bill, there will still be grounds upon which to base hope for its defeat. The amendments made to the bill in the Senate will make it's return to the House necessary, and there the Democrats can renew the fight, which the nearness of the 4th of March and the end of the session, may make successful. At any rate the Repub- licans in the House will have to have a quorum of their own members ln order to pass it, and that's more than they have had for three success i've days during the session.
 Czar Reed as he hears the end of his power shows disposition to re- sume some of his tricks of the last session. By the denial of request that was right and fair, he, this week, provoked MT. Mills into an ex- hibition of temper that is very much regretted by that gentleman friends, not on Reeds account, he deserved all that MT. Mills said of him, but on account of the effect that it may have upon the candidacy of MT. Mills for the Speakership of the next House. "You are perpetrating a fraud upon the House." shouted MT. Mills, advancing down the aisle, and shaking his fist at the Speaker, "and you know it." MT. Mills then ipti- mated in language not to be mista- ken that the Speaker was not an hon. orable gentleman. A minute or two later Representative Kerr, of Iowa, had the bad taste to call Mir. Mills a "traitor.' "You are traitor your self" retorted MT. Mills, ito the constitution and the laws. You are trying to surround the ballot box with bayonets and to deprive the people of their right of representa- tion." This was followed by a scene hard to describe. The Democrats cheered Mir. Mills loudly and the Re- publicans hissed. Representative Perkins, of Kansas, said "Put the dirty loafer (Mills) out" and in q moment he found the big fist of Rep resentative Martin, of Indiana, in close proximity to his nose and was informed that if there was to be any putting out" he (Martin) proposed taking a hand in it. That was the last heard of Perkins. In the mean time the Seargent-at-Ar Arms trotted out with the gold head mace, the em- blem of authority in the House, and quiet was restored.
 The Dockery resolution providing for an investigation of the Congress sional Silver pools is bearing fruit Senator Vest has testified that Sena- tor Cameron told him that he had made some money speculating in sil- yer bullion, and Senator Cameron has acknowledged it, claiming that he had as much right to speculate in silver as in corn, wheat or any other product. How is that for cool au- dacity! The chairman of the com mittcc, Representative Dingly, of Maine, is accused of having adjourn ed the committee from last week un- til Wednesday of this week in order to prevent Senator Vest from testify ing until after the Pennsylvania leg islature had reelected Cameron to the Senate, although MT. Vest had stated his willingness to testify. It
 is beloved here that Cameron would
 have been defeated had his connec-
 ton with the silver speculation been
 made public before his reelection.
 There are other big Republicans who
 will be exposed if the committee
 does it's duty without fear or favor. The latest scheme of Reed and his
 henchman in the House to force the silver Republican Senators to vote for the Force bill is outlined in the announcement that the House con-
 mittce on coinage, before which the
 free coinage bill now is, will not re- port that measure to the House until
 the Senate passes the Force bill. It
 remains to he seen how the silver Re- puhhcans in the House will take this. They will be given an opportunity of
 voting with the Democrats to dis
 charge the committee and take the