The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 9. 1s'

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 9. 1891.
Mr.. Harrison now fully realizes the ancient
adage. There's many slip.' SC. 1t would
be hard to find more disgruntled man. Just
as he thought the pins were all set up for the
passage of the Force bill. by which he expects
to obtain another term in the White Hous e,
presto. change and his hobby goes glimmsripg
and is replaced by a financial measure which
will probably. might safely say certainly, in
clude what Mr.. Harrison is as strongly opposed
to as he can be to anything-the free and un
limited coinage OF silver To say that the rad
ical republican Senators were dazed by the
side tracking of the Force bill but mildly ex-
presses the situation; they were completely
demoralized. and are still in that condition. in
spite of constant consultations with Mr.. Har-
rison and Speaker Reed
The charge that the result was brought about
by bargain between the democrats and the
silver republicans was too silly to need the de-
malls which prominent gentlemen on both sides
have given to it. The democrats entered the
fight against the Force BILL determin ed to take
advantage of any opportunity that might offer
to defend it, and they were fortunate enough
not only to succeed in having the most obnox-
ious measure ever before Congress laid aside. il
is to be hoped permanently, but in getting up q
bill. which, when amended. will afford the
country much needed financial relief
1t is hoped that the financial bill may be dis
posed of in the senate in few days. and it will
be. unless the republicans can succeed in whip
ping enough OF their Senators into agreeing to
take up the Force bill again, or the anti-silver
republicans who are now Matching up some
mischief unless all signs fail, shall resort to
hllibustering to prevent a vote If it passes the
Senate, Speaker Reed and Mr.. Harrison will
a hard tima n N ia md
is extremely doubtful whether Mr.. Harrison, in
view of his candidacy for a re-nomin alton will
dare to veto it, as he would otherwise like to DO
Democrats are feeling very jubilant over their
victory, as they have a right TO do; it was fair
ly earned by vigilance and constant attendance
upon the sessions of the Senate no matter what
the Inconvenience hight be to individual Sen
ators.
How the mighty have failenI Ex-senator
Malone, who once posed as the Gar of the
United States Senate is now dividing his time
between poker playing and lobbying, He has
piece of made" ground, which he bought lor
a song, that he wants to sell to the government
at an exorbitans price as a site for the new
government printing Office. and he is lobbying
to carry out his design. HIS also has another
scheme that has milioas in it,' provided the
Force bill ever becomes law. in the shape of
son. which he calculates to sell to the govern
m snt. to be used at every voting precinct in the
United States. He will have to work fast as
after the fourth of next March the name OF
Malone will be all that will be needed to kill
any measure that gets before the dem ocratio
House.
The administration seems to be making as
big a mess of Indian matters as it has of every
thing else it has touched. a resolution, offered
by Repres sentative McAdoo, has been adopted
by the House, providing for an investigation of
the killing of Sitting Bull. and it is believed
that the investigation will expose a shameful
state of affairs.
The House is still hammering away on the
Shipping bill, and its friends claim that its
passage is assured. but this is not conceded by
its opponents, who are numerous and energetic.
At last the correspondence in the Bearing
Sea matter, which was asked for months ago,
at the last session. has been laid before Con-
gress. I cannot give better idea of what is
thought of it than by quoting Representative
McCreary, who was chairman of House commit
tee on Foreign Affairs in the last House. He
says: The time has arrived for Mr.. Blaine to
apply his vigorous policy The matter must
be settled between now and spring. He must
adopt more vigorous policy or else back down
altogether /"
The democratic members of the Senate Census
committee have made minority report On the
Apportionment bill, favoring an amendment
giving Arkansas, Minnesota and New York |
one member each additional. because of the |
large fraction each of those States has after
dividing the population by the number requir-
ell per Representative. This if adopted, would |
make the total membership Of the House 359,
The two new Senators from Idaho who cast |
their maiden votes to lay aside the Force bill
have according to custom drawn lots to decide
upon their respective terms. Mr.. Shoup got
the long term which expires March 4, 1905, and
Mr.. Mcconnell the short term, which ends with
the present Congress.
1t never looked more like an extra session of
the Fifty second Congress than it does now.