The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-01
CAPITAL GOSSIP.


thing to say. enjoy his Christmas din.
ner. lie was too badly disguised at
his failure to get vote upon the
Force bill this week. lie thought he
WAS all right the other day when h.
offered u resolution proposing q re.
cess until 8 o'clock in the evening and
a continuous session of the Senate
from that time until the bill was dis.
posed OF. But 10 and behold when
noses were counted there was no
quorum present, and the point was
quickly made by q democratic Senator
who had remained in the chamber FOR
that very purpose, and most aggra
waiting OF all to Mr.. Ho>T was the facy
that, In spite Of all his cosxlng and
threatening. seventeen republican
Senators were among the absentecs.
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The republican mountain, after
weeks OF painful labor, has brought
forth mouse in the shape Of rule
to cut of debate at the pleasure of
the majority which has been report.
cd to the Senate by Mr. Aldrich.
But the democrats are not ut all al.
armed; on thu contrary they are con.
tidcnt of their ability to defeat this
proposed revolutionary Overturning
Of the preccdents OF a century, and
in any event fully determined that it
shall not be done until every parllx.
msntary expedient has been exhaust.
ed in the effort to prevent it.
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Senator Voorhees, made the speech
of the week against the Force bill
and his picture Of Messrs Harrison,
Quay, Dudley and Huston posing AZ
the friends Of honest elections while
the rank corruption Of the Presiden.
tial election of 1883 was. with its
"blocks of five'', fresh IN the minds
Of the American people, was as Wig
orous bit of rhetoric as the "Tall
Sycamore Of the Wabash" ever utter
ed. His Remuneration Of the attempt
to COLOMBO southern negroes in West
Virginia and Indiana, which was
fortunately exposed before it was
consumated, was very bitter, but moi
} more SO than it deserved. Senator
Gray also did some vigorous talking
in defence of the people Of Delaware
whom Mr.. Higgins, the accidental
republican Senator from that State
had grossly slandered in an effort tc
justify the passing of the Force bill
II Mr.. Harrison wished to select a
gentleman entirely without y nation.
al reputation to succeed the late
Justice Miller on the bench of the
United States Supreme Court he GER
tainlY succeeded whoa he nominated
Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, to the
vacancy. Said republican Senator:
lit was really amusing when the
nomination WAS announced to see
prominent Senators going from one
to the other in order to find out who
this Mr.. Brown is. The Michigan
Senators speak we'll of him, but !
doubt If there are dozen other Sen.
atOrs who ever heard Of him before
l.ss
Representative Blanchard Of Louis.
lana has introduced u resolution IN
the House providing for a general In.
dian investigation. The same gent
lemSn has offered - resolution in,
structing the House committee on
Banking and Currency to report" a
bill to increase the amount Of money
in circulation to $50 per capita. He
sets forth In preamble the fact of
it's being impossible to get an advance
of even $40 bale on cotton. owing
to the scarcity Of money.
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The republicans Of the Senate are
getting their party into q nice snarl
on tho financial question. The recent
republican caucus approved bill, In
the hope of conciliating the free coin.
age republican Senators, that provid.
ed for the issuing Of treasury notes,
based on purchases Of silver bullion
to make up the deficiency whenever
the amount Of national bank CIRCUIT
alton fell below $50, ooo, 900, but the
Finance committee to which the Bin
was referred when introduced, has
cut out that section and put In place
of it one authorizing the Secretary. OF
the Treasury to issue 5000, 900 900 of
Q per cent bonds, and the amended
bill has been reported back to the
Senate 10y that strong and vigilant
foe Of silver, John Sherman. The
silver men are mad 90 hornets and
Senator Stewart has already offered .
: free coinage amendment to the bill,
and oyertureS are being made to dem.
ocrats to support 1t. What. the DEM
ocrats will do depends largely upon
what action the republicans who
fasar free coinage take upon, the
force bill. ssnasar stewart will do
all he can TO aet them TO oppoaaat.
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