The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

senator AIurlcn Will nut SIdlc pUSi'
lively just when he will ask that the
debate on the closure resolution shall
be cl osed, as he does not care to fur.
nish the Democrats with a warning
which may be, by some hook or
crook, used to prevent or postpone
vote on that resolution but I infer
from his conversation and that of
other prominent Republicans that 1t
will be certainly done this week,
possibly within the next two or
three days. There is no longer the
slis htGst doubt about the adoption of
the resolution by the Senate. 1t is
the absolute certainty of the result
that has caused the orders to go out
from the Democratic joss-Senator
Gorman-which have resulted in the
grand Worlds Fair bluff now being
made by Southern legislatures and
other organizations against the pas.
sage of the Federal Election bill.
Sensible people can but smile at these
tactics. whether they are specially in
terested in the Election bill or not |;
they will not change single vote.
Speaker Reed hss again become
the target for Democratic abuse. be-
cause he refused to sit in the Speakers
chair and see the Democrats tie up
the House completely as they wished
to do. After standing their senseIess
| ADMINISTERING until it passed all rea.
sOuabIe bounds Mr.. Reed pulled
them up 81 short that he fairly made
their eyes bulge in surprise and the
House resumed consideration of the
annual appropriation bills, the only
result of the furry being that Mr.,
Mills has very badly damaged his
: Speakership boom by showing him
self to be the owner of an uncontrola-
BILE temper and tongue dirty enough
to make him prominent in a gather
ing of B:llingsgate fishmongers. two
very undesirable possessions for the
presiding officer of legislative body.
Senator Stewart has increased his
popularity among the Democrats by
making another speech against the
Election bill.
The silver pool investigation is not
panning out rs sensational as was ex-
pected when it started out last week
with the testimony of Senator West
concerning the speculation Of Senator
Cameron in silver bullion. Up to
this time no other member of either
House or Senate has been implicated.
although number Of witnesses have
been examined. / don't think there
is any truth in the charge that is be-
ing made against the committee OF
being afraid to probe the matter to
the bottom by summOning wit
nesses known to possess knowledge
:. that will bring in men very prOmi-
d 'nent in both political parties. Rep.
resentative Dingley, who is chair
i man of the committee. has always
4 seemed to me to be man who had
4 the courage to do his duty under any
and all circumstances. and / have
no doubt that he will do everything
in his power to find out all there is
in this silver business.
A delegation from the &. A. r.
consisting of Gen. Veasey, comman.
i der.in.chief; Col. Blue. of Kansas,
chairman OF the G. A. r. pension
committee, and Col. Emory, of Wash.
inyton, has been given hearin. by
the House committee on Invalid
Pensions, 10 behalf of bill prov i'd
ing tor a service pension for n large
number of soldiers. possibly 100000,
whose cases are not covered by the
dependent pension act of last year.
The committee paid careful atten.
ton to the arguments of these gentle.
men. and it is believed that the COM
mittee would gladly report the bill II
there was the slightest probability
that it would be acted upon at this
session, which, unfortunately for the
poor fellows whose interests are in
vowed, there isn't.
I Senators Teller and Wolcott hav-
ing Withdrawn their objections the
Senate has confirmed the nomina'
I ton of ex-senator Hill, of Colorado,
to be a member IF the international
monetary commission, the duties OF
I which are to consider the advisabiliry
of an in,erna. ional coin or coins,
The nominations Of William A. Rus
sell, of Massachusetts, and Lambert
Tree, of Illinois, to be members OF
the same commission have also been
confirmed by the Senate.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
has ordered series OF experiments in
order to ascertain the practicabllity
aud cost of extending the free deliver
system to small towns. An expert.
mental free delivery service Is to be