Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-30

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OUR WASIINGTcN LETTER.
REGULAR Correspondents, of ;hc standard.l
I WA,nINGroH. ID. c., Jan. %, 1891.
Senator German is proving himself
more than a match Tor the Republican
Senators, and he is still confident that
with the active and determined sup
port of Democratic Senators and the
moral support "i the conservative
masses oi the country. the Force bill
and its revolutionary furcrunncr, the
cag-rulc, can be defeated. He fairly
and >Iuarclv outgencraled the Rcpub-
cans when they attempted to wear ont
the Democrats hy Il continuous night
and day session OF the Senate, ami
now he is winning new parliamentar"
laurclS 10y the manner in which he /,
blocking the Republican attempt to
force a vote upon Senator's Al 'rlcil's
gag-rulc resolution He compelled
Mr.. Morton to acknowledge that he
! had made an erroneous ruling. The
Republicans have but one hope Of
succeeding and that lies in Vice Presi-
dent Morton making an arbitrary de-
ci>ion in their favor, and the proha-
bilitics are rather in favor of his doing
so, although it will be because OF the
great pressure brought to bear upon
him and not because he wants to do
it.
Even il 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 viii make its return to the
House necessary, and thcie the Dem
ocrats can renew the fight. which the
ncarness Of the 4th of March and the
end OF the session, may make success
full. At any rate, the Republicans i'll
the House will have to have 4 quorum
of their own members in order to pass
it, and that's more than they have had
for three successive days during the
session.
Car Reed, us he nears the end OF
Ills IipNNl, SlithS IL W lC-
sumo some of his tricks Of the last SEES
sion. BY the denial OF Il request that
was right and fair, he, this week. pro-
| vokcd Mr.. Mills into an exhibition of
temper that is very much regretted by
| that gentleman $ friends not ON Reeds
accountable deserved all that Mr.
Mills said of him-hut ON account of
| thn nn.,.t fInt hn,n tho
candidacy of Mr.. Mills for the speaker
ship OF the next House. "Iou are
pcrpetrating a fraud upon the House."
shouted Mr. Mills, advancing down the
aisle, and shaking his fist at the Speak
er, "and you know it," Mr. Mills
then intimated in language not to be
mistaken that the Speaker WAS not an
honorable gentleman. A minute or
two later Representative Kerr, OF Iowa,
had the bad taste to call Mr. Mills Il
traitor" "Iou are Il traitor your
self" retorted Mr.. Mills, ito the con-
stituton and the laws. You are try
ing to surround the hallot-box with
hayoncts and to deprive the people of
their right OF representation"
This was followed by a scene hard to
describe. The Democrats cheered Mr..
Mills loudly and the Republicans
Missed. Representative Perkins, of
Kansas. said "put the dirty loater
| (Mills) out" and in moment he found
the big fist of Representative Martin,
of Indiana, in close proximity to his
nose and was informed that If there
was to be any quitting ont" he (Mar-
TIM proposed taking hand in it.
That was the last heard of Perkins
In the meantime, the Scrgeant-at Arms
trotted out with the goldheadcd mace,
the emblem of authority i'll the House,
and quiet was restored.
The Dockery resolution providing
for an investigation OF the Congress
sional Silver pools is learing fruit.
Senator Vest has testified that Senator
Cameron told him that he had made
some money specializing in silver bull
ion, and Senator Cameron has ac-
knowledged 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 audacity? The
chairman of the committee, Repre-
sentative Dingley, of Maine, is ac-
cused of having adjourned the COM
mittee from last week until Wednes-
day of this week in order to prevent
Senator Vest from testifying until af
ter the Pennsylvania legislature had
reelected Cameron to the Senate, al
though Mr.. Vest had stated his will
ingness to testify. 1t is believed here
that Cameron would have been defeat
ed had his connection with the silver
speculation been made public before
his reelection. There are other big
Republicans who will be exposed if the
committee does its 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 Com
mittee on Coinage, before which the
Free Coinage bill now is, will not
report that measure to the House
until the Senate passes the Force bill.
1t remains TO he seen how the silver
Republicans in the house will take
this. They will be given an oppor
tunity of voting with the Democrats
to discharge the committee and take
the bill up in the House. Represen-
tative Bland has already offered n
substitute for resolution to be re-
ported from the Committee on Rules
to limit the debate on the appropria-
ton bills, making the free coinage bill
continual order from and after
January 9th. Dem.