Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent WASHINGTON, JAN. 9, 1891.

the ancient adage There's many slip" etc. It would be heard to find a 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 House, presto, change, and his hobby goes glimmer- ing and is replaced by a financial measure which will probably, l might safely say certainly, include what Mir. Harrison is as strongly opposed to as he can be to any thing-the free and unlimited coin age of si lver. To say that the rad ical republi can Senators were dazed by the side tracking of the Force bill, but mildly expresses the situa- tion; they were completely demoral- izcd, and are still in that condition, in spite of constant consultations with Mir. Harrison and speaker Reed. The charge that the result was brought about by bargain between the democrats and the silver republi- cans was too silly to need the denials which prominent gentleman on both sides have given to it. The demo- crats entered the fight against the Force bill determined to take advan- tagc of any opportunity that might offer to defeat it, and they were fortunate enough not only to succeed in having the most obnoxious meas ure ever before Congress laid aside, it is to be hoped permanently, but in getting up bill, which, when amended, will afford the country a much needed financial relief.
 It is hoped that the financial bill may be disposed of in the Senate in q 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 mis- chief, unless all signs fail, shall re- sort to fillibustering. to prevent a vote. If it passes the Senate Speak CT Reed and MT. Harrison will have a hard time to stop in the House, l., ax.trnr,nl,r lnnht fnI N of h = CT Mr. Harrison, ill view of his can didacv for renomination, will dare to veto, as he would otherwise like to do. Democrats are feeling very jubilant over their victory, as they have a right to do; was fairly earned by vigilance and constant attend ance upon the sessions eff the Sen ale, no matter what inconvenience might be to individual Senators.
 The administration seems to be making as big a,mess of Indian mat ters as it has of everything else it has touched. A resolution offered by Representative McAdoo, has been adopted by the House, provid- ing for an investigation of the kill ing 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 it's friends claim that it's passage is assured, but this is not conceded by its opponents, who are numerous and energetic.
 At last the correpondcnce'in the Behring Sea matter, which was ask ed for months ago at the last session, has been laid before Congress. l cannot give better idea of what is thought of it than by quoting! Rep rescntative McCreary, who was chairman of House committee on Foreign Affairs in the last House. He says: "rhe tune has arrived for MT. 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 a minority report on the Apportion- ment bill, favoring an amendment giving Arkansas, Minnesota and New York one member each addi- uonal, because of the large fraction each of those States ha. after divid- ing the population by the number required 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. Mir. Shour got the long term which expires March, 1, 1892, and MT. Mcconnell the short term, which ends with the present Congress.
 It never looked more like an extr, session of the Fifty-second Congress than it does now.