The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, d. c. Feb. 9, 1891. w,
w. Dudley, of "Blocks of i've" notorle-
tv. and ex-Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al Clarkson, both shining nghts ia
the republican national continues,
are. if NV informant isn't mistaken, anu
he assures me that he isn't, now hand
ling ssblocks of five" hundred dollar
bills, as the disbursing off1clais OF Jay
Gouid's Western Union Telegraph loD
by, which is said to have DIVIDED SoO,-
90 among certain members OF the Rouse
for the puI pose of defeating Mr.. van
lawmakers postal telegraph bill. Inc
nil has really never had much chance
of getting through, because OF Iack VI
general interest IN 1t, but Dudley anu
GIarkson made Gould belleVe that IL
was certain 10 go through unless some
thing was promptly done to prevent II,
ana Ine particular something III TINS
Ease was the paying out of a big pile OF
the "little wizards" money.
Another scheme backed by Dig iop-
~ is the Nicaragua Canal company 8
,JiH making the United States GOVERN
ment endorse O0,OOO,OOO OF ltS pohoS:
This lobby is made up or members VI
political parties, ana All OF Inelh arc
either oricials or eX-officials OF elther
The House OF Senate, which gives tnem
uuexcelled facilities for reaching COH-
yressmen, facilities that they nave not
neglected. The bill will pass the SEN
ate without doubt, but by the me the
House hears from the country 1t WIZ
probably strike big Snag, althouSh inc
lobby hopes To rush IL through during
the closing hours
The administration scheme Ior kllilnS
the free coinage bill is now being boldly
worked by the anti silver majority OF
the House committee on coinage; /
gives MIR. Harrison two chances OF Kill
.ng the bill without squarely Vetolhg IL.
The aim is to keep the Dill IN coIiilllttee
under pretenSe OF Hearings" until Will
in ten DAYS of the end OF the session;
then it will be reported. II the House
has time TO vote upon 1t, ana passes II,
Mr. Harrison may then quietly dispose
of it by what is known as a PocKel
etc. Nv not signing il previous to the
expiration of the Fifty first Congress.
the anti-silverites claim that the vote
| of the House-l34 to lZ1-sustalhlhR
decision of the Speaker declaring MT
| BANDS motion TO attach the free coin
| age bill as an amendment to an appro-
| priatioa bill to be out OF order, makes \!
certain that the free coinage Dill cahHol
pass, but the claim is not based upon 9
| L0lid foundation. There were only
eleven republicans who voted agalnsi
| ,usLaIuInS Inc speaker, and IL Is Wen
| known that there is a much larger mum
| DER of republicans i'll the House wiz
| would vote for free coinage pure anu
| simple III they were given Chance u
LIDO so There was proposition lew
DAYS since to have the Senate put Int
| free coinage bill on one of the approprl
| alton bills as u ritter, but When IL Was
| suggested that the republicans Oh tue
n Ouse might add as another rluer Oh
The same bill, the force bill, the ldet
lost popularity with the democrats. a
| caucus of the House democrats passed
] resolution asking that the commltte'
report the silver bill.
| DIR. Biaine's reciprocity treaty VIII
BraziTis being worked for all it is wortl
40 carry tue snip subsidy JoD tnrouSI
1.-THE House, and from present lndlca
rions the probabilities are IN favor o
its doing 1t. - 49,,
themselves on record as opposed to tn
sxtravagant salary list OF the World'
| Fair commission. .
The Intelligence of the death of Rep
resentative Phelan, OF Iennessee, WIZ
died at Nassau on January 30, dld no
reach this city until Saturday afternoon
II was known that his health was Dau
but his closest friends were great,
shocked to learn of his death,
w mem the Senate got through amend
ING the eight hour bill it would scarcel.
have been recognized by its best frIenus
1t is believ, d that the republicans hpp
10 Kill the bill by getting II INTO a con
ference committee and keeping IL ther
until the session ends.
Revinning to-day the Senate Will haV
evening sessions daily to the end OF tn
session. The House may or may nc
follow suit. The fact or the maICer l
that evening sessions have never pee
favorably regarded by the friends c
legitimate legislation, although 1t ha
been customary to have them at the Ia
end of every Congress.
The pension SHARKS made no mlstak
> in counting upon the assistance of the re
publican Senators to cut out the reduC
tion in fees placed in the pension appr,
: priation bill by the House. Inc Senat
made the attorneys fee tor all future IL
: creases of pension So, instead of -, a
2 the House had it, and upon motion
! Mr.. Quay the new fee is only applicabl
to the applications filed after this OF
2 terferred with by the House, is est
mated to be worth more than $5,OOO,Ot
; to the pension attorneys.
Mr.. Harrison is still wrestling wit
I the army of hungry republicans, eac
] Treasury.