West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-15
WASHINGTON LETTER .
rom our regular CORE esronden,.

NAsuISGToN, DC. Jan. IL, 1891.
President Harrison now fully re-
alizeS the ancient adage There's
many aslip" etc. Itwould be hard to
find more disgruutled man. Just as
be thought the pins were all set up
for the passage Of the Force Bill,
by which he expects Co obtain an.
other term in the White House,
presto, change, and his hobby goes
gimm9rlng and is replaced by ~
financial measure which will prob
ably. might safely cay certainly
include what Mr.. Harrison is as
strongly opposed to as he can be to
anything - the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver. To say that the
radical Republican Senators were
dazed by the side tracking of the
Force Bill but mildly expresses the
situation; they were completely de-
moralised, aud are still in that
condition, in spite OF constant
consultations with Mr.. Harrison
and Speaker Reed.
The charges that the result was
brought about bya bargain between
the Democrats and tho silver Re-
/ rubIicans was TO silly 10 need the
dcnials which prominent gentleman
oil both sides have given to it. The
Democrats entered the eight against
the Force Bill determined to take
advantage of any opportunity that
might offer to defeat it, and they
were fortunate enough not only to
succeed in having the most obnox.
ious measure ever before Congress
laid aside. it is to bc hoped per-
manently, but in getting up n bill.
which, when amended, will afford
the country much needed finan-
cisl relief.
1T is hoped that the financial bill
may be disposed Of in the Senate in
a few days, and iJ will be, unless
the Republicans can succeed in
whipping enc ugh OF their Senator'S
into agreeing to take up the Force
BIll again, or the Snti-silver Re-
pubicans, who are now Matching
up some mischief, unless all signs
fail, shall resort to fllibustering to
prevent n vote. II it passes the
senate Speaker Reed and Mr. Usr-
rison will have a hard tns to stop
it in the House, and it is extremely
doubtful whether Dir. Harrison, in
view Of his candidacy for rs-nom-
nation, will dare to veto il, as hc
would otherwise like to do. Dem
ocrats are feeling very jubilant over
their victory, az they have right
to do; it was fairly earned by Wig
lance and constant attendance up
on the sessions of the Senate, no
matter what the inconvenience
might be to individual Senator's.
How the mighty have fallen Ex-
Senator Mahone, who once posed
as the Czar of the United States
Senate, is now dividing his time
between poker playing and lobby
ing. lie has a piece OF "made"
ground, which no bought for q
song, that he wants to sell to the
Government at an exhorbitant price
as u site for the new Government
Printing Office, and he is lobbying
to carry out his design. lie slso
has another scheme that has mil
lions in it," provided the Force
bill ever becomes q law, in the
shape Of patent ballot box, oslen-
siblJ owned by his son, which he
calculates to sell TO the Govern-
ment, to be used at every voting
precinct in the United States. lie
| will have to work fast, az after the
fourth Of next March the name OF
Malone will be all that is needed
to kill auy measure that gets before
| the Democratic House.
The administration seems 10 be
Z making IN big mess OF lndisr
matttrs az {. has Of everything else
IL hiss touched a resolution, Of
fered by Representative McAdoo,
has been adopted by the House, pro
viding FOR an investigation Of Tho
killing OF Sitting Boil, and it is
believed that the investigation will
expose a shameful state Of ahurs.
The Democratic mombcrs Of tEt