The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-29
DEFEAT OF THE GAG LAW
A SLIM CHANCE FOR THE FORCE
BILL NOW.

Many OF the republican Senators
Would Rather see It Unresurrected.
Even the Politicians OF Their Party
Opposed to It-Hoar Given q Tip
From Massachusetts.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The force bill
senators are awaiting the return of Senator
Aidrich from Providence before finally de-
termining whether they shall attempt
second resurrection Of the force bill. cena-
tor Aldrich Is not much Of force bill man,
but he has the cloture rule in charge. aud
the force bill senators recognize that unless
they first pass the cloture rule 1t is idle 70
think Of pressing the force bill. Senator
Aldrich is expected here before Friday
night. Meanwhile tho reapportionment bill
consumes time and prevents any other
legislation.
FORCE BILL MEN RETICENT.
The force bill men are saying very little,
and do not want to talk for publication.
They think there is a ohancs of getting the
eloture rule adopted aud then OF passing
the force bill, but it turns on such uncert
tain things, apparently, as the conversion OF
Senator Stanford from his present stand.
which Senator Stewart set forth triumph-
antly in the Senate to-day, and Senator
Stanford shows a disposition to avert
annoying interviews with force bill sena-
tors by staying in bed.
MAY TRY TO CONVERT INGALLS,.
The force bill men have also had soms
hope Of converting Senator ingalls,, on the
theory that Senator Ingalls, might want an
appointment from the President after
| March 4, but it does not as yet appear that
he does, and probably his pair on Monday
would disdualify him IL he did
All the while time Is running strongly
| against the force bill men. They are be-
| ginning to hear from the people end from
the politicians expressions of satisfaction
with the result Of Mondays vote.
HoAR PUT ON NOTICE.
To-day Senator Hoar himself Is said to
| have received, for example, a confidential
| letter from Speaker Barrett of the Massa-
| chussets House OF Representatives stating
that after a canvass OF the republicans OF
the Massachusetts, legislature he was satis-
| fed that the great preponderance OF opin-
| ion was to the effect that Senator Hoar had
better leave the forco bill where IL was
| placed by the vote on Monday. This letter
Of itself would, perhaps, not deter Senator
| Hoar from trying to resurrect the force
| bill, but taken with other similar communi-
cations from republicans received by him
or other force bill senators it may hinder
| him.
sTAGGERs THEM
| Throughout this whole proceeding the
| force bill senators have not concealed their
indifference Co popular opinion, counting.
| as they did, upon the politicians. But
whom the latter give voice to the popular
opinion they are staggered. One thing
seems certain in the present uncertainty,
and that is that it is almost impossible 60
pass the force bill, even IL the force bill
senators attempt to take IL up. They will
have lost practically whole week
| of time, and will have TO remove
entirely new obstacles to simply get
at the bill or the cloture rule
| The democrats, refreshed by this rest,
would have twice the power they had be-
| fore TO thwart them, especially as there
would be just barely time enough left TO
pass the appropriation bills In the usual
| way. Senators Allison, Hale and Plumb,
the managing republicans OF the Senate
committee on appropriations. are not in
love with the force bill and will not hesitate
10 embarrass it with the appropriation bills
| IL they can do so siYly.
| Senator Cameron walked quietly away
| from his critics to-day, leaving for Fortress
Monroe, to be gone indefinitely. His abb.
sence may help Che force bill men.