Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ITrom our regular oonsspoBdeBi.I

WASHINGTON, ID. O., Dec. ~, 1880.
Senator Stewards open revolt |
against the republican caucus and bis |
manly speech against the Force bill !
are the talk Of the town and likely to |
remain so for some time to come, not |
withstanding the nearness OF Christ |
mas. That he voiced the real senti- |
ments of a number of his republican
colleagues cannot be for q moment
doubted, but none of them are expect
ed to display the "sand" exhibited by
the Nevada Senator, and ] understand
that he acted largely from spite, because
Mr.. Harrison and the republican lead
ers in both Senate and House have
combined To prevent the passage Of a
free coinage bill. Whatever his mo-
tive it hes wonderfully stiffened the
backbone OF the republican opponents
of the Force bill.
Senator Paddock, another republican
opponent of the bill, is growing restive
and has given notice that If the bill is
not disposed of very soon he intends
asking the Senate to take up his Pure
Food bill. N Fl
The republican caucus voted in favor
Of changing the Senate rulesin order to
cut off debate, but it is not yet certain
that they can succeed. Mr.. HOar and
his associates in the pushing OF the
Force bill are In peck Of trouble, and
1t is growing worse instead of better.
They fear to make the attempt to
change the rules because they are not
certain that they can carry it through
even if they can get it to a vote, which
Is q matter of doubt, as the Democrats
have announced their determination to
debate the proposed change, which
must be made under the present rules,
for the remainder of the session. One
thing is certain the change cannot be
made without revolutionary rulings on
the part of the presiding officer of the
Senate. ....-....
Ifanything is to be done this week
by the republicans in the Senate it will
have to be done without the assistance
of Senators Allison and ingalls,, both of
whom have gone home without being
paired. So far the republicans have
refused to even consider taking holi-
day recess, and present indications are
that they will hold sessions right along,
and, of course, the Democrats will be
compelled to attend, because il they
stay away the republicans would be GER
tain to crowd the Force bill through.
In the House quorum has gone
glimmering, and there isn't much
probability that one will be seen there
again before January.
The republican bosses are believed to
have secretly decided that no financial
legislation shall be passed at this sess-
ion, although they are making great
pretense of considering the bill which
the Republican caucus went through the
farce of endorsing, which provides for
the purchase of IL, 900, 900 ounces Of sill
yer in monthly instalments Of 1000, 600
ounces and for the recoiling of the S25-
O0O,0 900 of fractional coin and trade dol
lars now lying idle in the treasury. They
would have been willing to allow this
bill to pass, but it was no sooner re-
ported to the Senate than Senator Rea-
gan offered an amendment providin
for free coinage. Then it was decided
that it was too risky to allow the bill
to be voted, and so the matter stands at
present. ....
Senator Pettigrew wants to make
another Indian scare impossible, 80 he
has introduced a bill prohibiting the
sale of fire arms and ammunition to In
dams on reservations. The general
impression is that there is already such
a law in existence, which has been
violated with the connivance or
through the neglect of Government
| officials. This whole Indian business
will probably be Investigated by Con-
gress Senator Manderson has offered
a resolution to that effect. There is a
general desire on the part of Senators
and Representatives tog get at the real
status of the Indians.
There has been some hitch in the issu-
ing of a proclamation by Mr.. Harrison
inviting foreign nations to take part in
the Worlds Fair, but it is now said to be
all right, and that the proclamation will
be issued this week.
1t is already apparent that at least
$50, ,000, 900 will be required to make up
the deficiencies in the last sessions ap-
propriations. These deficiencies are the
results of the deliberate action ofthe
republicans, in order to make the
country believe that they were keeping
the appropriations down.
Senator Blair is posing In new role
that of funny man, and it is decided
Improvement on his ordinary isms.
i Senator Stanford made an hours
speech Friday explaining his bill loan
| ing money on farm mortgages at 2 per
cent. per annum. The bill has been
referred to the Finance committee, ev-
ery member of which is opposed to it.
Senator Spooner spoke all day Satur-
day in favor of the force bill, and it was
iocularly said that he was trying to
earn his appointment to the bench OF
Supreme Court.
Cologne officials have seized guam
tity of American bacon, valued at co.
600 marks, and arrested the Dutch
merchant who imported it.
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