Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Written aud compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 26-Senato
Aldrich Will not state positively, jus
when he will ask that the debate on the
closure resolution shall be closed, as h,
does not care to furnish the Democrat
with warning which may be, by som'
hook or crook, used TO prevent or post
pone vote on that resolution bat | iu
fer from this conversation and that o
other prominent Republicans that it vii
be certainly done this week, possibl!
within the next two or three days. Their
is no longer the slightest doubt about th'
resolution by the Senate. 1t is the abso
Lutte certainty of the result that has CO
ed the orders to 60 ont from the Del
cratic ioss-Senator Gorman-which have
resulted in the grand Worlds Fair bluf
now being made by Southern legislature
and other organizations against the pass
age of the FEDERAL Election bill. Sens
IDLE people can but smile at these tactics
whether they are specially interested II
the Election bill or not; they will no
change a single vote.
TThe closure resolution was laid aside
by the Senate, on Monday, by a. vote o
IS to3i.]
Speaker Reed has again become The
target for Democratic abuse, because b.
refused to sit in the Speakers chair anC
see the Democratic tie up the House
completely as they wished to do. Aftei
standing their senseless fillibustering I'M
til it passed all reasonable bounds Mr.
Reed pulled them up so short that ht
fairly made their eyes bulge in surprise
and the House resumed consideration o
the annual appropriation bills, the only
result of furry being that Mr.. Mills ha'
very badly damaged his SpeakershiI
boom by showing himself to be the ownel
of an uncomfortable temper and a tongn'
dirty enough to make him prominent in
gathering of Billingsgate fishmongers
two very undesirable possessions for the
presiding officer of legislative body.
Senator Stewart has increased his pop
uarity among the Democrats by making
another speech against the Election bill
The silver pool investigation is moi
pannIng out as sensational as was expect
ed when it started out last week with The
testimony of Senator Vest concerning the
speculation of Senator Cameron in Silver
bullion. Up to this time no other mem
Der of either House or Senate has beer
implicated, although a number of witnes
SEES have been examined. | don't think
. there is any truth in the charge that Is
being made against the committee of be
ing afraid to probe the matter to the bot
tom by summOning witnesses known to
possess knowledge that will bring IN men
very prominent in both political parties
Representative Dingley, who is chairman
of the committee, has always seemed to
me to be a man who had the courage tO
do his duty under any aud all circum-
stances, and have no doubt that he Will
do everything in his power to find out
all there is in this silver business,
A delegation from the g. A. X. consist
ing of Gen. Veasey, commander-in-chiet
Col. Blue, of Kansas, chairman of the G.
A. r. committee, and Col. Emory, OF
Washington, has heen given hearing by
the House committee on Invalid Pensions,
in behalf Of bill providing for service
pension for a large number of soldiers,
possibly 100000, whose cases are not GOV.
cred by the dependent pension act of last
year. The committee would gladly re-
port the bill If there was the slightest
probability that it would be acted upon
at this session, which, unfortunately for
the poor fellows whose interests are in
VOWED, there isn't.
Senators Teller and WOlcott having
withdrawn their objection the Senate
has confirmed the nomination Of ex-Sena-
tor Hill, of Colorado, to be member OF
the International monetary commission,
the duties of which are to consider the adj
visibility OF an international coin or CONS.
The nominations of William A, Russell, OF
.sachusetts, and Lambert Tree, of Hi
nois, to be members of the same commits
sion have also been confirmed by the Sen
ate.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
ordered a series of experiments in order
to ascertain the practlcability and cost of
extending the free delivery system to
small towns. An experimental free de-
livery service is to be at once establish
ed in the following places: TeIoe Hill
and Jenkintown, Pa; Caldwell, Kans. /;
Robinson, Ill. Hephzibah, Ga. Monroe,
Mich. ; Sellersburg, Ind; Hyattsvllle and
Mddletown, Md. Suffolk, Stephens City
and the National Soldiers Home, Va. If
these experiments justify it Mr.. Wanna
maker will ask Congress for the appro-
priatlon for the general extension of the
free deliver service. As the law now is
the service is limited to towns having
10000 inhabitants or where the post-oflice
receipts are not less than $4,000 year.
The Confederation of Industrial Organ
zations is the imposing name of the con.
vention which has been in session here
for several days. This is the outcome of
the proposition made at the Ocalla con-
vention for the formation of third par
ty. This convention has endorsed prac-
tically all of the demands of the Farmers
Alliance, but its members are not favor
able to the third party idea, in fact it is
looked upon here as having been com
pletely captured by the Democratic party.