Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-20
WASHINGTON CITY.
PROSPECT or ARow OVER THE At
TEMPT TO PASS A GAG-LAW.
Free Coinage Va the Force Biii--Hoss and
the Evarts Dinner Revelations Abeus
the saturday Adjournment.
ryrom Our Regular corrsspondsatl


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from Our Regular corrsspondsntl
WASHINGTON, January i9.--It is the puf-
pose of MIR. Aldrich to press In the Senate
tomorrow the proposed gag-rule. snd Il Is
common talk here that vice-President
Morton has about concluded TO Join the
Radicals and attempt to apply the closure
process by refusing to recognize. after
certain period OF time has elapsed, (three
davs or a week, perhaps) the Demo
Gratis. But there is one little dif.
fculty in the wav. Mr.. Morton. and
"Uncle Frisbien have not yet learn
ed whether they can count upon
forty.fiye senator's who will allow this out
rare 10 be perpetrated. At this Writing IL
IL hardly to be believed that forty-fvc men
will agree 10 this plan. II they do Why
there will simply be the biggest row thai
has ever been heard of in the Senate OF the
United States.
THE FRyr-corNAGE TaRzAr.
There is no possible chance 10. pass the
force bill IA the Senate unless the rights
OF the minority are ignored completely ana
forty-fve senators will agree 20 up.
hold the proposed outrage. The threat
made by Radicals in tho House that
thew will not allow the free-co,nage
bill 10 come before that body until the
Senate passes the outrageous force bill Is
doing the latter measure no good TN the
contrary this sort of talk IL helping 20
block the road for the latter. The kepub-
lican senators who 30 earnestly desire
free-coinage bill 10 pass know fun well that
free coinage cannot get through I'M
less majority of the support for the pro
H.
the large Democratic vote in the Senate
the free-coinage bill would have been
stifled In the Senate. Tho free-cotnage
Republicans of the Senate therefore know
who their friends are.
rAcrT UNDERSTANDING.
There has been no combination entered
into between the silvefltes on the kepub-
lican side and the Democrats, but there -
tacit understanding among the leaders
Of each side:
"Tf Won help mo, I will help you"
''Uncle Frisbie" is being severely
roasted for moving that. they adjourn
on Saturday at 8 o'clock IN order tnat
he might attend the dinner given at
O'clock that evening by Senator Eyarts TO
foreigner. Hoar had pretended TO- want
to sit cut the thing, but his stomach got
away with his zeal tor the passage OF the
bill. and he forgot ell about the poor
darky when he remembered that Evarts
Gives highly palatable dinners.
II il said that both Evarts
and Hoar were keeping this dinner engage.
ment very quiet. but the fiery Frye. OF
Maine. who wants to put a baypnst behind
eyery ballot in order to perpetuate Repub-
lican power, became enraged, and II was
he who told about the cause for the sud
den winding up of the session OF the
Senate on Saturday.
HUNGRY RoAR.
Between and O'Clock of the long, to-
dious night of Friday when Hoar was pre-
| tending 10 be so earnest in his desire 10
"sit out }" the Democrats, II ID known be-
yond doubt that Hoar went TO at least q
| dozen Republican senators on the quiet
and asked that some one make
motion TO adjourn. Every one
whom he approached declined. Several
said substantially; mo. sir. You have
gotten US into this scrape: and uutii you
| make the motion yourself to adjourn we
intend to give you agood dose OF your OWL
| foolishness il we have to stay here until
next Friday morning."
VANCE SINGS SONG.
Then Uncle Frisbte," with his mind on
that dinner, went of 10 the cloak-room %
take rest, and to put himself ip condition
| 10 eat Ine ROOu suinss u. ~ =" 70 . A.
sion. But Private" Allen happened &c
that night, and as Senator, Vance
had been ruthlessly dragged from
his bed by minion of the law at A. M.
the North Carolnian, the Mississippian
Senator Vest, and few others, includinf
several Republicans who are Opposed u
the force bill, went into the Republican
cloak-room and Senator Vance sang dla
lect song that was dpropos and whici
broke up the dreams OF Uncle frisoie''
WHAT woLcoTT SAID.
Senator Wolcott was in the chamber tina
night and he declined to obey the order
the Senate TO put in on appearance. II
said to-day that had be been present whel
Hoar was trying TO get some one
move an adjournment he would hay
said: "Mr. President. AT, the earnes
solicitation of the Senator from Massachu
setts. move that the Senate adjourn. u
course the Senator from Massachusetts,. y
order to preserve his record. will vote Il
the negative; but he Is so anxious to q
home, think, we ought TO accommodate
him"
THE BILL HAS HoaR.
II also leaks out that during that famou
night session Democratic senator wen
over 10 Mr.. Spooner aud Gid:
"Why don't you advise Hoar TO let g
this thing and move TO adjourn?"
You have an idea, )" replied Spoonei
THAT Hoar has got the bin beforethe Sen
ate, but the fact is that the bill has go
Hoar."
Al least a dozen of the Republican sena
tors are sick and tired of the farce, and 4
private they do not hesitate 20 say tina
thew will be rejoieed when the force bill
out Of the way. And yet with only stx OK
captions the Republicans are afraid TO vot
their honest convictions.
REEDS TMcxERY EXPOSED.
Democratic members of the House ar
Just beginning to And out how outrageou
was the attempt of Speaker Reed "a
ether day to prevent the passage OF Nj
H loS Of public all Badns It saun tS 'id
Tucker had gotten the floor and move'
TO take up his bill. When Reed fouD
what il was he ignored him and put
imaginary motion to adjourn, but AS n
motion OF that kind had been made ther
was protest from many members. bee
declared the motion carried and was abou
TO adjourn the House. Mr.. McComas, {
Maryland, had the manliness tosay that
had made no motion 20 adjourn. Inc
Reed tried to wink to some Republican
object TO the Staunton bill. but every on
was SO Disguised that not even kepubl
can would aid him In this outrageor
scheme. SO the bill was passed. Many
the Democrats said to-day that this WI
the mesnest attempt at usurpation
power that Reed has been guilty OF.
AN ARMY osTIcEa FOB THE INSTITUTE.
! Representative Tucker, accompanied b
, Mr.. 4 III. Letcher. president of the Boar