The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-01-30
Washington Letter.

Senator German is proving himself .
more than match for the Republican
Senators and he is still confident
that with the active and
determined support of Democratic Sen
ators and the moral support of the con- I
seryative masses of the country, the .
Force bill and it's revolutionary forerun-
ner, the gag-rule, can be defeated. I
He fairly and squarely outgeneraled the
Republicans when they attempted to
wear out the Democlat L by a continuous
night and day session of the Senate, and
now he is winning new parliamentary
laurels by the manner in which he is
blocking the Republican attempt to force
vote upon Senator Altlrich's gag-rule
resolution. He compelled Mr.. Morton
to acknowledge that he had made an er-
roneous ruling. The Republicans have
but one hope of succeeding and that lies
n Vice President Morton making an ar
bitrary decision in their favor, and the
probabilities are rather in favor of his
doing so, q hough 1t will be because of
the great pressure brought to bear upon
him and no, because he wants TO do 1T.
Even if tue Senate adopts the gag
rule resolution and passes the Force bill,
there will still be grounds upon which
to base hope for its defeat. The amend
ments made to the bill in the Senate
will make its return to the House ne
cessary, and there the Democrats can re-
new the fight, which the nearness of the
4th of March and the end of the session,
may make successful. At any rate the
| Republicans in the House must have a
quorum of their own members in order
to pass it, and that's more than they
have had for three successive days dur
ing the session.
Gar Reed as he nears the end of his
power shows a disposition to resume
some of his tricks of the last session.
BY the denial of a request that was
right and fair, he, this week, provoked
Mr.. Mills into an exhibition of temper
| that is very much regretted by that gen
| tleman's friends; not on Reeds account,
| he deserved all that Mr.. Mills said of
| him, but on account of the effect that II
| may have upon the candidacy of Mr..
Mills for the Speakership of the next
| House. "You are perpetrating a fraud
upon the House, shouted Mr.. Mills,
advancing down the aisle, and shaking
his fist at the Speaker, ''and you know
| it." Mr.. Mills then intimated in Ian
guage not to be mistaken that the
| Speaker was not an honorable gentleman.
\ minute or two later Representative
| Kerr, Of lows, had the bad taste to call
| Mr. Mills a traitor" "You are trait
! or yourself, "retorted Mr.. Mills, " to the
constitution and the laws. You are
trying to surround and to deprive the
! people of their right of representation"
| This was followed by a scene hard TO de-
! scribe. The Democrats cheered Mr..
| Mills loudly and the Republicans hissed.
| Representative Perkins of Kansas said
put the dirty loafer mills out" and
| in moment he found the big fist of
| Representative Martin of Indiana in close
proximity to his nose and was informed
that if there was TO be any putting
OUT he (Martin) proposed taking a
| hand in it. That was the last heard of
| Perkins. In the meantime the Scar
gent-at Arms trotted out with the gold
head mace, the emblem of authority in
the House and quiet was restored.
The Dockery resolution providing for
an investigation of the Congressional
/ Silver pools in bearing fruit. Senator
| Vest has testified that Senator Cameron
| told him that he had made money spec
| ulating in silver bullion, and Senator
Cameron has acknowledged it, claiming
that he had as much right to speculate
in silver rs in corn, wheat or any other
| product How is that for cool audacity?
| The chairman of the committee, Rep
resentative Dingley, of Maine, is accused
of having adjourned the committee from
last week until Wednesday of this week
in order to prevent Senator Vest from
! testlfylng until after the Pennsylvania
| legislature had reelected Cameron TO the
Senate, although Mr.. Vest had stated
his willingness to testify. 1t is believed
here that Cameron would have been de-
feated had his connection with the sill
yer speculation been made public before
his reelection. There are other big Re
| pubicans who will be exposed if the
committee does its duty without fear or
| favor.
The latest scheme of Reed and his
| henchmen in the House to force the
silver Republican Senators to vote for the
| Force bill is outlined in the announce
| ment that the House committee on
| coinage, before which the free coinage
| bill now Is, viii not report that
measure to the House until the Senate
passes the Force bill. 1t remains to be
seen how the silver Republicans in the
| House will take this. They will be Civ
en- an opportunity Of voting with the
Democrats to discharge the committee
and take the bill up in the House. Re
| preventative Bland has already offered n
| substitute for resolution to be reported
| from the committee on Rules to limit
| the debate on the appropriation bills,
making the free coinage bill continu-
al order from and after January %.