Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


anclent adage There's many slip,
etc. 1t would he hard to find more
disgruntlcd man. Just as he thought
the pins were all set up for the pass
age OF the Force bill, by which he
expects to obtain another term in the
White House, presto change, and his
hobby goes glimmering and is re-
placed by financial measure which
will propbably, might safely say
certainly, include what Mr.. Harrison
is as strongly opposed to as he can be
to anything-the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. To say that the
radical Republican Senator's were
dazed by the side-tracking of the
Force bill but mildly expresses the
situation; they were completely de-
moralized, and are still in that condi-
ton, in spite of constant consultations
with Mr.. Harrison and Speaker Reed.
The charge that the result was brought
about by bargain between the Demo-
Gratis and the silver Republicans was
too silly to need the denials which
prominent gentleman on both sides
have given to it. The Democrats
entered the fight against the Force
bill determined to take advantage of
any opportunity that might offer to
defend it, and they were fortunate
enough not only to succeed in having
the most obnoxious measure ever be-
fore Congress laid aside, it is to be
hoped permanently, but in getting up
a bill, which, when amended, will
afford the country a much needed
financial relief.
1t is hoped that the financial bill
may be disposed of in the Senate in
lew days, and it will be unless the Re-
publicans can succeed in whipping
enough of their Senators into agree
ing to take up the Force bill again, or
the anti-silver Republicans, who are
now Matching up some mischief, un-
less all signs fail, shall resort to fillibus-
tering to prevent Il vote. If it passes
the Senate, Speaker Reed and Mr.. Har.
rison will have hard time TO stop it
in the House, and it is extremely
doubtful whether Mr.. Harrison, in view
OF his candidacy for denomination, will
dare to veto it, as he would otherwise
like to do. Democrats are feeling very
jubilant over their victory, as they
have right to do; it was fairly earned
by vigilance and constant attendance
upon the sessions of the Senate, no
matter what the Inconvenience might
be to individual Senators.
How the mighty have fallen! Ex-
Senator Malone, who once posed as
the czar OF the United States Senate,
is now dividing his time between poker
playing and lobbying. He has piece
of "made" ground, which he bought for
a song, that he wants to sell to the
Government at an exorbitant price as
a site for the new Government Print
ing office, and he is lobbying to carry
out his design. He has also another
scheme that has millions in it," pro-
vided the Force bill ever becomes
law, in the shape OF a patent ballot
box, ostensibly owned by his son,
which he calculates to sell to the Gov
ernment, to be used at every voting
precinct in the United States. He
will have to work fast, as after the
fourth of next March the name of
Malone will be all that will be needed
to kill any measure that gets before
the Democratic House.
The Administration seems to be
making as big a mess of Indian mat
ters as it has of everything else it has
touched. A resolution, offered by Rep
resentative McAdoo, has been adopted
by the House, providing for an inves-
tigation of the killing of Sitting Bull,
and it is believed that the investiga-
ton will expose a shameful state of
affairs.
At last the correspondence in the
Behring Sea matter, which was asked
for months ago, at the last session,
has been laid before Congress, l can.
not give better idea of what is
thought OF it than by quoting Repre-
sentative McCreary, who was Chair
man of House Committee on Foreign
Affairs in the last House. He says:
The time has arrived for Mr.. Blaine
to apply his vigorous policy. The
matter must be settled between now
and Spring. He must adopt a more
vigorous policy or else back down
altogether"
The Democratic members of the
Senate Committee have made a minor.
ity report on the Apportionment bill,
favoring an amendment giving Arkan-
sas, Minnesota and New York one
member each additional, because of
the large fraction each of those States
has after dividing the population by
the number required per Representa-
tive. This, if adopted, would make the
total membership OF the House $50.
The two new Senators from Idaho
who cast their maiden votes to Law
aside the Force bill, have according to
custom, drawn lots to decide upon
their respective terms. Mr.. Shoup
got the long term which expires March
4, 1879, and Mr.. Mcconnell the short
term, which ends with the preeent
Congress.
1t never looked more like an extra
session of the FOrty-Second CongreSs
than it does now. Dr',
REQUESTS for Chinese nheasor,s
to stock parks in the East hovo
reached Portland. and it is believed tho
catching and selling of birds for that
purpose will be made quite proftabIe
to parties who may engage in the
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