Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-29
WASHINGTON LRrrER.
m our Regular Correspondent.

are becoming entirely too
common-In Congress, but one of
those which occurred this week is
worthy of special mention, because
of the influence it is likely to have In
the contest for the Speakership of the
Speakership of the next House. Mr..
Mills, who has been regarded as the
leading Southern candidate, has, by
his own actions, placed a weapon in
the hands OF his his opponents which
they will not be slow in making use
of. In pursuance of the Democratic
policy of Obstructing the business of
the House while the Election bill is
pending in the Senate, Mr.. Mills made
request, which the Speaker consid-
cred dilatOry and refused to recog-
nize; whereupon Mr.. Mills lost his
head, so to speak, and acted more like
a mailman than a man of hard horse
sense, as he Is known to be when not
excited.
He accused the Speaker of fraudu-
lently depriving the minority of their
rights, and as his excitement grew he
shook his fists at Mr.. Reed and rush
ing down the aisle 81 emed about to
make a personal assault upon him,
but he stopped in the open space
which is il. front of the desks of the
Speaker and the clerks of the House,
and poured out TRADE of personal
abuse against the Speaker, which he
continued for sever minutes aimd the
yells of the Democrats and Kisses OF
the Republicans. Finally Represen-
tative Breckenridge succeeded in get
ting him into his seat, but he had to
use force as well as persuasion to do
it.
Some of Mr.. Mills best friends are
very much put out about this matters
they do not, of course, blame Mr..
Mills for opposing the decision of the
Speaker, but they regret that he
should have become SO violent and ex-
cited in doing it, as the only argu-
ment used against Mr. Mills candi-
dacy for the Speakership has been
his liability to lose his head from ex-
element at critical periods, and they
recognize the fact that his action in
this case makes that argument strong
er than it ever was before.
The republican leaders IN the house
are said to have adopted a scheme by
which they hope to compel the silver
republican Senators to vote with their
party in the Senate. It is to keep the
Free Coinage bill in the hands of the
committee until the Senate has final.
| ly disposed of the Election bill. But
it will be a hard thing to do, as the
silver men in the House are growing
restless, already Representative Bland
has made a proposition to discharge
the committee, and to make the Free
Coinage bill a continual order after
Jan. q, that is, to give it the the ex'
elusive right of way in the House I'm.
til disposed of. OF course there ISM
any probability of Mr.. BANDS mo-
ton being adopted by the House, but
it shows the spirit existing in regard
to the Free Coinage bill.
The democrats make no secret Of
their willingness to take the chances
of forcing an extra session IN order
to defeat the Election bill, and if thai
bill is passed by the Senate, predict
that from the day 1t gets back to the
House for concurrence in the Senate
amendments, the House will become
the most turbulent Legislative body
this country has ever seen. There
are democrats in the House willing t.
take any and all risks to defeat thi:
measure, and there are some republi
cans who secretly sympathize with
them, though openly voting agains
them.
The idea of electing United States
Senators by direct vote of the people
is growing more popular all the time
The Indiana legislation has adopted
a resolution indorsing the change
and it's only question of time wher
the pressure in favor of it Will compe
Congress to adopt a Constitutions
amendment providing therefor.
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