The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-02-18
WASHINGTON WISPS.
WHAT is GOING ON AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

President making is always one OF
the favorite occupations in Washing
ton, aud recent events have added a
special zest to it. Senator Hill is given
the credit, whether rightly or not l
do not pretend to say, of having made
a combination with Senators German
and Brice to control the Democratic
nomination, which Mr.. Hill wants
himself if he can get it, but failing in
that he wants hand in naming the
man, and his second choice is said to
be German, and his third "some good
Western man." Senator Hill found a
congenial atmosphere from the first
among the Democratic senators, most
of whom are bitterly anti-Cleveland
in their sentiments, and until his re-
cent New York coup he appeared to
be rapidly growing in popularity, but
now fears are expressed by those
friendly to him that he has gone too
far in so openly showing his hand as
the manipulation of the Democratic
machine in that State. No one can
deny that he is one of the shrewdest
political wire pullers that this country
has produced, but that very fact may
prevent securing the nomination of his
party, as has often been the case in the
past.
Evidently the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations think the present
Chinese laws sufficient for all practi-
cal purposes, as it has reported ad-
versely all of the bills introduced
providing new and more stringent
laws, and presented a substitute in the
shape of bill to continue the present
anti-Chinese laws for period of ten
years.
Senator Kyle made his debut as a
senatorial orator in set speech in
favor of his joint resolution propos-
ing an amendment to the Constitution
giving Congress authority to enact
uniform marriage and divorce laws
for the whole country.
The Farmers Alliance members of
Congress are welding considerable
influence in that body. They have,
aided by rapidly growing sentiment
in favor of the change, caused the
House committee on the Election of
President and Vice President to decide
to report favorably bill for Con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the election of Senators by popular
vote.
Lobbyists representing the great
corporations of the country here are
much exercised over the decision of
the House Judiciary committee to
favorabl report the bill which makes
a corporation citizen of the State in
which it carries on business, for all
judicial purposes.
The House having adopted an
amendment to the rules compelling the
several committees to report all of the
appropriation bills within eighty days
after the announcement of the COM
mittees at the long session, and within
forty days after the opening of the
short session, the committees will have
to do some lively hustling to comply
herewith, as they have hardly begun
work on any of them yet, and the
time within which they should be
reported will expire on the 18th of
March.
So many Democratic members of
Congress refused to be bound by the
decision of the caucus which was tC
have been held tonight on the silver
question, that the caucus was given
up, and with it the idea of making the
free coinage of silver II party question
was abandona1 for tho proSpnt at anv
rate. AS announced some time ago
the House Coinage committee will
authorize u free coinage bill TO be
favorably reported to the House. The
Senate Finance committee will also act
on Senator Stewards free coinage bill.