Nevada County picayune., 1892-04-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular correspondent.
Washington, April 8, 1892

furnished by wall street ana the
protected manufacturers was the
combination that brought the pres
ent administration into existence,
and notice has just been served up
Oh Republican aspirants to the Vice
Presidential nomination, BY no less
q parsonage than has been formed to
run the Republican National ma
chine again this year, There was a
disposition sometime ago to freeze
Mr.. Morton out Of the combination
because Of his unwiiingne>s to
pledge himself to raise the amount of
money named by Chairman ClarksOn
as necessary to pay for his renomi-
nation, and the impression was allow
ed to 90 out that Mr.. Morton did
not care for denomination. But
since the withdrawal of Mr.. Rlainc
/ Mr.. Morton has reCOnsidered the
matter, and agreed to pay the price
| demanded, and he Row navel y an
nounces that he will accept a renom-
nation shonld it be rendered him by
the Minneapolis convention.
Speaker Crisp found it necessary,
previous to the passage of the
Springer free wool bill by the House,
to administer a lesson in parliament
tary law and good manners to Rep
resentative Burrows, OF Michigan,
/ who in the absence of eX-Czar Reed
was attempting to play his role, and
it will be long time before the scene
is forgotten by those who witnessed
it. Mr.. Burrows, who has a voice
which has been likened to a fog
horn, stood up shouting II insist =
when he was interrupted by the sharp
command of the Speaker, ;" the gen
tleman from Michigan will resume
his seat" One glance at the de
termined face of the Speaker, and
Mr. Burrows dropped into his seat,
looking like a cowcd dog.
Senator Sherman is about the last
man thst a newspaper man with any
experience would go to in search of
news having any connection with his
official position, but from another
source it is learned that the Chinese
minister has in an unofficial way
served notice on Senator Sherman
that his government would at once
sever diplomatic relations with the
United States, if the Chinese eXclu-
sion bill, which has been passed by
the House, becomes law. Senator
! Sherman is chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, be-
fore which the bill now is, which ac-
counts for his having been honored
by the minister with this ultimatum,
The impression here is that the min
lister may as well make his arrange
ments to leave. unless he can per-
suade Mr.. Harrison to veto the bill,
as it is expected to 90 through the
Senate with Il relative majority az
large as it received in the House,
The present magnetic executive
is the language in which senator
Wolcott, OF Colorado, referred sneer-
inglv to Mr.. Harrison in a speech on
the silver resolutions of Senator Nor
gan, and he added to the sting by
saving that Mr. Harrison was to be
renominated, with negative nnanl-
mity not because he was the choice
of any considerable body OF his par
| tv, but because no man OF greater
stature had been found willing to
stand. Evidently Senator Wolcott
will not he asked to take the stump
for Harrison, Morton and doodle. -
Senator Morgan wants to know
why the reciprocity negotiations with
Mexico failed, and when Senator
Hale's resolution calling for copies
OF all reciprocity agreements and
treaties was taken up by the Senate,
he offered an amendment which was
agreed to, calling for Information
about the Mexican negotiations, and
the cause Of their failure.
The Democratic members OF the
House committee on Ways and
Means expect the House to pass
within the next two weeks the bills
for free cotton ties and bagging, free
binding Irvine, and the bill reducing
the duty on tin plato to one cent per
pound, which was the duty before
the Mckinley law was enacted.