Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-03-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Disgraceful Scenes Witnessed in
the House.
The Senate DemOcratic..and the Reason
For II.
IFrom our Regular Correspondent

VA bohhCib dhu ObuCIbt III
ternational in its membership, formed
for the express purpose of compelling
new issue of bonds, presents a prob
lem of grave Importance, not only Il
the present Administration, but to al
future Administrations. If this com
bination can by creating an artifcia
demand for gold compel an issue o.
bonds to the extent of $50, 900, 900, wha
is to prevent the same tactics resulting
in an issue of as many billionsp The
President believes that if this combi
nation is once convinced that no bonds
will be issued the unusual and uncall
ed for demand for gold will cease al
suddenly as it began, and for that rea
son he is unalterably opposed TO issuing
bonds.
Some disgraceful scenes occurred in
the cloak rooms and corridors of the
House during the all night session OF
the House this week caused by filibus
tering on the part of Southern mem bers
to prevent the passage of the bill com
pelling railroads to adopt an automat-
ic car coupler, which has already been
passed once by this House and is now
back there with Senate amendments.
Whisky made monkeys of some of the
members. A vote on the bill was
STAYED off until next week.
Secretary John w. Foster officially
retired from the Cabinet yesterday and
tomorrow he will sail for Europe to
take charge of the case of the United
States before the Behring Sea arbitra-
tion tribunal. The vacancy will prob
ably not be filled as Assistant Secreta-
ry of Secretary of State Wharton pre-
fers to act as Secretary while retaining
his present position.
From the best information obtaina-
BILE nothing will be gained by electil G
another Senator in Kansas, as Martin,
the Democrat Populist, has already Sc
cured the promise of being seated as
soon as the Democrats take charge of
the Senate, from German and Brice,
the twin bosses who engineered his
election.
Senator German could tale unfold,
if so disposed, that would explain why
w. N. Roach, Democrat, was elected
to the Senate by the Republican Leg
islature of North Dakota. 1t was the
direct result of plans made by German
some time ago when Senator Brice and
he formed combination of brains and
cash for the purpose of making sure
that the Senate of the Fifty third Con-
gress would be safely Democratic.
Well, there is no longer any doubt;
the Senate will be reorganized by the
Democrats, presumably as soon as it
meets in extra session ON the 4th of
March.
The man elected to the Senate has
other disqualifcations besides being a
Democrat. He is well known in Wash.
ington, where he was for some years
cashier of o National Bank, but his
manner of leaving here was not
calculated to cause those who knew
him to expect Senatorial or any other
sort of honors for him. He was de-
faulter to the bank to large amount,
and If his wife's rich father had not
made the money ood-somewhere be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 it was said
at the time-Mr. Roach might be serv-
ing term in prison instead of in the
Senate. Mr.. Roach may have lived be-
yond reproach, but as matter of right
and justice, Republicans have a right
to know what is here told without NAL
ice of the man elected Senator by Re-
publican votes. A Republican Senator
speaking of the matter said: "There
are some defaulteis in that Legislature
tOo.n
There is an element in the House
that threatens to take the responsibility
of calling an extra session out of Mr..
Cleveland's hands. 1t is made UP of
Populists and free coinage Democrats,
under the lead of Jerry Simpson and
Tom Watson, who think they see in
the Sherman amendment to the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, providing au
thority for the issue OF 3per cent. bonds
II necessary to increase the gold re-
serve, disguised attack on silver. I'm
less this element, which is strong
enough to carry out its threat, can be
convinced that it has placed wrong
on the bond amendment
it proposes to kill the entire appropria-
tion bill in order to kill the amend
ment. Some of the appropriation bills
might fail without making an extra
session absolutely necessary, but the
Sundry Civil ism t one OF them. The
bill has been passeL by the Senate.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, gave the
anti soldier Democrats pain in their
lower regions when he said in the SEN
ate that he did not believe that any
political party would ever refuse to
make proper appropriations for pen.
sions, or that the next administration
would have any new policy on that
subject
The first annual convention of the
Bi-metallic League of America, form
ed for the purpose of securing free
coinage legislation, is now in session
here. All the big Populists, including
Mrs. Lease, are present, consequently
talk is plentiful.
The anti option bill was given black
eye by the Appropriation Committee
in the House this week. Mr.. Hatch,
who is in charge of it, says it is, how
ever, still in the ring.