The Delta independent., 1893-09-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular corresponicnt.j


Some pc,
the Wilso 49,. 81
peal OF the purchasing cialse Vi TIE silver
law by two-thirds vote Of the House
has simplifed the situation in the Senate,
but your resp.ndeDt confeeses that he
is unable, after the rnost thorough in
vestigat on, 10 seu aGy ., .e.ice of any
effect il the Senaie Of ihc action OF the
House. II is now claimed. and no longer
seriously disputed, that majority ofthe
Senate as it now stands with three
vacancies-one each from Montana,
Washington and Wyoming would vote
for uncol i al sepsal, il the oil could
be bro - . 80 feed from any
entanglemen,s; but no man has yet sug
gested any reasonable method OF bring
ing bill to vote in the Senate that is
seriously and determinedly opposed by
nearly one.half Of the Senator's The
Federal election bill was one OF that kind.
Had Speaker Crisp been a wiser man
he would have remained in his seat, in
stead OF going on the floor Of the House
and attempting to answer ex-Speaker
Reeds criticism OF the new Crisp rules
and de :. zee Of the rules OF the Fifty-first
Congress, aIi raus have escaped the
humiliation which always falls TO the lot
Of the democrat who attempts to cross
oratorical swords with big Tom Reed,
the republican leader Of the House.
Having in the new rules adopted the
spirit Of the republican rules used in the
Fifty first Congress-, although the end
aimed at is to be reached in a somewhat
roundabout way. it is not surprising that
Mr.. Reeds sarcastic questions as to why
the republican rules had not been openly
adopted should have goadel Speaker
Crisp into making an exhibition OF him
self. Like most democrats, Mr.. Crisp
mistakes personal abuse OF Mr.. Reed for
argument against the rules OF the House
over which he presided. Mr.. Reed dis
cuascd the matter from public point OF
view. declining to notice personal abuse
Of himself, and IL Mr.. Crisp did not feel
ashamed OF himself he must be peculiar
iy constructed. The ..shoo fly don't both
er me- with which Ben Butler once
crushed Sunset" Cox on the floor Of the
House was recalled To the old-;imers
when in answer to an interruption by
Amos Cummings. Mr.. Rce1 asked sar-
castically. as he striicl down the aisle to-
wards where Cummings sat, Mus, you
&c. in here! Oh must you get into thisg
The infection in his voice making his
meaning even palmer than his words.
The democratic leaders in tho House
appear 20 be acting entirely in ispen lent
ly OF each o,hes. While Senator German
was using his most persuasive language
in an executive session OF the Senate to
bring about an agrecm sat that no other
legislation than iha, reported from the
Senate Finance COMMITTEES should bs
taken mp at the extra session the House
Ways anl NJ rams committee, or rather
the democratic majority thercof-thc re-
publicans on the committee are not in
formed OF anything until it has been fully
determined upon-was laying out the
plan of new tariff bill from which
"protcction' ia to bc eliminated. Senator
Hawley voiced the republican sentiment
when he replied to Senator Germans
proposition by saying that rs the repre-
sentative of State moro largely devoted
10 manufacturing than any other industry
he desired the democratic tariff bill 10 bs
prepared and announced US soon as posi-.
BILE. in order that his constituents might
be relieved from the present uncertainty.
and Tor that reason To silver legislation.
The House committee will begin tariff
hearings next Monday and continue them
until the ~ inst.
A large delegation Of Department OF
the Potomac q. A. II. men will leave here
Sunday on special trains for indianapolis.
TO take part in the annual cncamplncnt.
Present Indications are that more will go
than have ever gone from here to any
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