Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-02
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 23, 1S

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 23, 1893
If the cholera gets q foothold in the
United States next summer by reason OF
inadequate quarantine laws, the Tammany
members of the House, aided by few
others of the Kilgore stripe, will be res
ponsihe for it. The quarantine bill, which
recently passed the Senate without divi-
sion is generally admitted to be good
abill and entirely free from even the slight
est taint of partisaDship. About the only
criticism made of the measure was that II
ioes not actually provide for complete
system of federal quarantine, but as II
practically yes the same thing it was not
opposed on that account. 1t was supposed
that the House would promptly pass the
4bll just as 1t was, In order to avoid delay
and possible failure to meet the emergency
that every intelligent medical man in the
lcountry knows Is almost at hand, and If
: riders had not been received from the
rammanv boss to oppose 1t such would
probably have been the case. As it is the
rammany members and few others held
out against the bill and loaded it with
amendments, none of which have improved
Il, the evident object being to defeat quar-
.utine legislation. 'Tis fearful responsi
biity, but what cares the Tammany crowd
for that, so long as it gets its own way.
Ex- Speaker Reed was right when he
recently said that when Congress did not
legslate it WAS simply because it did not
wish to do 80. and 1t is daily becoming
I more certain that Speaker Crisp and his
associate bosses do not wish the House
! T. legslate at this session. They hay e.
4almost decided to give the democrats al
3chanCe to make them> elves solid with the
! on the bill providing for a suspension of
1 the purchase of silver, which has been
3favorably reported from the committee u
Banking and Currency. Speaker Crisp,
who is the controlling spirit of the commit
! tee of rules does not In reality favor this
sbill, but he has promised to give 1t = chanceI
and there is now only one thing that stands
lin the way Of a cloture rule being reported, ),
setting time for voting on the bill andI
that /. the fear tnat the Stewart Free coin !
3age bill, which was passed by the Senate
at the last session. may be offered as a!
substitute and adopted. If Mr.. Crisp
really thought that this bill ould ever get,
Through the Senate he would probably
1 mot have promised to give 1t a chance tol
! get through the House.
Senator Proctor has taken up an ideal
THAT was the pet hobby of his predecessor,
sSenator Edmunds, for many years, andi
will introduce bill providing for the es-
,tablishment of great National University
lin Washington, to be under the control of.
lthe Government
The report that Judge Gresham had,
.oeen or would be rendered seat in the
looming Cabinet was not at all pleasing toi
Ia majority Of the democrats in Congress,
few Of them have publicly ex-5
pressed themselves 1t Is known thatI
IJudge Gresham made secret visit toE
Washington a few days ago, and that he
HELD conferences with Mr.. Carlisle and!
sother prominent democrats known to bel
Senator Brice says he knows that Gresham
can be in the Cabinet if he wishes to.
Democrats say that the acceptance of
Ithe Treasury portfolio by Mr.. Carlisle
makes 1t certain that there will be an adj
'ministration tariff bill presented to thes
House of the FIftythi Congress, and tha u
lit is to devote his time to the preparation
,of that bill that Senator Carlisle's resigna-
stion will take effect on the fourth Of Feb
ruary, II this be true, it also indicates
that an extra aession Of Congress has been(
determined upon, because If Congressi
was not to meet until next December thereI
would be no necessity for hurrying up the !
preparation Of the bill. Republicans dol
mot, of course believe in one man iegisla
[tion, but II one man is to prepare tariff
.bill the most of them would prefer
Carlisle to any other democrat; he will
make democratic bill, and that is wha,
want to see, believing that the
Inevitable result will be the return of thef
control of the Government to the republi- i
'can party.
The House committee on the election Of /
President and Vice President has made
favorable report on the bill for the repeal
'of all federal election laws. The House
Iwill almost certainly pass this BILL but it'll
will be useless showing of the party cards /
las there is no probability that it will evenI
,g-t before the Senate at the present session |
The attempt to pass this bill through theE
Senate Of the next Congress is certain
To result in one of the bitterest and most
prolonged parliamentary fights of the time !
las the republicans will feel justified iDf
|resorting to any honest method to defeat
lit.
The republican Senators have in caucus
agreed to disagree on the silver question,
and to leave every Senator to vote as he |
may feel disposed.