The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-01-12
WASHINGTON x.rrrsg.
Post 5 Regular Correspondent.
WAsHrSsros, Jan. 9. 1893.

aa'es tsc sfeamsnip stpt,ey secured
pledges Tor sufficient number Of Con-
grcssnct to defeat any or all of Che Hills
I proposing TO suspend Earopeau in,nigra-
ton for one yearg That is a long ques-
sion, but circumstances have come TO the
surface during the last forty-eight hours
which have caused il to be asked many
Times III Congressional circles. Senator
Chandler, OF the Senate Committee ON
Immigration. and Representative Siunph,
Chairman of the House Committee, are
both positive that some bill viii liccome a.
law at this session. but others are not so
confident, and the men in the employ of
the aforesaid lobty--not members of
Congress--say that no law on this subject
will he enacted by this Congress.
a clause in the quarantine bill, which
was before the Senate Friday and Satnr-
day--the first Saturday session of the
Senate this session--gives the President
whenever il may in his discretion become
necessary 10 keep out contagious disease.
Ii was known that the Steamship lobby
was making extraordinary efforts to pre-
vent the passage OF any bill suspending
immigration, Int until. the last tow days
ii was supposed tha: they would he salts
fed IL they could succeed III having the
suspenson left TO tue President, but now,
as the story goes, they will be satisfied
with nothing less than blocking all legis-
iaton on the subject. and this they claim
70 he able to do This is not TO be done
nv direct vote, but by tangling up all the
Immigration bills that may have chance
of getting through with cumbersome
amendments and by causing delay at
every opportunity 50 that the end OF the
session shall come before any OF them
will he in n condition to be sent to Presi-
dent Harrison for his signature. The
manipulators of this scheme are sald to
believe that their programme can be car
ried out without compelling members to
nut themselves on record; but now that
SUSPICION is rampant it will be very dif-
scult, aud if persisted i'll it may result in
a big Congressional scandal which would
nut on end TO no: few very promising
political careers.
The very nature of our government
makes nearly every important law enacted
Nv Congress the result Of n compromise
between the extrcmeisls on both sides
10th sides of the silver question are say
in- that 10 compromise will be accepted
il NAV be set down rs certain that it any
silver legislation gets through at this
sc ,sion Of Congress it will he bill or ar
amendment that represents compromise
between the extreme views of men like
Representative harter, of Ohio, who
doesn't want silver used as money meta
ut I'LL. and Of those who favor the free ano
unlimited coinage CT silver. Even MIR
Cleveland, whose record as an anti-silve
man is known TO all the world, is now nd
vocating n compromise
The talk about aboiishing the bcunt,
on sugar Nv the next Congress is alread'
bringing protests to Washington from th'
sugar beet growers of Nebraska and kan
sas, who, according to these protests, do
not helieve that Congress will dare to pm
tariff on foreign sugar high enough tt
prevent the ruin Of the beet industry
There is goin. to he music on thc sugar
question when the next Congress gets f'
wurk on Il new tariff bill.
A delegation of prominent railroad nier
ure in Washington for the second time
this session, for the purpose Of persuadnI
Congress 70 pass the bill introduced b!
Senator Cu'lum, amending the Interstate
Commerce law so as so allow the pooling
of freights by railroads.
The Worlds Fair folks are after Con
gress again. They want to open the Fail
Sundays, and they want number O.
small appropriations for expenses o
Judges, board Of lady managers, etc.
aggregating about $626000. A number
of congressman are kicking about wha'
they cali the extravaganza of the amount
asked tor and il will probably he reduced
There appears to be IL feeling among
the Senators that unless the anti-optor
bill. which was crowded off the track FOL
two DAYS by the Quarantine bills, can be
pushed TO a. vote this week it will be per-
manently shelved. It's friends expect i
to be passed this week.
Representative Otis stirred up. quite Q
lively little squal in the House by offering
an amendment to the District of Columbia
Appropriation bill, providing that the
District Of Columbus should pay three
fonrths of tile total amount carried by the
bill instead of one-hali, as it has done
since 1878, when the present form of gov
eminent was adopted. The amendment
was lost, but it developed unexpected
strength.
1t has been decided by the Democratic
managers of the House to set apart day
in the near future for the consideration OF
the proposition to elect United States
Senators by direct vote of the people;
also !, day for the Torrey Bankruptcy bill,
which is being actively pushed
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