The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-12-28
Our WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. rs. 1879


defeated IN the House? That was
the important question considered
at a secret conference of Democratic
members of the House who are OPP
| posed to the bill, or at least to those
portions of it that fall heavily on
industries in their respective dis
tricts. / have learned that the
members of this conference decided
to take advantage of their visits
home for the holidays to ascertain
the sentiment of their constituents,
and determine that if they were, as
they believe them to be. against he
clauses Of the Cleveland bill that eff
feet their own industries, that they
would combine against those par
ticular schedules of the bill and if
the Democratic caucus, to he held
as soon as Congress comes together
again, refused to amend the bill to
meet their wishes, they would in a
body decline to be bound by the ac-
ton of the caucus and would vote
against the entire bill. The i'm
portanc9of tins conference depends
altogether on the number of votes
it can control. Statements as to
the number in attendance vary.
ranging from 3 to so. The admin
istration men who have heard about
it say that it is only a bluff on the
part Of handful of members. to
secure amendments favorable to
their constituents, and a good many
Republicans are disposed to regard
it in the same light. Republicans
do not expect to see the bill either
defeated or materially cha ged in
the House, but they have an abid
ing faith that will have to be radi-
cally changed before 1t can get
through the Senate. and they are
not without hope of its being abso-
lutely defeated in that body. Clos
ing manufactures, failing mer-
chants, millions unemployed, many
of them suffering for lack of the
necessities of life, and the cessation
of the payment of dividends by all
classes of corporations are bound to
have some effect in the Senate, if
not in the House.
Notwithstanding Secretary Car
isles refusal to allow members OF
the G.. A r. to solicit contributions
in the Treasury department for the
annual Christmas dinner for the
families of INDECENT members of the
organization, an ample fund was Sc
cured for that purpose and the ma
terials for frst-class Christmas
dinner were delivered to the fami-
lies Of 663 comrades this morning,
and in addition shoes and clothing
were gwen to those who needed
them. 1t takes more than the re-
fusal of request oy a member Of
the cabinet to upset the customs
of the q. A. K.
An amusing incident of the
strange fear of assassination which
has taken possession Of MIR. Cleve-
land and the men who are promi-
nent in supporting his policy, even
when it is necessary for them to
turn complete somersaults to do so,
is causing broad smile all over the
town. The other day son Of Sen
ator Mills, who comes from a state
which has long prided itself on fear
less men, applied to the police au-
thorites for a permit to carry a
piston to protect his father from a
Mysterious assassin, who, he said.
had threatened to kill him. The
permit was granted him, and young
Mr.. Mills went on his way rejoicing
in his license to carry gun, not
expecting that any newspaper man
would ever know anything about it,
That's where he was mistaken. A
newspaper man not only found it
out, but he printed it, and the
UIdNC i cAdS tOcIdJOl anu HIS dIIItu
body guard became The butts upon
which the ridicule which had been
accumulating on account OF certain
more or less absurd precautions
which had been taken at the White
House and the Capitol to keep out
men feared to be upon murder
bent, was poured without stint.
The Texas Senator, be it known,
is man of fiery temper. When he
saw the publication and observed
the manner in which people eyed
him he became furious. He claims
to have known nothing about the
permit until he saw the publication.
The sequel came out Saturday after
noon, when young Mills with dis
heveled hair and wild eyes rushed
into the police court and asked that
the permit issued to him be can
cclled. There is double moral to
this story. First, don't get fright
ened; second, don't expect to sue
coed In hiding things from news
paper men.