Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-10

experience Demonstrates The NcCcS'
>iIy OF II Sew Rule in the Senat,
Bills to Cut orr Parasites
Brother of President Harrison
Seeking AN Office-A Congress
ionai Breathing SpeII-The Non
roe Doctrine Will be Applied IL
Treatment of Brazil.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1893.
President Cleveland and Sccretar,
Carlisle are both firm in the belief tina
the repeal OF the purchasing clause o
the Sherman silver law, now an &C
complished fact, will soon bring abou
a state OF affairs that will make tn,
much talked about issue of bonds un
necessary, and neither of then
wishes to issue bonds until circum
stances shall make such an issue
absolutely necessary. Democrats il
Congress, or at least malorit,
OF them, would like to escape authOriz
ing an issue Of bonds, if it can pos
slbly be done. 1t will be mucl
easier for President Cleveland to speal
positively and definitely on the bon,
question month hence than it i
now, and it is probable that his mes
sage to the regular session OF Congress.
will take decided stand one way o.
the other on the subject, and / ven
ture the prediction that the state O
business, public and private, for tn,
next month will decide which. If tn,
expected increase in business shall
result in largely increasing the reve
nues OF the government, as Secretar,
Carlisle believes it will, the admins
tration can get through without bonds
The movement for change in tn,
rules OF the Senate is growing quit,
rapidly, and it is among the proba
bilities that a change will be made
early in the regular session. Severn,
amendments to the rules have thi,
week been proposed by Senators Hill
and Blackburn, and other Senator,
speak of offering others. All of these
will be referred to the Committee or
Rules, which will, it is believed, in
due time, report an amendment tina,
will accomplish the end aimed at
give the majority of the Senate the
authority to order a vote whenever
it may think that the debate has
been sufficiently prolonged, an author
ity possessed by the House and by
nearly every legislative body in the
world. Unless the Republicans shall
oppose the change, it is expected that
it will be easily accomplished.
Representative Bailey, of Texas,
thinks Uncle Sam pays out lots of
money without receiving anything
approaching an equivalent in return
therefor. He has introduced two
bills, each of which he thinks will
stop big leak of that kird. One of
them provides for the repeal of the
laws providing for the payment of
retired army any navy officers and
that the pay of such officers hereto
lore retired shall cease when the bill
becomes a law. The other repeats the
laws providing for the payment of re-
tired judges from the U. S. courts and
stops the pay of all those now on the
retired list. Whether there is any
OF either of these bills be.
coming laws it is too early to say, but
Mr.: Bailey is thoroughly in earnest
and will do his best to push them
through.
MIR. J. S. Harrison, of Kansas CITY.
Harrison's Democratic
brother, is in Washington seeking an
office. He wants to be Surveyor at
Kansas City.
While all of the Senators and Rep
are doubtless glad of the
opportunity to go home for few DAYS
before the beginning of the regular
session, there are quite number of
prominent Democrats who expressed
The opinion that it would have been
better to have let the extra session run
right along until the time for begin
ming the regular session. The ma
lority, however, thought that no time
would be saved by remaining in ses-
sion, and the majority rules, usually,
in the Democratic party.
One real reform was adopted by
Congress this week when it decided
that bills which pass either House or
Senate shall be printed instead of
being enrolled by hand. 1t is be-
lieved that this change will prevent
many and costly errors which have &C.
CURED during the closing hours of
every session OF Congress, in the en-.
rollment Of bills.
In reply to a question as to what
action the President had taken on the
report that emissaries OF several Euro
pean nations were secretly aiding the
Brazilian insurgents and that their
purpose was to overthrow the republic
and re-establish the monarchy, a
prominent official, not member of
the cabinet, said; al am not ut liberty
to enter into details, but you can rest
assured that this administration will
assert the Monroe doctrine and pro.
tect the commercial interests of Amer
lean citizens in Brazil and elsewhere
at all hazards, and it will do it without
the buster and jingoism which charac-
terized Presidents Harrison's dealings
with Chill" All of the facts concern
ing the Brazilian revolution in the
possession OF the State department
were laid before the cabinet this week
and a unanimous agreement was
reached, the nature of which was not,
for obvious reasons, made public.