The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Sept. IS, 1893,

WASHINGTON. Sept. IS, 1898,
It is now plain TO everybody that the
silver senators were not idly boastiug
when they said that no vote could be
reacl ed on the Voorhees, repeal bill
without their consent. Senator Voor-
hees himself has practically recognized
the fact by Q cessation OF his efforts to
force u vote, Just as some Of his poorly
informed followers were shouting from
the house tops that the process OF wear
ing out the silver men had begun not
to be stopped until vote was reached.
Senator Voorhees, agreed to prolong-
alton OF the debate until twelve senators
whose names were given him shall have
made speeches-they will no. average
more than one day-and the silver
men agreed that the senate should sit
seven hours, from eleven to six o'clock,
each week day. Twist and turn this as
you please it is victory for the silver
men. II vote cannot be forced now q
vote cannot be forced two weeks hence.
Az the thing now stands the Voorhees,
bill cannot be passed without the adop-
ton of cloture rule, and to do that
there would have to be such reversing
of records as was never before seen in
the senate. Without cloture the re-
pealers will have their choice Of two
ways out-abandon the bill or accept u
compromise. It is hardly fair to repeat
the ugly rumors connecting President
Cleveland's name with the threatened
intention of the financial magnates to
put the country through another fnan-
cial squeeze in order to bring the silver
senators to time, but they are being
talked about in Washington; hence this
mention OF them.
A graduated income tax bill is to be
passed by the house, il Representative
Bynum, of Indiana. author of the bill
and man Of influence with the majority
OF the house, can have his way. 1t will
OF course, have to have the endorsement
OF the leaders OF the democratic party,
in and out of congress, before it stands
any show of becoming a law.
"Straws show which way the wind
blows" and it is fair to assume by the
promptness with which the house adopt
ed the resolution offered by Represen-
tative Loud, of Califarnia, calling vi ON
the attorney general and the secretary
of the treasury for copies of all instruc-
tions issued by them concerning the
enforcement of the Geary Chinese ex-
clusion law, that the house does not
altogether approve of the way the adj
ministration has handled this matter.
1t is expected that the house committee
on foreign affairs will this week agree
to report Chairman McCreary's bill,
which is intended rs substitute for
the Geary law, and which will give the
Chinese already in the United States
another chance to remain here by
complying with the provisions there
OF.
Representative Holman may not have
had any particular politician in mind
when lie introduced his anti. bribery
bill, but it strikes lot of them very
hard all the same, and should it become
a law might prove very troublesome
to the politicians, il not specially bene-
fetal to the public at large. 1t would
compel every man elected or appointed
to federal Office, from the president
down to the humblest fourth class post
master, to make oath that he has made
no promises OF patronage or used di-
rectly or indirectly money or any other
thing OF value to secure his election or
appointment. The bill has been refer
red to the committee on the election of
president and vice president aud mem
bers Of congress.
Senator Stewart is after President
Cleveland with resolution reciting
the independence of the coordinate
branches of the government, and de-
claring that "the use Of the power aud
influence of one department to control
the actions of another is violation of
the constitution and destructive Of our
form of government" The resolution
was offere Saturday and today Senator
Stewart made characteristic speech
in favor of its adoption.
As long as there has got to be BIT
ter partisan debate in the house over
the bill for the repeal OF the Federal
election laws the country should be
thankful to the majority of TINT body
for having taken the bit in their teeth,
so to speak, and limited it to two weeks.
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