The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-29

has been promised the people will
fail. This may appear to be a strong
statement, but It is strictly true. When
the agreement was reached between
those who favor and those who oppose
the Norhees repeal bill to prolong the
debate until all who had expressed a
wish to speak thereon shall have had
an opportunity to do so--two weeks
or more-the Acknowledgement was
made that the Senate was in dead
lock over that bill that it was impos.
sible to force vote. II a majority
larger than that which the bill for the
repeal Of the laws authorizing Federal
interference with elections or the tariff
bill will have, cannot force 4 vote, how
can a vote be forced upon those
measures, or indeed upon any Others
that may be passed by the House and
opposed by the solid republican vote
in the Senate Tha: is the situation
in a nutshell, and disagreeable as II IS
TO democrats it is better to face il than
to pretend not to see it Senators
pretend to believe that vote will cas-
ily be reached on the Norhees bill in
two or three weeks, bu, it should not
be forgotten that the same men pro.
fessed to be certain that the same bill
would be law before the fifteenth Of
September.
A way out of the present deadlock
and a preventative Of any future dead
locks has been placed ready made in
to the hands OF the democratic Sena-
tors by Senator Plat, OF Connecticut.
That democrats should feel a repug
nance towards the adoption Of Senator
Platt's resolution providing for clo-
ture rule, which IS now in the hands Of
the committee on Rules, is perfectly
natural Still. it would be well for
them TO keep tha. weapon where it
can be used, if all other methods Of
proceeding with the business OF the
people shall fail. The democratic
party expects the democratic Senators
to pass the relief measures the party
has pledged itself to pass.
The House by ,he very decisive
vote OF I42 to 81 decided agains. al
lowing clerks at Sc day TO each OF
sixteen House committees which rare.
ly ever hold : meeting or transact any
business, and thus put itself on record
as fayorng economy In public expen.
dltures no matter where the money IS
spent, and also put itself in line with
the administration which declared war
against the sinecures from the first
day o. its existence.
Representative Holman since he be-
came chairman Of the House commit
tee on Indian Affairs has gone into
the subject Of Indian expenditures
with MS usual thoroughness, and ne
now announces that material reduc-
tlons may be made in every direction
without injury to the interests Of either
the Indian or the government, and
further that he intends to see that they
are made in the appropriation bill to
be reported from his committee. 1t
is fashionable 10 deride Mr.. Holman
and his economical ideas, but i, is to
such men as he that the honor will
belong OF keeping the democratic par
ty from falling into the extravagant
habits which played so important a
part in driving the republican party
from power. As President Cleveland
has truly said: "The people of this
country must learn to practice econo.
my, and the example must be set by
the government"
Representative McCreary is losing
no opportunity to convince the mem
bers Of the House committee on Coin.
age, to which was referred his bill pro-
viding for the appointment of a Joint
Congressional and Commercial none
tary committee to investigate our en-
tire financial system and report where
and how Improvements may be made,
OF the necessity OF reporting it favora-
bly, 10 the iSsuss Ths COMMITTEES Is
still considering the bill
Representative Bynum has a bill
providing for graduated income tax,
which he proposes to use his best ef-
forts to get reported to the House and
passed.
The House will to morrow take up
the Tucker bill for the repeal of the
Federal election laws and the Debate
thereon will be continued until Octob-
er 9th, when vote will be taken.
The majority in favor of the bill will
be precisely that OF the democrats on
the floor the day the vote is taken, as
It will receive every democratic vote
in the House, and it is not probable
that any democrat will be absent that
day unless necessarily compelled to
be.
Secretary Gresham, who is now in
Indiana, is not enjoying his usual good
health, and he proposes going to Cali
fornla shortly to remain six or seven
weeks, hoping that the change will he