Milford chronicle., 1893-01-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHNeroN. Jan. %, lso

If the cholera gets fonthold in the
United States next summer by reason of
inadequate quarantine laws, the Tam
many members ofthe House. aided by
few others of the Kilgore stripe, win be
responsible for it. The Quarantine bill,
which recently passed tie Senate without
division is generally admitted 10 be
good bill, aud entirely free from even the
slightest taiut of partisanship. About
the only criticism made of the measure
was that il does not actually provide fog
a complete system of federal quarantine.
but as it practically does the same thing
it was not opposed on that account It
was supposed that the House would
promptly pass the bill just as itwas, in
order to avoid delay and possible failure
TO meet tse emergency that every intel
ligeut medical man IN the country knows
is almost at hand, and if orders had not
been received from the Tammauy boss TO
oppose it such would probably have bsen
the case. As it is the Tammany mem
bers and few others held out against
the bill aud loaded it with amendments,
none of which have improved it, the evi-
dent object being TO defeat quarantine
legislation 'Tls fearful responsibility,
but what cares the Tammauy crowd for
that, so long as it gets its own way.
Ex-Speaker Reed was right when he
recently said that when Congress did not
legislate it was simply because it did not
wish to do so, and it Is daily becoming
more certain that Speaker Crisp and his
associate bosses do not wish the House TO
legislate at this session. They have al
most decided to give the Democrats a
chance to make themselves solid with the
next administration by setting day to
vote on the bill providing for a suspen-
sion of the purchase Of silver, which has
been favorably reported from the com
ulittee on Banking and Currency.
Speaker Crisp, who is the controlling
spirit Of the committee of Rules, does not
IN reality favor this bill, but he has prom
ised TO give it chance, and there is
row only one thing that stands in the
way of a cloture rule being reported, set
ting a time for voting on the bill, and that
is the fear that the Stewart Free coinage
bill which was passed by the Senate at
the last session, may be offered as a sub
stitute and adopted. If Mr., Crisp really
thought that this bill could get through
the Senate he would probably not have
promised to give it chance to get
through the House.
Senator Proctor has taken up an idea
that was the pet hobby of his predeces-
sor, Senator Edmunds, for many years
and will introduce a bill providing fol
the establishment of great National
University in Washington to be under
the control of the Government.
The report that Judge Gresham had
been or would be rendered a seat i'll the
coming Cabinet was not at all pleasing
to majority of the Democrats in Con
gress, although few of them have pub
licly expressed themselves. 1t is known
that Judge Gresham made a secret visit
to Washington few days ago, aud that
he held conference with Mr.. Carlisle and
other prominent Democrats known tc
be in the confidence of the President
eject. Senator Bnce says he knows that
Gresham can be in the Cabinet if ne
wishes to.
Democrats say that the acceptance oi
the Treasury portfolio by Mr. Carlisle
makes it certain that there will be an ad-
ministraton tariff bill presented to the
House of the Fifty-third Congress, and
that it is to devote his time to the prep
aration of that bill that Senator Carlisle's
resignation will take effect on the fourth
of February. If this be true, it also in
dicates that an extra session of Congress
has been determined upon. because il
Congress was not to meet until next De-
cember there would be no necessity ior
hurrying up the preparation of the bill.
Republicans do not, of course, believe in
one man legislation, but if one man is to
prepare a tariff bill the most of them
would prefer Carlisle to any other Demo
crat; he will make a Democratic bill,
and that is what Republicans want to see,
believing that the inevitable result will
be the return Of the control Of the gov
ernment to the Republican party.
The House committee on the election
/ of President and vice-President has made
a favorable report on the bill. for the re-
peal Of all federal election laws. fine
House will almost certainly pass this bill,
but it will be a useless showing Of the
party cards, as there is no probability
that it will even get before the Senate at
the present session. The attempt to pass
this bill through the Senate of the next
Congress is certain to result in one ofthe
bitterest and most prolonged Parliament
tary fights CT the time, as the Republicans
will feel justified in resorting to any hon
est method to defeat it.
The Republican Senators have in eau
Gus agreed to disagree on the silver ques-
ton, and to leave every Senator to vote as
he may feel disposed.