The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-10-19
WASHINGTON BUDGET.
HOPE HANGS ONLY ON a SUB
STITUTE.
Never Possibility Other In-
teresting Notes.

WAsIINoroN, Oct ii. Everyone has
known OF cases where people refused
TO believe their loved ones were dead,
although the corpse lay before them
prepared for burial or cremation. That
is precisely the condition OF the Noor-
hecs unconditional repeal bill. 1t is
dead, and almost every body knows IT,,
but few of its nearest friends still
refuse To believe it or TO consent to
the final dispo al Of the corpse. Pies
idcnt Cleveland, the chief physician
and mourncr insists that it is still
alive and that II the chief nurse, SEN
ator Voorhees,, and the assistant sena-
torial nurses will follow his directions
and give the medicine prescribe by
him that it may yet be restored 20 ro-
bust health. This opinion, however,
is not shared 10y his associate and con
sulting physician, Secretary Carlisle
who has prepared substitute for the
dcfunct bill, whicn he would prefer to
one prepared by the silver men IL. as
he believes, a substitute is bound TO
bc ac cpted or all hope OF financial
legislation abandoned
-.
One result Of the physical endurance
fzzle in the senate is the proposal OF a
large number of amendments to the
senate rule, all having one end in
view-the curtailmcnt OF privileges
enjoyed under the present rules by the
minority. Whatever may be done in
the future there is no probability that
any Of the proposed amendments Will
be adopted at the present session The
reason is obvious.
In times Of excitement some foolish
things are always done in congress,
but Representative Ilarter OF Ohio
would have sonc down in history as
the originator OF the most foolish
thing ever done IL some of his level
headed colleagues had not nipped the
scheme in the bud. lie drew up pc.
tition asking the Democratic senators
To Immediately pass the Voorhees, bull,
and Started out with the intention of
securing the signatures thereto of all
the Democrats in the house but the
bad taste of the scheme was so ap-
parent that the leaders of his party
soon put stop to it, and convinced
Mr., Harter after more or less argp-
ment that it would be highly improper
for the members of either branch of
congress TO send n petition To the
other asking action either for or
against any measure
The debate IN the house on the Chi
nese question, which ended in the
house this afternoon 10y the passage
OF the McCreary bill providing for an
extension OF the time within which
Chinese may register in accordance
with the Geary law, aud otherwise
modifying the provisions of that law,
was not participated in by many mem-
berS but it was at times very earnest.
The California members bitterly op.
posed the bill, and served notice on
both toe Democratic and Republican
parties that the bill would IL enacted
into law wipe out these parties in
that state, which would henceforth
be controlled by the Populists. The
Populists naturally smiled at these
statements, as they were certain, like
every body else, that the McCreary bill
was bound to be a law, and they
would, of course, be glad to get con
troll OF California
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The house wants to know what has
been done TO protect the interests Of
the government in relation to the
Union Pacific railway, which last week
passed into the hands of receivers. and
a resolution was unanimously adopted
calling upon the attorney general for
the desired information.
MENEAI