The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-10-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 1893.

or go hone, is the remarkable langu-
age Mr.. Cleveland is reported to have
used in speaking Of the senate. The
test of physical endurance which is to
begin in the senate on Wednesday OF
| this week is intended to force a vote
[ on the repeal bill. At least that is the
impression that Senator Voorhees,
wishes the public to get of it. But its
real purpose is to demonstrate to Mr..
Cleveland the impossibility of forcing
a vote and to get him to listen. to the
advice of his cabinet and many of the
shrewdest senators and representatives
in his party and consent to the adop-
ton of compromise amendment
that will secure votes of three.fourths
of the senators. In holding a con-
tinuous session the unconditional re-
peal senator's play their last trump card;
they will have to keep forty-one sena-
tors continuously on the floor, as the
opponents of unconditional repeal
have given notice that they will only
keep two senators on the floor at a
time-one to speak and one to watch
the others-thus allowing the rest of
their number to rest. The session
which will begin Wednesday at ii a.
m. may possibly be kept up for as
long period as forty eight hours, bus
it will surprise no one here if it friszles
out before daylight on Thursday morn
ling, for lack of quorum. The
twenty-five republican senators who
are counted for unconditional repeal
have adopted no programme, but it is
| believed that few of them will feel it
incumbent upon themselves to en-
danger their health by remaining in
their seats all night, particularly when
they know that nothing can thereby
be accomplished.
Opinions differ as to what will be
done after it has been shown that a
vote cannot be forced by continu-
Gus session of the senate. If Mr..
Cleveland's idea be followed, congress
will at once adjourn and NOT take re-
cess, he having stated his belief that
| it would be better for congress to ad-
journ until the beginning of the reg.
| ular session in December than to take
short recess. But the general i'm
preston is that compromise amend
ment will be adopted before mex. Sat-
urday night, thus giving Mr.. Cleve-
land an opportunity to carry out his
implied threat to veto anything other
than unconditional repeal thar might
be sent to him.
There is trouble in the house as
| well as in the senate The bill for the
repeal OF the Federal election laws,
instead OF solidifying the democrats of
the house as ii was expected to do,
has made new spit in their already
badly split up rlnx>. The Tucker
bill, which is the one under consider
alton, repeals every single federal
statute dealing with elections, aud
considerable number of democratic
members of the house think it too
radical. A CAUCUS is to he held to-
night to decide the dispute. The cat
Gus will doubtless decide ip favor Of
the Tucker bill, but 1t is very doubt
full whether that bill can be passed to
morrow, according to programme.
The republicans will not vote to make
u quorum and the house may find
itself without one for an indefinite
period by reason of the absence of
democrats opposed to the bill.
Senator PETERS latest bill is the king
PIN Of all that have gone before in the
long line of absurd propositions, and
1t is only fair to Mr.. PETER to say that
he does not father this menstrosity,
but introduced it "by request" The
bill starts by directing the coinage Of
all of either that shall be offered until
the aggregate of $4,000, ,OO0, 900 shall
be reached. But that is merely a sort
of preamble, as it were; the gist of
the bill is that portion which provides
for universal prosperity, by appropri-
ating $6, ,000, 900, 900 to be distributed
pro rata according to population
among the states and territories, the
same to be spent in the improvement
of public highways, building school
houses, ETC., in wages of "a y day of
eight hours to each person engaged in
the work. The bill further provides
that all citizens of the United States
offering their services shall be en-
ployed. 1t would be more sensible,
and more beneficial, if congress would
appropriate money to maintain a
kindergarten of political economy,
and compel the regular attendance
'thereat OF those senators and repre-
sentatives who show by the nature Of
the bills they introduce their lack of
even the rudiments of that science.
Quite number of democratic sena
tors refused to be bossed by Mr.. Cleve.
land on the silver question, but the
alacricity with which some Of the
same senators drop their own views
about the advisabiiity of confirming
the nomination of $50,000 Van Allen
to be ambassador to Italy and adopt