The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-02
ALL SPOILKC FOR A FIGHT.
DiSgTultled Democrats Nay Make The
Fur FIY in Congress.

An Attempt TO Enact Financial Legisla-
ton Almost Sure 20 Bring Clash Of
the Rival Factions on the Issus-The
/ Observation-Disclosures Element in the
Party Eager for Chance to Attack
the President-Two Georgia Postmas-
terships Soon to Become Vacant.
/ Washington. Dec. Every incoming
train brings further additions TO the con-
gressional colony. Thus far seaker Crisp
and Representative Livingston are the
only members Of the Georgia delegation
in Washington.
Speaker Crisp said to-day that the rule
which subjects members Of the House TO
a reduction in their salary on account of
absenteeism is stiu in force, and, there
fore. he expects to greet considerably
more than a quorum on Monday when he
calls the House TO order
The speaker has been in conference
with Representatives Catchings. sayres
and other prominent democrats in the
House within the past two days and in an
informal way they have talked over the
prospects for the coming session. Speaker
Crisp says the majority in the House viii
90 right ahead with the public business
and dispose of it with the same dispatch
they showed in the last session. The de-
lays in the silver and tariff questions.
against which the voters Of the country
entered their protest last month. were not
in the House. but in the Senate.
The aim of the leaders will be to get on
to routine business as speedily as posi-
BILE and to keep in advance for consider
alton some question in which there is lit
tie or no politics. The democrats would
be greatly pleased at this time if they
had the repeal Of the election law. or some
other proposition on which their party all
hang together, 70 keep TO the front and
fight over as a diversion during the short
session. There is nothing, however, Of
sufficient Importance to occupy their
minds which they are agreed upon.
on the other hand there is a large num-
Der of men who have been defeated, and
who have several things 10 say, and who
do not know when again they will get a
chance to say them if they don't speak.
Now, great many are suspected of a mo-
tive to demonstrate just how mad they
are with the administration, and with
purpose to make an effort, though they
know IL to be vain, to do some of those
things which they have heretofore been
restrained from by consideration of the
administration.
II, however, as is anticipated, Mr.. Cleve-
| land sends in a message urging imme-
date action on financial scheme, which
Mr.. Carlisle will present it will in all
probability be impossible to long delay a
clash on the question. The silver men, and
anti-uational bank and anti-bond men are
eager for fight II with no other object in
fnsar.
to show how thoroughly they disapprove
Of Mr. Cleveland and despise his policy
1 The Cleveland men and the men who agree
with the administration are Thoroughly
convinced that the salvation of the Dem
ocratic party lies in their solving the
financial problem by legislation which will
meet with the approval of bankers and
business men before the republican con-
gress has an opportunity to legislate. If
therefore, an administration plan of any
merit, and having a non-partisan eastern
support, is presented by the administra-
ton the democrats Will be eager to press
for action upon it.
Representative Livingston while at the
capitol to-day said he does not anticipate
any radical legislation during the coming
session. There will doubtless be numerous
schemes proposed in connection with the
financial question, but with only three
months time and all of the appropriation
bills to be considered, nothing can be ac-
comphshed by factional fights among the
| democrats over the financial question. The
| south and the west are unalterably op-
posed to the financial ideas of the east,
/ and it is but a waste of time and disas-
| trous to party harmony to go into a con-
/ test of that character at this time.
/ When the Georgia delegation returns to
/ Washington they will find two postofIice
/ contests awaiting settlement. The
/ commissions of Mrs. Elizabeth Tay-
/ Tor postmaster at Dalton, in Rep
! resentative Maddox's district, ex-
pires on the 18th of the present
month. The Office is worth $500 a year,
and there are numerous applicants for the
appointment.
Early next month the commission of Mrs
Laura Wilder, post master at Forsyth in
! Representative Cabiness' distrist, also ex-
/ pires. That Office is worth 81, 800 and it
4 is understood at the postoffice depart
ment that there are several applicants
for the appointments. The cases are being
prepared so that the Postmaster General
and the President may act intellgently to
the subject when the Georgia congress-
1 men come to urge the appointment of