Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1593.-Th
fable of the sunshine and the wind storm
must have occurred to Representative
Bland, of Mo, several times since he mad
that remarkable speech, characterizinl
those who refused to vote to mako {
quorum so that his bill for the coinage o
the seignioIage might be passed as teach
ers of anarchy and other things equally
uncSmplimentsry. 1t the fable hasn'
occurred to him it has to lots of othel
people. That 81 eech was a striking ex
ample of the fact that you cannot con-
vince a man by Safeguarding him, ant
if the bill fails to pass it will be largely
on account of that speech. The opponents
of the bill now say that when Mr. BLAND
gets a quorum they will resort to Othel
methods Of flibusteriug to disipate it and
prevent action upon the bill. Lack o.
tact is almost always a fatal defect IN 8
man who assumes the role of leader il
Congress. 1t is well known that many o.
republicans who have refused to vote tC
to make quorum have not done so be-
cause of their opposition to the biz, but
simply because they wished to compel
Speaker Crisp to connt quorum. Now
these men are mad at Mr.. Bland and Will
on that account fight the bill to the last
ditch. The probabilities still favor the
passing OF the bill, which Mr. Bland says
shall remain before the House until acted
upon, but its passage is no longer con-
sidered certainty,
The Senate committee on printing ha'
devoted two slttiDgs to investigating the
charge that improper influences were
used By Mr. Quincy, ex-assistant Secre'
tary Of State, to secure tue contract for
publishing the Patent Office Gazette for
friends and business associates of his, and
beginning tomorrow morning will devote
several hours day to it until all tie testl.
mony has been of sensational nature al
though some OF it is expected to be before
the end is reached.
If one may believe statements Of those
who ought to know, Representative
Blanchard lost the vacant seat il the
Senate from Louisiana by voting, for the
Wilson tariff bill with its clause abolish
ing be sugar bounty. However, neither
yr. Blanchard nor his supporters will
believe that be has lost the Senatorsbip
until some other man gets it, He has
gone TO Louisiana to look out for Lis
prospects for DOMINIC the Senatorial toga
1t is thought by those who are familiar
with the entire situation that the ap.
pointment of Mr.. Blanchard would weak.
en- the sugar men in their fight for duty
on sugar, because Of his having already
voted for the bill without that duty.
Senator White will not resign until hi;
successor has been selected, nor will be
cease to ii sht for sugar until be Is sworn
in as an Associate Justice of the S1preme
Court.
1t may mean absolutely nothing, and il
may mean much, but At any rate the fact
Nr. Thurston, the Hawaiian Minister,
occupied the place of honor at a dinner
given by Secretary Gresham to members
of the diplomatic corps has started the
tongues of the gOssips s-wagging very
industrously in their effJyts to explain At
and TO square il with a previous rumor
that diplomatic relations wich the provi-
slonal government of Hawaii were strain
ed almost to the breaking point,
Memters of the House are apparently
as sick of the tactics which have tied up
the House for two whole weeks as out.
silers are, and to avoid a repetition a
large number Of the maj 1rity have signed
call for a democratic caucus, 10 lie held
after the Bland bill is disposed Of, for tie
purpose of agreeing upon change Of rul-
ing that will prevent members present
refusing to vote 10 make a quorum whe
never they happen to be opposed to the
billibefore the House Just what the
nature of the change will be is not yet
apparent. Many democrats openly
favor the adoption Of a rule authorizing
the Speker to count a quorum and if il
were not for the taunts of having had
TO take the Reed rule that would come
from the republicans that certainly be
done, and il may be done anyway, Al
any rate something will have to be
done, if the House wishes to escape being
the laughing stock OF the country, as
it has been for fortnight past.
There is still much uncertainty az to
what the Senate will do with the Wilson
bill. The subcommittee has flushed
amending tho bill. but its amendments
are not satisfactory to all Of the democrat
&c Senators, and this morning they held a
caucus TO try TO come to an understand
IDg, or rather an agreement; but, accord
ing to what has leaked ont at this writ
ing, the efforts was not altogether salts
factory. The income tax is still in the
bill and for that reason it will be supper
ted by the PoPulsts.
Sugar, iron ore and coal have been
transferred from ;he free to the dutiable
list, but whether they will remain there
is still question.
Bright News.
NEW YORK, Feb. PA special from
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