Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-05
5Washington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent. }
WASHINGTON. April 2. 1894.

his popularity is to day one hundred
per cent greater than it ever was be-
fore. His refusal of seat in the Sen.
ate when all his personal inclinations
were for taking it, because it was
clearly more beneficial to the demo
cratic party for him to remain Speak.
er of the House during the remainder
OF this Congress, was of itself enough
to account for much of the increase In
his popularity, but it was another
event-the greatest triumph of the
Speakers Congressional career-that
capped the climax and made every
democrat in Washington T. ready to
throw his hat in the air and give three
cheers when the name Crisp is
called. He humbied ex-Speaker Reed,
as that legislative bully was never
humbled on the floor of the House.
They have had many parliamentary
contests, in which the Speaker got the
best of the eX-Czar, but never until
this time has the speaker succeeded
in completely humbling Reed so com
pletelY that he sat, after having been
made to do so by the Speaker, like a
whipped cur. If the Georgia demo-
Gratis are of the same mind as the dem
ocratS hereabouts Mr. Crisp will GER
tainly be Senator after the fourth Of
next March, and they are talking at
this end CT the line of something high
er yet for him in the future.
Senator Vorhees in opening the tar
riff debate in the Senate made little
use OF his extraordinary oratorical
power. He just gave plain straight
forward business talk. largely in the
nature of an explanation of the chan
ges made in the bill by the Senate
committee of which he is chairman,
laying special stress upon the urgent
necessity for speedy action. Accord
lag to the present programme. very
few set speeches will be made by the
other democratic members of the
committee, and no attempt to limit the
debate will be made until the republic
cans have been given ample opportun-
ity to state their objections to the bill.
| am glad to be able to state posi-
lively that there is absolutely no truth
in the published statement that demo-
Gratis who are dissatisfieo with Presi-
d mt Cleve an~' ) veso of the Bland bill
intend to vote for II free coinage amend
ment 10 the tariff bill. Not single
demo cratic Senator who favors liver
will say that he is in favor of such an
a nendment, an l Mr.. Bland, wh) ce' :
tainly has the right to speak for the
silver democrats in he House, if
any one man has-he has been their
leader. both in this and in number
OF previous es-characterized
the idea as IAN outrage and crime"
that would do no good and would, If
carried out. result in the certain de-
feat of both ia iff reform and free
coinage.
Mr. Band will, as soon as the House
can get and keep democratic quorum
long enough to dispose of the report
OF the election committee in the con
tested case of O'Neil vs., Joy, of Mo.
which has been hanging for more than
a week for lack of voting quorum.
move that his coinage bill be passed
over the President veto. 1t cannot
pass, unless the republicans who vo-
ted against the bill should refuse to
vote. and even then it could hardly
pass, as there are number of demo
Gratis who voted for tn, bill when it
was pa sed who will not vote to pass
il over the Presidents veto.
Thsre is little doubt that free coir-
age bill will soon be reported to the
House from the Coinage committee. of
which Mr.. Bland is chairman, but
ehCtO 10 hlAGl 0OuOb vi iuo pClliS DdoStt
Well, the long wait is over. A DEM
ocratic Public Printer is to succeed
Mr.. Frank w. Palmer. the republican
who has held the Office since May 1889.
The lucky man is Mr.. Thomas F.
Benedict, of New York. who held the
office from September 1886. until Mr..
Palmer's appointment. While there
is, of coarse some personal disappointss
ment among democrats who were close
friends OF other candidates for the APP
pointment. there is general democratic
that the position which con-
trolls the appointment Of nearly three
thousand employees, all outside of the
classified service. is to be filled by
democrat. Mr.. Benedict is not only a
but, as proven by his re.
cord when in control of the office, he is
q good public printer. There will