Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-30

1t is also the general belief in congress
that he will veto the bill. II he does,
look out for the biggest democratic row
yet seen.
The republican senators are hard at
work preparing themselves for the
| tariff Debate. which begins week from
today. 1t is their purpose to point out
in their speeches the bad points in the
| bill which are so numerous that many
of them have necessarily been over
looked by the casual reader.
Nobody in Washington appears to
take Coxey's army seriously, except
Senator Kyle and fellow who calls
himself Coxey's agent. The latter goes
Coxy 20O, 900 better and says he expects
the army to number 100000 when it
gets here.
The trouble with the new treaty with
China, which is being considered by
the senate committee on foreign rela-
tons, and which threatens to reopen
the entire "Chinese question" in con-
gress, is that secretary Gresham failed
to prove himself entitled to stand in the
same diplomatic class with the present
Chinese minister, who secured every
thing his government wanted without
conceding anything substantial to the
United States, So plain is this that
Gresham tries TO excuse himself by
limiting about beneficial commercial
treaty which is to follow. What makes
the treaty all the more disappointing is
that men close to the administration
quietly gave out tip many months ago
that the treaty would contain a clause
binding China to purchase annually a
amount of silver bullion from us. some
said the entire proddct of the American
mines. 1t really does grow monotonous
this having to condemn every act of the
administration, but what can one do
when there is absolutely nothing worthy
of commentator.
Judging from the record of the party,
particularly in the last house, it would
seem that if there was any one thing
that would induce "A quorum of demo-
Gratis to remain in their seats it would
be the prospect of unseating a republic
can member and giving his seat TO a
democratic contestant who has Just
about as much right to it as the man in
the moon, but even that prospect did
not keep the democratic members of the
house in their seats, and. after wasting
two days in Intellectual attempts to get
democratic quorum-the republicans
very properly refused to vote--in order
to carry out the report of the democrats
on the election committee, by ousting
Representative Joy, of Missouri, and
giving his seat to the democrat he
defeated they were compelled to
! temporarily abandon the scheme. 1t
will be again attempted this week. and
it will, of course, in the end succeed.
1t is only question of getting demo-
cratic quorum present.
According to relative of Secretary
Hoke Smith, now visiting Washington,
Sam Jones, the slang-slinging Georgia
preacher, said lately of the democrats
in congress: ''Of all the boX-ankled,
bandy-shanked flea bitten, bob-tailed,
NANCY, courageless, brainless jackasses
that ever assembled since God made the
world, | think for pure downright
cussedness the present gang in congress,
headed by Hill in the senate and tailed
by no quorum in the house, beats
them all" And the Reverend Sam is a
democrat, too.
The defense of Representative Brock
enridge in the suit for breach of promise
of marriage, now being tried in the
Washington courts, has furnished lots
of amusement here. The idea of a man
of his experience, prominence and
years having been led astray by any
woman, however beautiful and artful
Miss Pollard is far from being beauti-
ful-is so ridiculous and absurd that a
general smile is the result whenever it
is mentioned, and it is mentioned quite
often. However, he had to make some
sort of defense and he doubtless thought
that this one would at least secure him
the sympathy of the other men who are
following in mis- footsteps, because, if
successful, it will furnish precedent
to help get them out of similar predica-
ments should they too get found out.
His political career is regarded here as
being ended.
NOTICE.