Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
TO THE MEMORY OF JEFFERSON.
Difficulties of LegisIatiOn When
Many Members Are Absent.

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From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. a, 1894.
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska,
who has more than fighting chance
Of being Senator Bryan in the near
future, is an ardent admirer and disci.
pie of Thomas Jefferson, the great
Virginia Democrat. During a recent
pilgrimage to Monticello, Mr.. Bryan
conceived the idea OF presenting the
quota of plants allotted to him as a
member of the House, from the u. S.
Botanical Gardens, to be used in deco
rating Jefferson's grave. Among the
plants to be sent to Monticello is a
sprig Of ivy from plant grown from a
sprig cut from the grave of Robert
Burns. the Scotch poet. By the way,
pilgrimages to the grave of Jefferson
are becoming quite popular with Dem
ocrats. Vice President Stevenson and
Senator Hill were among the weeks
pilgrims. The hospitality of Hon.
Jefferson NJ. Levy, the present propri-
etor OF Monticello, makes the pilgrim
age as pleasant as the surroundings
make it patriotic.
Considerable surprise was felt
by Col. Stump, Superintendent OF
immigration, when he found that
several Democratic members of the
House objected to his bill for the pre-
vention of the coming of alien anar-
chists into the United States and for
the deportation of those already here.
The bill was passed by the Senate
without objection and the attempt was
made to rush it through the House by
unanimous consent, in order that it
might become law in time to pre-.
vent the landing of the 500 French and
Italian anarchists who have been
driven out OF those countries by ad-
verse legislation and are said to be
now on their way to the United States.
But action was prevented upon it by
the objection of Representative War
ner, OF New York City, aud in the alb
sence of quorum his objection was
effective. Mr.. Warner objects to the
bill because it does not define an
allen anarchist" and because it gives
the Superintendent OF immigration
too much authority. Col. Stump is
now trying to get enough Representa-
tives TO return to Washington to make
a quorum, and il he succeeds will en-
deavor TO get the bill put through the
House under a special rule. II he can
get the quorum the rest will be easy.
Senatorial courtesy" was badly
strained when Republican Senators
refused to answer TO their names to
make quorum to pass the bill cor
recting the error in the tariff bill, for
which Republican Senator-Hoar, Of
Massachusetts, responsible, making
alcohol used in the arts free, unless
the Democratic Senators would prom
Use not to make any speeches while
the bill was under consideration. 1t
was certainly taking an unfair advan-
tage of the fact that the Democratic
Senators could not possibly have a
quorum of their own on the floor. 1t
also looked as though the Republican
Senators feared the effect upon the
country of the speeches that might be
made by Democratic Senators. II is
unfortunate that all OF the Democratic
Senators could not have been kept in
Washington until the end of the SEES
sion. 1t was certainly their duty to
remain, but duty doesn't outweigh
pleasure or convenience with some Of
them. Dem.