Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-19
washington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent. }



ocrats long before Gar Reed was ever
heard of outside Of the town in which
! he lives, but 1t became his duty as
I chairman of the committee on Rules to
obey the caucus resolution directing
that committee to prepare and report
/ to the House such rule, and, like the
good democrat he is. he obeyed, and
the new rule viii be reported to the
House and probably adopted this week
that it is properly carried out and that
members are not counted whether
present or not, as Reed used to do.
In this connection it is proper to
state that the democrats of the House
were not driven into taking this ac
tion, which so many democrats of
prominence personally opposed, by
the republican to vote that kept the
House tied' except during the short
intervales when there was a demo-
cratic quorum present, for almost
month, thus making conspicuous the
necessity for counting a quorum or al
lowing the business of the House to be
dictated by the republicans; but afte r
all it was not the republicans who fore
ell the democratic caucus to do what
should not have been necessary, but
which was absolutely necessary. 1t
was the inability of the democratic
leaders to keep democratic quorum
| on the floor of the House that aid the
business They concluded that they
had tried and failed so often to keep q
democratic quorum that it would be
a good idea to make the republicans
help by counting them when they re-
fused to vote, and at the same time,
thank Heaven, they are going to make
the absentee come to time or forfeit
his pay while absent without leave,
except when sick and unable to attend
to his duties.
Senator White, of California, does
not believe that more than five Sena-
! tors will vote againgt the ratificati n
of the new Chinese treaty. 1t it ex-
pected that vote will be reached
some time this week. although there
has been no formal agreement to that
effect.
/ There was not much surprise here
when the jury brought in veroict for
$15, 600 in favor of Miss Pollard in her
breach of promise case against Rep
resentative Breckenridge, of Kentucky.
1t was generally expected. Col Breck-
inridge says the verdict will have no
effect upon his candidacy for Cor :
gress and that he intends returning to
Kentucky and making personal can
vass of his entire district. There is a
general feeling of relief here that the
trial is at last over.
The general debate on the tariff bill
will by agreement close next Monday.
Then the Senate will begin the cousld-
Grafton of the bill by items. process
which promises to be long and tedious.
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, deliy.
cred tariff speech today somewhat
in line with that delivered by Senator
Hill week ago, but not SO radical
The fear OF the defeat of the bill il
J only in the opposition papers; it doe:
not exist among the democratic Sena
tors who are managing the bill. They
expect that those democratic Senators
who stated at the caucus hold previou
J to the reporting of the bill that the.
reserved the right to propose amend
ments on the floor OF the Senate wi.
] succeed in getting some amendment
; adopted. with the aid of republican
votes but they have no doubts abou
the final passage of the bill; nor dt
they believe that single democratic
vote will be cast against it when the
final vote ia saken. The newspaper
talk which II = grown out of ''fake
interview witns Senator Murphy o
New York, about the bill not being
J voted upon before Congressional cleo
tion is simply rot. Senator Murphy
never said such a thing, nor though
it. Tho bill is going to be pushed L
vote at this session of congress, ant
it is going to be passed. These two
things can be relied upon.
Senator Morgan's report ON the nev
Nicaragua Canal bill Is strong ant
convincing. concluding thus: Tho plal
and certain effect Of this bill II 1t be
comes law will be to put into activ
!, business employment $100, 900. 900 Dor
J rowed from our own people withou
risk to the government It would furn
ish good and wholesome employmen
) to SO, 600 Americans. who are march
ing on tho highways. begging to
/. work and often for food.