The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April End, 1894.

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it in their power, if so disposed, to al
low the house to pass the Bland bill
over Mr.. Cleveland's veto, when the
attempt is made this week by the
silver men to do it. There is. little
probability that the republicans will do
this, but the fact that they can do it is
having such disturbing effect upon
the administration democrats that they
are talking among themselves of fiji
! clustering to prevent a vote when Mr..
Bland makes his motion to pass the
bill over the Veto
There are few republicans who
! will vote for the motion anyway and
all that would be necessary for it to
receive more than the necessary two
third vote would be for the other re-
publicans to abstain from voting, as
+ more than two-thirds of the democrats
will vote for the motion. The ont and
out silver men are not, however, anx-
ious TO see the Bland bill passed over
the veto. They prefer it to be cut of
the way, SO that they will be free to
try to pass IA free coinage bill.
The democratic senators privately
admit that they are not confident of
! passing the tariff bill, and the widest
man no longer talks Of passing it by
: the 1st of May. There is much gossip
! of an attempt being made to attach a
! free coinage amendment to the bill,
but even if the attempt is to he made,
which Is not certain, it cannot be dcne
until the bill reaches the amendment
stage, which is some time off
! Democratic senators positively re-
fused to grant hearing to a delega
; ton Of New England women mill
workers, who came to Washington to
protest against the injustice Of the
tariff bill, in dealing with matters in
which the mill workers are vitality IN
tcrested, but they got hearing-re-
! publican scnatars gave it to them
and their objections to the bill will be
stated to the senate and to the country
by republican senators during the de
bate on the tariff bill, which opened
to-day, according to program.
! Those democratic congressman who
have been backing other applicants for
the position are as mad over the nm
nouncement that the tex" rule is again
to be vic lated, and Mr. Thomas E.
Benedict, who was public printer un--
der the first Cleveland administration,
is TO again have that office. as they
have be all along because Hon.
Frank w. Palmer. admittedly one of
the best public ,rinters the country
ever had, has not on! " been allowed to
keep the Office, but was actually beg
ged to keep it until Mr.. Cleveland got
ready TO select his democratic sut-
cessor. One of the principal things
remembered by republicans against
; Mr.. Benedict's previous administration
of the office is the large number of old
soldiers who were dismissed by him.
The fight in the house to give the
seat now held by Representative Joy,
of Mo-, tos democratic contestant
; who was not elected, which has been
waged for more than a week without
success, Notwithstanding some very
autocratic acts Of Speaker Crisp, has
brought out the fact that there are a
! score or more of democrats in the
i house who are too conscientious to
take part in the theft of the seat
merely to add one more to demo-
cratic majority of ninety. But the act
: will doubtless be consummated this
week, in spite of the protests of re,
publicans and the non voting of con-
! sclentlous democrats, as the abssntees
are being arrested and brought in and