The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-06-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHITGroN, June ~, Is

WAsHINGToN, June -, 1894.
Republican Senators are not making any
predictions as to when the final vote will be
taken on the tariff bill in the Senate, but
they take no stock in the assertion Of Sena-
tor Harris that the Democrats will force
vote before the clo,a Of the present week,
not because they doubt Senator Harriss
willingness to do so. but because they doubt
his ability to keep quorum On the floor
continuously for that purpose The Repub-
licaus have not altered their position, They
contend that eigh. hours day is sufficiently
long enough for tue Senate to sit, and that
they are entitled to debate each schedule of
the bill as it is taken up. Their willing
ness to accept the agreement to debate Ger.
tain schedules under the five minute rule
I furnished convincing evidence that they
have no wish TO fllibuster; but they do not
intend that such important portions OF the
bill as the wool schedule and the income tax
shall be rairoaded through without debate
Senator ManderSon, OF Nebraska, expresses
the opinion that it will be nearer a mouth
than a week from this time when the final
vote Is taken. Senator BriCa made one Of
the most remarkable statements ever public.
| ly made by q Senator when ne said:
| whatever you may hear about dissenson,
/ can tell you, that there will be forty three
votes for the bill, whatever there is in it,
! Senator Jones may make notifications, bat
whatever he finally decides upon will be
voted for by fortythree Senators" In
other words, if Senator Brce knows what
he is talking about, forty three Senators
! have agreed to sink their own individuality
and principles and to vote for whatever
Senator Jones tells them. Never before has
| the maJuuty ui the Senate delegated such
autocratic authority to one man.
! There are people who say that Represen.
tative Bill Springer, of ILL.,. has no infu,
ence with the administration, but notice
that he has been able to get his son, R. w.
| Springer, lifetime position as Chaplain in
the Army, although the young man, who
has been drawing six dollars day as clerk
| OF the House Committee on Banking and
Currency while studying for the ministry,
was only ordained to preach about two
months ago. Mr.. Springer may not be able
to get places for his constituents, but he
manages to provide for his family,
Ex-Representative Abner Taylor, of H.,
is regarded as an authority on political
matters in that state. He has just been
over the ground and this is the way he sizes
up the situation, at isn't question of
| Republican success. but of how large our
majority will be. put the Republican
| plurality at $4,000 in November, but shall
not be surprised ii it reaches 100, 900.
There is no longer the slightest doubt that
the legislature will be Republican, and the
Democrats may consider themselves lucky if
they get as many as five out of the states's
twenty-five Congressman.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ky. has
shown himself to be the possessol Of skin
as thick as that OF rhinoceros, but thick as
it is it was penetrated by direct shot from
his Democratic colleagues in the House
he has been boastIng of his intention to take
charge of the general deficiency appropria-
ton bill when it was ready to be reported
to the House, by virtue Of his being chair.
man of the subcommittee which has charge
of that bill. As soon as his Democratic
colleagues found ont that he really meant to
do so they lodged formal protest with
chairman Sayers of the appropriation com
mittee, and the result was that Mr.. Savers
informed Breckenridge that he would not be
allowed to take charge OF the bill, because
OF the refusal Of Democratic members to
recognize his leadership in even so small a
matter as the management of bill which
usually goes through without any serious
| opposition. Ii Breckenridge were not en-.
tirely without the sense of share he would
resign from Congress and withdraw from
his contest for denomination.
The Democrats OF the Houss are more
susceptible to the influence Of public opinion
that the Senators; they have to stand up for
denomination and reelection this year, and
they are hearing from their constituents.
Consequently they are opposed to the sugar
trust schedule OF the tariff bill, and many OF
them are outspoken in their determination
to defeat it even j: it be necessary to defeat
the bill to do So
The Senate investigating committee is
wasting more time over a oontumacious
Witness member OF the New York firm
of stock brokers through which the Demo.
cratic Senators are supposed to have done
their sugar specializing. He refuses to tell
the name OF Senatorial customers or to pro.
duce his books, and the committee will ask
that his case be certified to the grand jury,
which has not yet indicted the newspaper
correspondents
Governor Cocord and staff have accepted
an invitation from Virginia City to turn out