The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, April 18th, 1894.

Ex-Speaker Reed takes his new
honor easily, as he does everythingI
that comes to him. He has never had
a doubt that the counting of ii quorum
would eventually become one of the
fixed rules of the house, no matter
which party is in power. If he felt =,
any surprise at all at the action of the
democratic caucus in directing the COM
mittee Oh rules to prepare rule pro-
viding for the counting Of members pre-
sent and not voting, in order to make
quorum, it was not because the eau
Gus had come around to his iuieas, but
because as many as forty democrats
should have voted against the PROPOSE
ton. While the republican members
OF the house are thorough believers in
the prlnci pie Of counting II quorum, it
is not yet certain that they will support
the rule reported by the committee on
rules, or that they will vote at all to
help the democrats get quorum to
adopt it. The principle reason for this
uncertainty is that the caucus resolu-
ton also directed the committee to re-
port IL rule 10 compel the attendance of
absent members. 1t will depend upon
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plish the proposed reforms what posi-
ton the republicans will take.
Another democratic senator has
placed himself in the doubtful column.
Senator Smith, Of New jersey, III his
speech on the tariff bill, which Senator
Quay correctly called a "measure OF
mingled malice, compromise and sec
tionalism," renewed the cold shivers
which Senator Hill sent up and down
the spines of the free traders last week
1t has been agreed that the debate on
the bill as whole shall end next Mon
day. Then tie contest over the lndi-
vidual schedules will begin and the
fighting will be forced by the republi-
democratic managers of the bill are in
doubt us to the status Of at least SIX
democratic senators, not to mention
the successor to the late Senator Vance,
of North Carolina, who died here Sat
urday night.
Senators Hill and Voorhees.no long
er speak when they pass each other.
The canse is the remarkable r.king
over Hill gave Voorhees, i'll his speech.
They speak of each other to their per
sonal friends in such endearing terms
as "blatant demagogur" and "1raltor,"
and each refers sarcastcally to the
others "g,,l'' in considering himself
presidential possibility. Voorhees, calls
Hill traitor because i'll difference to
the almost unanimous sentiment of his
stale he refused to support the tariff
monstroslty. That refusal is the one
ACT of Hills since he became a member
of tie senate that was not tainted w tn
demagogism. He was sent to the SEN
ate to care for the interests of the state
of New York, and for once he did it,
although he had to oppose his own
party to do it, Hill hits the bulls eye
when he calls Voorhees, dcmagogue.
He has never been, and never will be
anything else. Ii any one doubts this,
let him read the speech with which
Voorhees, opened the tariff debate.
One democratic Congressman has
provided himself with shelter from the
great political cyclone of next Novem-
Der, and many more of them would
like to do the same. The man referred
to Is Barnes Compton, who got into the
house IN '92, by the skin of his teeth,
as the saying goes, from fifth Maryland
district, and who was several DAYS ago
nominated by Mr.. Cleveland to be COL
lector of the port of Baltimore. He
knew he couldn't be re elected so he
utilized his 'pnli'' to grab nice fat