The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From hur Regular Correspondent
w ASHINGTON March 2 1894.

Aave TIN then power, If so disposed,
to allow the House to p SIS the Bland
bill over MIR. Cleveland's veto, when
the attempt is made this week by
the silver men to do it. There is
little probability that the Repubh-
cans will do this, but the fact that
they can do it is having such q
disturbing effect upon the admins
tration Democrats that they are
talking among themselves of fill
clustering to prevent veto. when
Mr.. Bland makes his motion to pass
the bill over the veto. There
are "a few Republicans who will
vote for the motion anyway, and all
that would be necessary for it to
receive more than the necessary
two-thlrd vote would be for the
other Republicans to abstain from
voting, as more than twot-hirds of
the Democrats will vote for the
motion. The out and out silver
men are not, however, anxious to
see the Bland bill passed over the
veto. They prefer it to be out of
the way, SO that they will be free to
try to pass free coinage bill.
The Democratic Senators private
ly admit that they are not confident
Of passing the tariff bill, and the
widest man no longer talks OF pass
ing it by the first of May. There is
much gossip p of an attempt being
made to attach free coinage
amendment to the bill. but even if
the attempt is to be made, which is
not certain, it cannot be.done until
the bill reached the amendment
stage, which is sometime off.
Democratic Senators positively
refused to grant q hearing to del
egation of New England women
workers, who came to Wash
ington to protest against the inius-
tiCe Of the tariff bill in dealing with
matters in which the mill-worlprs
are yitalIV interested. but they GOT
heariug-Repulhcan Senator's
gave it to them--and their objec-
lions to the bill will be stated to
the Senate and to the country bv
Republican Senators during the de-
bate Oh the tariff bill, which opened
to-day, according to program.
Those Denocr tie Congressman
who have been backing other appli-
cantS for the p DsjtIon re Us mad
over the an louncemant that the
Eek rule is again TO be violated,
and Mr. Thomas E. Benedict, " ho
was Public Primer under the first
Cleveland administration, is to
again have that office, AS they have
been all along because Hon. Frank
W. Palmer, admittedly one of the
best Public Printers the country
ever had, has not only been allowed
to keep the office, but was actually
begged to keep it until Mr.. Cleve-
land got ready to select his Demo-
cratic successor. One of the priu-
cipal things remembered bv Repub-
licans against Mr.. Brnedict's previ-
Gus 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 Representa-
tive JOY, of Mo-. to Democratic
contestant who was not elected,
which has been waged for more than
a week without success, not#ith
standing some very autorratic acts
of Speaker Crisp, has brought out
the fact that there are Il score or
more of Democrats in the House
who are too conscientious to take
part in the theft of the seat merely
to add one more to Democratic
majority of ninety. But the act
will doubtless be consummated this
week, in spite of the protests of Re
publcans and the nonvoting of con
sciertious Democrats. as the absen
tees are being arrested and brought
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