The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-02-09
FROM THE CAPITAL.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 1895.
When Senator Lee Mamie. of Montana
took the oath of office the Democratic ma
jority of the Senate disappeared let us hope
never to come back again. The Senate now
consists of Sc members. 43 Democrats, 81
Republicans and 5 populists. When tn,
Republican Senators from Wyoming anu
Washington take their seats the Senate will
be full for the first time for several years
and 45 will be a majority. The only chang,
made by the accessions to the Senate, from
a financial point of view, is to strengthen the
silver men, who already hal "A majority A.
an answer to appeals which have been mace
to them to join hands with the administrator"
and pass finan' bill, s"vrra! Republican
Senators have made a careful canvass of tn
Senate and the result is that Al Senators ar
for the free coinage of silver and 80 again
it. The free coinage men will have 40 vote
when the Washington and Wyoming S nat RS
arr q.
There is IA hitch in the administrations
programme for the new issue of bones.
| While it is given out that the adminstrat
|
! Mr.. Cleveand's gold bond recommendation
it is well known that the delay has been
caused by the demands of the capitalists who
are expected to subscribe for the new bonds
Orders have been issued to the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to print $500, 900, O00
of per cent thirty year bonds authorized by
the specie resumption act of 1875, but what
! will bn 10
| Mr.. Cleveland is said to favor advertising for
bids without stating any specified an cunt
and accepting all satisfactory bids, hut the
| Cabinet is understood to be divided on that
idea. The question may be settled at the
/ Cabinet meeting to be held tomorrow.
| Through the instrumentality of Senators
Frye, of Maine, and Dubois, OF Idaho, Sena-
tors Chandler and Gallinger, of New Hamp
shire, have resumed amicable relations with
each other much to the qualification of their
Republican colleagues. Previous to their
reconciliation the two Senators had not
spoken to each other for some years
If the generally accepted version of the
cause of the resignation of Solicitor General
Maxwell, that he resented being censured
by Attorney General Olney for having con-
sentcd to getting the case involving the con
stitutionality of the income tax advanced by
the Supreme Court, be true. the Attorney
Generals resignation ought to quickly
| follow. The people do not understand that
it is the duty of the department OF Justice to
throw obstacles in the way Of getting speedy
decisions upon any question involving con-
stitutionality of law, whenever the Attorney
General shall be afraid that the decision will
injure his political party. On the contrary.
they expect, as the late Solicitor General did,
to use all due diligence to expedite such
decisions, regardless of effect. To carry out
the Attorney Generals ideas would be an
attempt by the executive branch ofthe govern
ment to encroach upon the prerogatives of
the judicial branch. The failure of its mum
erous recent attempts to control the legisla
tive branch should be warning enough.
The most disgracetul personal cpcouner of
the present session. the only one in fact, was
that in which two democrats, Brecken ridge OF
Kentuckcy, and Heard of Missouri, would
have been regular rough and tumble fight
on the floor of the House had nobody inter
fered. The epithets ''liar' and ''conteml-
tible scoundrel'' were exchanged, and then,
as usual, apologies were offered and the
| House gave its consent to striking the whole
business from the record.
The House will this week decide what shall
be done with the Cleveland gold bond bill.
the committee on Rules having decided to
report an order setting aside Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday for its consideration.
If this order is adopted by the House the
final vote will be taken next Thursday, but
there seems a probability, Notwithstanding
the extraordinary efforts of the administration
to prevent it that the order may meet the
same fate as the order for the consideration
of the Carlisle currency bll--be rejected by
the House. So far as the final result is con
cerned it does not make the slightest diiled-
ence what disposition the House makes of
either the order or the bill, us the latter can
not possibly get reported to the Senate even
should it pass the House.
The House sent the Reilly Pacific railroad
funding bill back to committee by vote of
1T to 100. Opponents of the bill say that,
instead of making votes against it, the cir
culars sent to Washington by Major Sutro, of
San Francisco charging the Huntington lobby
with buying votes for 100000 each, made
votes for the bill.