West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
CURRENT COMMENT ON CONGRESS
AND POLITICAL POINTERS.
News and Notes OF au interesting
Nature.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
December IL, 1895.
The Democrats are not RESPONSE
Die for legislation in either House
or Senate; they occupy position
which will enable them to accen-
tuate Republican mistakes and to
profit thereby.
Senator Hill has re- introduced
mis- resolution for cloture rule i'm
the Senate and has announced his
intention to make fight for i..and
the large number of new Senators
men who are not bound hand aud
loot by tradition-makes him be-
lieve he will succeed.
lgHB
Senator Cameron's announce
ment that he would retire from pub
lie life at the close of his present
term was case of must" QUAY
had served notice on hir that his
place was wanted. Cameron has also
stopped putting his good money in
to that Presidential rathole.
RHhR
Senator Gormpn didn't let the
report that he would not be a can
dIdate for re election get well start.
ea before he cllled 1t down. He
will be candidate. and he is conf
dent that he will be able to pull
Maryland back into the Democrat
ic lines and be reelected to the
Senate.
Democrats have every reason TO
be perfectly satisfied with the Con
Rressional outlook. If the Repub.
cans adopt the policy of introducing
fake impeachment resolutions for
the purpose of abusing Democrat
lc officials, instead of dong some
thing to relieve the distress which
they had so much to say about dur
ing the last Congressional campaign
there will certainly be general
reaction in the Democratic party.
And that reaction will be equally
certain to come if the Republicans
do any tariff tinkering along the
lines of the Mckinley bill.
The Democratic steering Com
mittee consisting of Senators Cor
man, Cockrell, Harris. Black burn.
Brlce, Walthall. Murphy, White,
and Jones, of Ark, at meet ing
held to discuss Senate reorgaDIza
ton. decided that no distractions
should be placed in the way of the
Republicans recognizing the SEN
ate as soon as they can produce the
votes, bnt that no move should be
made by Democrats to voluntarily
Surrender what they now have.
Reorganization will be easy for the
Republicans if they can agree upon
slate for President pro TEN and
Chairman of Committees that will
command the full Republican votes.
rs the Populists have agreed to alb
sent themselves when the vote is
taken. For all practical purposes
this will be just the same as their
voting with the Repu blicans. and
1T will probably be just as benefi-
ciai to the Populists, and still they
can go home and pull the wool over
the eyes of their constituents by
producing the Congressional Rec.
ord showing that they did not vote
10 help the Republicans reorganize
she Senate.
The man who is willing to make
donkey Of himself can always
start a sensation in Congress that
will bring him a temporary notori-
ETY.. The first to do so this session
WIS Representative Barrett, Of
Boston, who offered resolution
lmpeaching Ambassadors Bayard
because he had dared TO exercise
the right Of free speech and to crit.
ieise the doctrine of protection.
Of course Barrett knows as we'll as
everybody else does that his reso-
luton was a new Congressman bid
Tor notonetV pure and simple, and
that IT will never be reported back
to the house by the Committe of
Foreign Affairs, to which it was
referred. In the short debate which
preceded the reference of the res.
olution, ex-Spoakor Crisp showed
himself TO be IN good fighting trim.
lbs taunting the Repu blicans with
being afraid to pat Protective
Tariff Bill through the House, not.
withtauding their immense major
ny was hit, and no Republican
dared 70 reply 20 IT; IL was 90 true il
couldn't be replied 10. This Teso.