Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-05-08

to the rule, if the Senate refuses to recede
But the vote in favor of the amendment
was elose-3I to II and upon fuller at
tendance Of the Senate, enouge votes may
be obtained to recede from the amendment.
The House passed the general bank
ruptcy bill by vote of I57 to 81 Whether
the bill will be disposed of by the Senate at
this session is not yet certain It will de-
pend largely on whether an agreement can
be reached to limit the debate to the given
time
Representative Baker, of New Hamp-
shire, has offered a concurrent resolution
providing for an investigation by select
Congressional committee of the recent pur-
chase of seed by Secretary Morton A
preamble to the resolution sets forth the
charges made against Secretary Morton by
a Chicago firm of seedsmen; also Secretary
Morton's charge that Senators and Rep
.resentatives often dispose of theirIquota of
seeds for cash instead of having them sent
to their constituents.
If Senator Tillman of S c., was given
his just deserts, he would be expelled from
the u S. Senate for having insulted that
body upon the two occasions he has de-
ivered harangus on the floor of the Senate
chamber, by a copious use of ungentle-
manly language. Other Senators have
criticised other public men Just as harshly
as Tillman did, and it being their right to
do so no objection has been made, but no
other Senator has ever belched forth such a
deluge of bilingsgate as Tillman did, and
the worst feature of it is that he claims all
his blackguardsm to be done in the name
of the people and in the interests OF reform
The reform of which Tillman is the apostle
is truly to be pitiedl How hollow it is may
be judged from the fact that Tillman drew
his salary as Senator for the period he was
travelling in the West making BLACKBOARD
speeches, without a blush. Some of the
ablest silver men in Congress believe that
Tillman has done the cause of silver ire. |
parable injury by his wild talk. II must
be calling to South Carolinians to read of
Tillman's boast that he has the electoral
vote of that state completely under his con-
troll and can place it wherever he pleases.
A more disgusting or disgracefu boast
was never publicly made in this country. !
1t is little more than the boldest political
boss has ever dared to do
1t is believed that when Senator Hill
stated in his speech, on the floor of the
Senate, that he didn't believe Mr. CleVe-
land would again be candidate for the
democratic nomination, thai the foxy New
Yorker was trying to smoke Mir Cleve-
land out and get him to make definite
declaration of his intentions The wording |
of the platform adopted by the Michigan |
democratic convention. which was proba-
bly, prepared by Don Dickinson, has in
creased the belief in Washington that Mr..
Cleveland intends to capture that nomi-
mated for himself unless the silver demo-
Gratis make it impossible by capturing the
Chicago convention
Although democratic Senators have as
sured their republican colleagues that they
would do nothing to prevent an early ad-
jOurnment there is a belief in some quar-
tiers that the assurance had a string tied
to it which will become visible when the
report a resolution to the Senate
setting date for adjournment.