The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-12-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
'(From Our Regular Correspondence

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. II, 1885,
senator Aldrich deserves the
Il ks of the party and of the count
-" II his promptness in exposing the
We of Senator Allen in moving
that the Dingley bill be taken up by
the Senate, motion that was adopt
ed. Mr.. Aldrich compelled the po-
pulist Senator from Nebraska to adj
init that he would not vote for the
Dingley bill as it passed the House,
an admission which he tried to equality
by adding that the bill could be
amended so that it would receive his
vote and that of other Senators who
are not republicans. The same could
be said of any bill, but after it was
so amended it would be a long ways
from pleasing to republicans. Mr..
Aliens motive was to make mischief,
by making it appear to the country
that tariff legislation could be al this
session if the republican Senators de-
sired it; ard he knew when he made
the motion that the DingleY bill as it
now stands does not contain line re-.
lating to the tariff, an amendment
having been at the last session adopted
providing for the free coinage Of sill
yer and striking out the whole bill,
excepting the enacting clause, that
was passed by the House. This is
probably just taste OF what the re-
publican Senators, helpless becau 80
of lack of majority. will have tC con-
tend with during this session of Con-
gress.
The wisdom of the caucus ofrepub
lican Senators in deciding not to at
tempt to make programme for the
session, and in leaving everything to
the discretion of the steering commit
tee, is already apparent. There is
no nse of having programme unless
you have the power to carry it out.
The steering committee, composed of
Aldrich, Allison, Hale, Mcmillan,
Cullom, Perkins, Quay, Davis, Hans
brough and Shoup, has the confidence
of the party ana may be depended
upon to accomplish all that can be
accomplished under the circum-
stances, which at best is not likely to
be much.
Although the six boiling republic
can Senators-Teller, Pettigrew. Du
bois, Cannon, Squire and Mantle
decline to avail themselves of the in
vitation to attend the caucus of re-
publican Senators, four out of the five |
who are in Washington-Mr. Teller
hasn't arrived-have declared them
selves to still be republicans upon
everything except the silver question.
Senator Dubois says he is out of the
republican party for good and all, and
announces in advance that he would
vote against the Dingley bill if it
we're brought to vote, and intimates
rather strongly that he would vote
against an ything that originates on
the republican side of the Senate. It
is believed that Mr.. Dubois is play
ing to the prejudices of the anti-re-
publican members of the Idaho legis-
1ature, in order to save himself from
being retired to private life.
~
The Republican House is keeping
up the record it made at the last ses-
sion as business body. It has al
ready passed the Pension appropria-
ton bill, a bill allowing the use of
private postal cards with one cent
stamps used on them, bill provid-
ing for limited indemnity OF $50.
for the loss of registered mail matter,
a bill authorizing private letter car
riers in villages where there is no free
delivery, and number of minor bills,
including some private pensions.
*x*
Speaker Reed and Chairman Han:
ma met for the first time, in the Speak,
er's private Office at the Capitol. this
week, and very cordial meeting it
was on both sides, according to the
six or eight prominent republicans
who were present. Mr.. Hanna has
made maj y new friends during his
short stay in Washington, and some
of those who made his acquaintance
have very different idea Il the kind
of man he IS than they had before
coming in contact with him. Al
though it is the general opinion of.
those who have talked with MIR. Han
ma that he will not be member of
the cabinet, he expressed such a lik
ing for Washington that some think
he will he unable to stand the temp
tation of a four years residence in the
city.
~
No grass has been allowed to grow
on the Inauguration preparations.
On Monday Chairman Hanna ap-
pointed Mr.. G. j. Bell chairman of
the committee: and today the COM
mittce ~ established in it's headquart-
ers (Which, by tho way is in the same
building al which rooms have been
secured f.: the permanent headquart-
ers of the Republican National Com
m,t,ee,) all the chair1nen of the sub
have been named, and
the ma .inery put in motion that is
o01nsy ir i, 0,,. 1noI1.