The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-15
NATIONAL AFFAIRS,
Regular Correspondence.

Regular Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1896.
Fifteen Republican Senators voted for the
Free Coinage Substitute for the House Bond
Bill, which passed the Senate by vote of AZ
to 81, and three Republican Senators who
would have voted for -Hansbrough, of N
Dakota Dubois, OF Idaho, and Wolcott, of
Colo. were paired. As there is NO posi-
bility that the substitute can become law
the only interest attached to the matter was
the record made by the vote. With the e1-
ception of Senator Cameron. OF Penn. all OF
the Republicans are believed to have voted in
accordance with the views of majority of
their constituents.
The Democratic members OF the House
Committee on Foreign affairs having refused
to agree to any resolution submitted by the
Republican members of that committee the
Republicans adopted, and. of course, the
House will also, resolution expressing the
sense of the House that Ambassador Bayards
un-American utterances in recent speeches in
Great Britain were improper and that he be
censurei therefor. II Bayard has any sense
of manhood left he will resign when the
House adopts that resolution.
Senator Pettigrew. of s Dakota. sometimes
has prophetic mood While one of them was
on him he said: The bond bill will die in
conference. The House will not agree to
the free coinage substitute of the Senate. and
all OF the various compromises that may be
proposed will 90 into the waste basket
There is no common ground upon which the
House can meet. The revenue bill will be
reported from the Committee on Finance
without amendment. and will pass the Senate
in the same shape it passed the House. 1t
will then 80 to the President, who will knock
1t in the head with his little veto and end
financia! legislation for this session. We will
then pass the appropriation bills and go
home before the first of May. making the
shortest long session on record"
Speaker Reed has been presented with Il
gavel from Mr.. Blaines birthplace accom-
panied by the following letter, which is self
explanatory "The wood for this gavel was
taken out of the window frames of the Blaine
House. A living shrine is more satisfactory
than IL dead one, a mans house is more
attractive than his grave. Too see the
rooms in which he lived and talked. the bed
on which he slept, the chair and table where
he wrote. the very pen which his living fin
gers guded-these very sights bring the man
before us and he lives again. James G.
Blaine belongs to history. Knowing the Hon
Thomas b. Reed to be II friend OF the dead
stateman we send him this gavel as n token
of our esteem and respect for him personally,
and as our standard bearer in 1896. We
hope when taps of this gavel shall call the
House to order, it will call before the mem
bcrs the form of Hon. James G. Blaine, whose
words have echoed through the chamber
which now knows his voice no more"
While there are many men in both branches
OF Congress who are as much opposed to Mr.
Cleveland's policy US Senator Tillmap, of
South Carolina, is or can be, there are few
men in Congress who do not openly condemn
the backguard language which Tillman used
to express his opposition. The Presidents
position should protect him from personal
| abuse.
The Union Republican Club, of Washing
ington, purposes to celebrate the fortieth
birthday of the Republican party by holding
a big mass meeting on the evening OF Feb.
22nd. large hall has been engaged, and
already the invitations Of the club have been
accepted by IL sufficient number of Repubi-
cans of National reputation to make it certain
that the celebration will be the brilliant
success it deserves to be.
If the Democratic members Of the Senate
all follow the example of the Democrats of
the Election committee, it will be left for the
! populists to decide whether Senator Dupont,
OF Del, shall get the seat to which he was
legally elected. The Election Committee has