The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-19
WASHINGTON r

extra session At noon Monday makes
81 early start; what sort OF an ending
it will make only time . tell. The
house organized by rejecting Speaker
Reed aud all the other officers OF the
last congress, the democrats cast their
voees for Representative Bailey, Of
Texas for speaker, aud he 10 now re.
garded ~ the regularly constituted
leader Of the democrats 10 the house.
The idea OF . combination Of the silver
elements in the senate to recognize the
committees Of that body has been
abandoned for the time, and the i'm.
preston is that the republicans will be
allowed TO retain the chairmanships
they have, at least during the extra
session, and that the vacancies in com.
mittees will be filled by mutual agree.
ment among the several parties in the
senate. Nobody seems to think that
the gentlemen appointed to the senate
by the governors of Kentucky, Florida
and Oregon have the remotest chance
to he seated. The republicans do not
wish TO engage in a fight that will add
10 their difficulties in getting votes
outside of their party that will be need.
cd 10 pass the tariff bill, and the other
parties have been unable to agree upon
any basis of voting together.
The plan OF bulletining the names of
applicants for the big positions, which
has been adopted by some of the govern
ment departments, is not pleasing to
such Of the applicants rs are in the
habit Of adopting the 'still hunt"
method Of ofice-seeking, but taken al
together 1t is not q bad idea; ii makes
IL reasonably certain that men against
whom valid objections can be raised
will not secur appointments. Making
the applicants lecture the Endorsement
OF all the republicans In congress from
their state is another rsle that is not
popular with applicants, although 1t is
calculated to make the presidents task
a much easier one.
Few, IL any, OF the members of the
house received n warmer personal wei.
come than did Jerry Simpson. lie ex.
presses confidence that pOpulIsts will
elect the next president, aud thus out.
lines his own policy in the present con.
gress: For the present we've got to
let the republicans run the affairs of
this nation, and I'm for giving them
all the rope they want. Let 'em write
and pass any sort of u tariff act they
choose-it isn't wise nor right to OBJ.
struct them in the least in their efforts
10 redeem the lavish promises Of com.
mg prosperity made in the last cam.
paign."
Although practically known for some
time, 1t was fully decided at the last
meeting Of the cabinet that the Cuban
policy of this administration would be
ma nf an lnnn an, a..
present status of the cOmbatants IN
Cuba is maintained. About the only
difference between the Cleveland and
the Mckinley policy towards Cuba. is
that President Mckinley will be moro
positive in demands relating to the
treaty rights OF Americans in Cuba.
This difference seems to have already
been realized by the Spanish officials
in Cuba, who are reported to be treat.
ing Americans with more consideration
than they were u short time ago.
Since the tiftieth congress the house
has been controlled BY overwhelming
majorities, twice in favor of the repub.
and twice in favor of the demo.
Gratis. The republican majority over
Ia tho present house is only 81, a
smaller majority than that 10 the house
Of any n OF the four preceding con.
crosses. A moderate sized majority Is
regarded as easier to handle by the
party leaders than a very large one.
A few gentlemen, in aud out of con.
gress, are protesting to be greatly SUR
ut the rates Of duty imposed by
the new tariff bill, just completed by
the republican members of the ways
lud means committee, but there is In
no occasion for surprise. The
bill Is just about what 1t might have
been expected to he and may be fairly
as the Mckinley bill changed
% meet changed conditions. 1t is
a protective bill and its trainers
say that it will also prove to be q good
bill by furnishing the ad-
.iitioual money needed to meet the de-
icit Ia governmet receipts. 1t will
be passed by the house be-.
ore April l, What will happen to IL
il passes the senate is as uncer.
ain as how long the senate will con
ider IL. Those who remember that
somewhere in the neighborhood of 500
amendments were added to the Nc
bill in a republican senate, and
hat nearly as many were added 10 the
WILSON bin IN q democratic senate. are