The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
WASHINGTON T

II the house Is to continue its present
programme, as seems reasonably Ger.
tain, it may be q little difficult for that
body to respond to President Nc
kinley's special message asking that
the necessary legislation for the
Official participation Of the U. s. gov
eminent In the worlds exposition to be
held In Paris, in 1900, be put through
congress. II could, Of course, be done
by unanimous consent" but impOr-
tant rs the matter Is there might be OBJ.
jectors in the house, not because they
object to the legislation itself, but be-
cause they might object to that method
of passing it.. The method that will
most probably be adopted, will be to
report a special rule from the COM
mittee on rules, just rs was done when
the house passed the leftover appro.
pria4ien bills. Many persons regard
this matter as n of the most impor-
tant that will come before this session
Of congress-, and one that should he
speedily disposed of, as the time willbs
none loo much In which to arrange for
u creditable showing for Uncle Sam at
the Paris exposition. There should be
nc politics In this.
1t is difficult TO understand what the
minority OF the house expect to gain
by the unsecmly wrangle among
themselves which characterized the
last two meetings Of the house. II
seems TO AN unprejudiced person that
Speaker Reed gave them recognition
On their claims Of personal privilege"
just to allow them to thump each other
Hnr thu AltAAaNsan ~ tbAsp onnanto
and for the amusement Of the crowded
galleries. And 1t ought to be equally
clear that the editor OF the local paper,
who declared that Representative
Bailey OF Texas, o q Reed collar,
and who was denounced by MI.
Bailey, "a q malicious and infamous
liar, had taken sides In the wraugle
more to gain notoriety for his paper
than for anything else. Some Of those
engaged in this wrangle have claimed
that Mr. Bryan was opposed to Mr..
Bailey being the leader Of the minority
In the house. This may be true, but K
so Mr.. BRYAN took special pains when
he was In Washington last week TO
leave a contrary impression, by being
particularly attentive to Mr.. Bailey.
The whsle thing Is a tempest In a tea
pot anyway. The majority of the
house sometime ago decided upon a
program which they have so far carried
out ts the letter, and which everybody
knows they can continue to carry out
just as lsng as they desire, regardless
Of what the minority does. The
wrangling In the minority is over the
somewhat ridiculous question of
whether the will Of the majority shall
be quietly bowed to or whether the
minority shall kick their toes against
the stones aud butt their heads against
an immovable brick wall every time
the house meets, the Baileyites being
for quietly submitting, and the anti's
for Kicking, butting and bowling.
The republican members of the sen.
ate finance committee are finding the
tariff fight quite warm. Western sena-
tors have demanded that n duty be put
on hides and that radical changes be
made in the wool schedule, and both
demands are being bitterly fought by
eastern senator's. These fights may
delav the reporting Of the bill to the
senate, but II they arc fought to a
finish in the committee, II will greatly
lessen the time that will be needed to
get the bill through the senate.
II the arbitration treaty is not rati.
fled during the present week, it will
probably not DO ratified at all. Opinion
differs as to how the vote will stand IL
Senator Davis succeeds In getting one
taken. He is confident that the treaty
will be ratified, but the opponents Of
the treaty appear 10 be equally conf
dent that II will not be- II would not
be very. surprising II the vote was
never taken.
The vacancies in the senate commit.
tees will DO filed probably this week.
Although they are to be filled under an
agreement between the republicans
and the democrats, the populists and
the silver republicans are not TO be dis.
eliminated against. The agreement
was reached by both sides receding a
little from their original demands and
Is, as most things of the sort are, a
compromise, but the general impress.
sion is that the combined silver forces
will get slightly the best end OF the
deal. The republicans will retain the
chairmanships Of all the important
committees, but shsre il a number Of