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Show Washington Letter. (PromlourlRtgnlar Corrcipoudcut; Hod the language which was this neck asod on tho floor of the Senate been used In tho same place forty years ago thcro would havo been several duels but tho only apparent result of it all was to draw tho lino a little tighter between be-tween the friends and the opponents of the Voorhcrs repeal bill. Tlio sources of irritation wero numerous. Senator StewArt was irritator-in-chief for a portion por-tion of several days, by his remarks about tho attrmpt)o( tho executive to control tho legislative branch of the government; Senator Tefler had several whacka at Senator Sherman and the Treasury department, and Senator Allen, of Nebraska, also -fired ufew shots at tho Ohio Senator; Senator Djhois, speaking In fcivor of his resolution to postpone tho consideration of the silver question, tho tariff and tho bill for the repeat of the Federal election laws until January IS, 1601, In order to give tho States of Montana, Washington and Wyoming a chanco to bo fully represented represen-ted in the Seuate, trod on a good many toca when he said that in those States it was beleived that tho Senators appointed appoint-ed would now be in their seats It Senators Sena-tors had voted tholr couvictions regardless regard-less of tho silver question; Senator Wolcott stirred up phlegmatic Senator Gorman by referring to bint and Senator Aldrich as rtccrors lor the repealers and Gorman retorted by accusing Wolcott of having obtained the information through ovcedropping. ThcBonre only a few of the most glaring instances ; ttiere were lots more In fact, the Senators remind ono of a lot of cross children, ready to get mad at tho slightest provocation, no well as to say the most piovoking thliig to each Other. And It will .rob.ibly get ort before it gels better, ns nil attempt at-tempt is to bo made next week to compel tlio Senate to sit twelve hoiird dally, the object being to furce a voto on tlio Voor-beca Voor-beca bill. An object that every mini in In the Senate knons will never bu accomplished ac-complished by any tactics. The latest effort of tlio conwrvathc. repcileia to secure a vote is to promise the silver montnat a sufficient numberofScnatort will voto for a silver bill to pass It as n scper'ate measuro immediately, alter the repeal bill is passed. |