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Show OPPOSITION TO THK FEDERAL ELECTION ELEC-TION BILL. The republican senatorial caucus in Washington was anything but a harmonious har-monious affair. Opposition to doing anything delinite at present with the federal election bill was raised by Messrs. Quay, Cameron and Plumb. The latter gentleman, as the telegraph informs us, opposed the election bill "out and out." It would seem from this that the bill is not likely to be passed, at least not at present. It is evident that the republican party leaders are beginning be-ginning to view tho 'measure with a great deal of apprehension as to the effect it would have upon the party if passed. They no doubt are governed to a largo extent by the general disfavor dis-favor with which it has been received. Public opinion is against the bill, and public opinion has a great deal to do in shaping political action. However, Hoar and Spooner strongly advocated the passage of the bill at this session. The discussion brought out the fact that thero wero more senators opposed to it than had been generally supposed. |