Show VERY SLOW WORK the tariff bill akes politicians uneasy THE FEDERAL ELECTION BILI republicans are to taie it ui speaker heed losing his grip in the alonse ilonse from our regular aug 4 1830 the advocates of the federal election bill are getting very restless because alie tariff does not get disposed cf more rapidly the fact that but four pases of the bill have been gone over in the senate suggests a calculation as to how long it will take to get through the pages in the bill with the most difficult matter to deal with yet to come at the present rate of progress it looks as if the federal election bill might have a long time to wait yet it cannot be said however that the democrats are at loss to find things to say about the tariff bill and that they are talking to kill time that they are laying things on the subject that have some meaning is evidenced by the fact that n republicans concluded that it 3 necessary to break their coar f silence and have mr morrill rj to some of the and defend the bill it will be very difficult to convict the democrats of filibustering for if half alie legitimate amendments were offered eliat might be two months would not be a long time for the consid oration of the bill with this condition of things it is not lessary for the democrats even if they desire to kill time to proceed in any but an orderly way they genbe generous and pass over many mat they would like to contest and yet a vote on ane bill cannot possibly be reached in time to satisfy lie necessities of the federal election belll it is a arave mistake ho weyer to assume that the majority of the republicans have given up the hope of passing the election bill but what they are unable to do is to force the election bill to the front as they would like to rowell the chairman of the elections committee of the house who is more alie autho the bill than is dodge said saturday that he expected alie bill to pass but he had no idea that it would pass in time to be in operation during tins fall elections thoroughpaced thorough paced as speaker reeds management of alie house of representatives lias been he has fallen far short of accomplishing the task which he pet for himself at the beginning of the sas sion at that time he said he did not see why the house should not take vote on every bill before it and adjourn bv the ath ut july alie ath of july passed a ago and the house is stil in session with alie prospect of being in session a month or two longer all told not more than five hundred billa and resolutions of all sorts have become laws this while the bills and resolutions reported to alie no to mention the thou upon which the committees have bot acted there are still sixteen hundred on the calendars upon which the house has not taken a vote and many of these right or wrong are bills of importance general public bills making appropriations are placed on the calendar of the committee of the whole house on cai h state of the union about of these are still waiting to be taken up by atie house alie house calendar proper consists of general bails which donot carry ampro pria tiong of these there are about the private calendar carries about 1000 bills then there are about bills classed as unfinished business having been partly by the house and temporarily laid aside without final ac aioo and ou the calendar of privileged reports are four committee reports on contested election cases three of them recommending tha un seating of the sitting members so that after all the statements made by speaker aeed a month aso that the house bad practically completed its business and would have been ready to adjourn if the senate had not been behind with its feces pary work was capable oi being misunderstood der stood however it may bo in other sections of the republican party there is no doubt that the maine contingent is sharply divided into blaine and breed mr feeds boom though young is remarkably vigorous mr blaines is older but it has a record and this is an advantage and in the division of forces mr blaine unquestionably is the formosa of the two in the house two of tho maine men arp outspoken in anti reed seui nent and both of the senators are believed to he firm adherents of the secretary of state mr struble Rt ruble of iowa denounces ti aeed as a tyrant and declares that thirty other Ee publican members of the house feel just as badly as he does about reed but the courage to speak out the tennessee Ee publican convention throws cold gatei on the federal election bill california business men without respect to party lines and the north dakota republicans in convention assembled pronounce pro nonnce for mr blaines reciprocity idea this is a partial record of one weeks develop emente in the republic party the trend of things would seem to be in ahe direction of more independence and lees harmony |