| Show DEFEAT BILL president HARRISON is said to feel very sad and refuses to be comforted over the defeat of the force bill he had set his solo dependence depend ance on that bill for a second term at the white honse and not ions since ho privately made the throat to his party leaders that unless they passed the force bilahe should certainly decline the nom for a second term modest of the president to be sure and who can now blame him for feeling democrat in spirits however the prevailing opinion at the capital is force bill has surely received its quietus and it is not believed that any further attempt will be made to bring up the measure in the senate this session if it had not been definitely ascertained that senator of california is against both the cloture rule and the elections bill the radical senators intended to go right ahead but they have discovered that even more than eight republicans will ever vote for the elections bill so they have about concluded to proceed with the gen oral business and not waste any more time in trying to pass a bill that is BO bitterly opposed by many of the republicans it is said that even if mr STAFFORD had not joined in the movement to beat the cloture rule other republicans would have come forward and voted with the minor ity and the public at large will feel none the worse for the defeat of the measure it was actually surprising to many that president should in big last message urge so strongly the passage of the force bill against the popular sentiment many senators felt loath to take up the bill after the sad defeat of the party at the november polls and they have stood on neutral ground during the late discussion of the measure in the senate they now feel more bold in denouncing the infamous measure |
