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Show THE ELECriOX DILI. , SJenalor Iaddoek Irs Earnest A boat Jloviasrio Lay It Aalde. Wasiiixoton, Dec 23. The W, tomorrow, will sayt Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, was lu ear-net ear-net when be warned tho Senate a few days ago that he would soon move to lay aside the election bill and take up the pure food bill, aud be will ajain before long take occasion occa-sion to renew tbe warning. He will give his party, however, ample opportunity to either pass tbe elec; tlau bill or conclude to lay It aside. In this con' lection it may be Interesting Inter-esting tOftte that Paddoek has been mlsquoti k from tho beginning in regard to Ills position ou this bill. A dtspatcli originally sent from here, describes an Interview alleged to liave taken place between the iTrtiident and the Senator, In which the former Is said to have upbraided the latter for not supporting tbe bill. "Thu interview thus picturesquely pictur-esquely related not only never occurred," said Paddock, "but the Pnildent never mentioned either thu elections bill nor the tariff bill tome. "1 have never said thai I would not vote for thu Elections bill," oiiticued the Senator, "although I hnvi. been quoted as saying so. Die truth !, that there Is nothlsgin the provision" of the bill ol jee-tionaMe to me. My ptrtltlnn Is that the jousiiScratlon of tbo bill at the present pre-sent tuw I unwi- I think it wcti'd lie lietler tu discuss and pass a financial measure. The elections bill Is purely political, in which only a slight portion cf republicans in the country arc luterested, while financial legislation vitally concerns con-cerns all buslnts men. and ia sadly needed. Certainly this is the situation situa-tion of ehraska. I have not y et receive.! a slugle letter from my Stale, cither fur or against the elec tions bill, which is a sure Indication Indica-tion of a lick of interest in it. Another thing agalnet the elections bill is that it is regarded with a suspicion, sus-picion, that may not be well founded, but which is certainly operating to disturb tbo lrjinrss relations between be-tween the North and the South." The ibaf also says there is at present pres-ent an interesting point of dlverence between Srnatois Edmunds and Hear regarding the future programme pro-gramme of the Senate. Edmunds believes it would lc perfectly light and proper for the presiding officer of tbe Senate to rtfu to recognize thu minority Senator, and thus bring the Elections bill to a vote Scnr.tor Hoar and others do not go this far, but claim that the presiding oftlcer has power to bring to a close any tllltutericg proceedings which have for their oljec the defeat of a rule. They assert that forcible miaurrs li this case would be con stltutlonal, because the Constitution gives each Houe the right to determine de-termine its rules. This distinction lictwieu the cloture for a bill and cloture for a rule Is a fine one. and has not beeen commented upon. |