Show washington LETTER baslington Was ui oRton Lington S Sept lOtU 1888 the canadian retaliation Kc bill has passed the house with 81 slight 95 it opposition and will probably have the same good luck in the sen senate abc atc the speeches in the house on this measure have been very amusing 0 o a person who was not prejudiced in tavor of either political party A republican would get up and taking the bill for a tex tea t would prove to the satisfaction of himself and party associates that the democratic part was a party of cowards and frauds and that sir mr cleveland Clev clani was the greatest I 1 coward and friend of them all then lie he would announce his purpose of voting 0 for tile the bill A democrat wald ir uld follow and from the lie same text prove that there was only one patriotic patriotic atri otic party in this country the democrats and that mr cleveland is the purest bravest bra vest and most lost patriotic president the country has ever had and that lie he is just dying to lick england multiply those these two cases by the number of speakers and ou oil can imagine the fun fuli they furnished for neutral neural spectator af 1 ter hear hearing gitig all the speeches on both sides I 1 feet feel quite satisfied that american interests are perfectly ly safe in the hand of either party in ili fact I 1 dont believe that there would but one party if american enterer ests were really threatened in any serious erious way after the I 1 final pas sage by the senate of tho the retaliation bill wo we shall probably hear bear no moro about the matter until ahe new administration opens diplomatic negotiation for its settlement the most disgraceful piece of lei legislation that has been railroaded tk w routh g rss ara was the chinese restriction bill there is nothing 13 wrong about the bill it is a law that should have on oil our statute books long ago but it is the inae indecent cent manner in which it was rushed through before the action of the chinese government goven ment on the treaty was wais known that constitutes the disgrace it was unanimously unanimously passed by the house without reference to a committee or debate simply because no member ol of the in many any in both parties who villo are opposed to any such euch methods had bad the courage necessary to object for fear that the abjection would lose votes for his party parly in tho the coming election in the senate it was little better there was an effort made to postpone action until some thing definite was heard from the lie chinese government but immediate action was demanded by bome of the senators and it was only the lack of a quorum that prevented its immediate passage there was a quorum present friday and it was passed in spite of the fact that a telegram was received from our minister to china saying that the treaty had bad not licen rejected only postponed for further information with only three cetera against ii senators hoar hear wilson of iowa and brown afterward senator blair moved a reconsideration of tile the vote for the purpose as be s stated att of offering an amendment to the bill postponing its taking effect for sixty days pending a settlement of this motion the senate adjourned until today to day tile the democratic leaders of the house have bays decided that the first move for adjournment shall be made ly by the senate I 1 believe that if it were possible without the consent of the leaders on either side to got get a yes reeo ol lution ution providing for an adjournment in in two weeks time before both leouses houses that it would undoubtedly pass pasa the tank rank and file on both sides bides in both house want to get away the political situation here just at this time is chiefly remarkable for doubt the coolheaded cool headed men on both sides candidly admit that everything is thus far in doubt and it looks as though it would remain so until the votes are arc counted on election day neither side will have a walkover it is thought by many politicians cans here that the election in maino maine will veil I 1 e how much longer congress will sit if the ilie republic republicans ang gain on the vote of the republicans in tile the senate will regard it as indor endorsement indorsement and proceed to push their substitute forthe for the auls bill which is to be reported soon foon if the vote shows a falling off they will abandon their pro gramme and adjourn at once I 1 give this fairy tory story for about what it is just as I 1 got it I 1 do not vouch for it t postmaster general dickinson went to new york saturday and it is said carried with him a eil ed copy of mr cleveland s letter of acceptance to be submitted to tile the national nat fonal committee and mr thui man lunder I 1 understand stand that both mr cleveland and secretary bayard repudiate the action of sir mr scott in so hastily preparing and pushing through the house the chinese restriction bill they both say that they did not know such a bill in existence until they learned of its unanimous passage by the house senator stewart steward wants a corn com cittee appointed to investigate tb the workings of the general land office parties W are jre arjang arranging ing 0 to reboth 1 wen U r ave coh con t eions to t 1 laign fund forrist from th he cs i ants ol 01 washinton washington n ton government cherl especially the presidents letter of ac acceptance cep was at last made public thip OAF morning 0 opinions differ as to iti it merits according to the political at af of the party expressing it but viewed without prejudice either way it is is an ably written bettar upon which much care was bestoN bestowed it is yet too early to say eay how bow it N will strike politicians here |