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Show Washington Letter. (Ptoinour llrgutar Comnll'llf President CIcMh.nd may bo surprised at the failure of the continuous session of tho Senate . which licgan Wednesday and Is still going u.i, to forco it vote on the Voorhccs Bill ; if bo 1k in probuhl) the only man In Washington who is. Bo far the much adtcilised mid entlrelj neidlesa contest ot plijtUiil endurance has fulfilled public expectation to the dot. It has accomplished nothing! except ex-cept to put a lot of ordinarily pleasant tempered, elderly gentlemen into a verj bad humor, by causing then, to lose their accustomed rest. It is now said that Mr. Cleveland Insisted upon this test being mado not becausi ho expected n vole to be reached on tho Voorhccs bill, but because of his 1olIcl that It nould result in stirring up public Indignation Indig-nation towards tho Senators because of their refusal to oto on tho bill. How long tho test in to ho continued is, of course, problematical, but it will not surprise those who know how tho more conservative Senators on both sides fiel about the mntlor to see it end any hour by thcirncceptanco of n compromise. Tho proposition to adjourn or tnkc nlwo w ccks recess as soon as tho repealers b.came sa'isfled that it olo could not bo reached met with little fitvor in any quarter, the majority of tho Senators seeming to be determined thnt neither recess nor adjournment shall be had until tho matter Is disused of. To keep a qvoruin of Senators on tl.o floor constant calls of the Senate tire required and the call n.iiy piovc fruitless at any hour. |
