The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Feb. 26. 1SS3.(

(From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D.. c.,
Feb. 26, 1881
Since it became evident some time
ago that the house neither could or
would pass a tariff bill all eyes have
been turned upon the senate. 1t
was felt that no change in the tariff
was likely to take place at the pre-
sent session unless through the &C
ton of that body. Two weeks since
the senate took up the bill which it
had been debating for months in the
committee of the whole, and it was
announced that rapid work would
be made with it. The discussion in
committee had been very. thorough,
and in many respects a more liberal
bill had been secured than was re
ported by the finance. committee
There was a general impression that
the senate, yielding to the pronounc-
ed and extensive public demand, was
willing to make at least a commence
ment of substantial reform in the
fiscal system which now weighs so
heavily on the industries and con
merce ofthe country. But when tie
bill came out ofthe committee of the
whole it was taken in hand by anoth-
CT committee, not known to the con-
stitution or the laws, not appointed
by the senate, not responsible to the
people, and yet more influential thar
the peoples representatives, more
powerful, for the time being, than
the people themselves. This COM
mittee consisted of the lobby of the
favored manufacturers, and partic,
ularly of the iron aud steel interests.
They were not satisfied with the bill.
They gave orders that it should not
be passed unless it could be changed
to suit them. Under their direction
senators from various parts of the
union resisted the bill, and proposed
its modiication and two weeks have
oeen consumed in satisfying the rep.
resentatives of private interests.
while the great body of the people
have waited, impatient at the delay,
which threatened the continuance OF
their burdens for another year. Fl
nally the bill has passed, what there
is left of it, and we are still at ses
concerning what the house will dc
with it.
There is every likelihood hat the
new senate will have q session i'm
mediately after the adjournment o.
the present Congress. What q beau
tiful array Of senators the far wcs'
now produces. Bowen, for example
and Tabor and Miller and Senator
elect Sabin and a few others. 1t has
been suggested for some time tha'
senatorial honors could not alight
SO persistently on the heads of mill
ionaires without a few taps from The
barrel, but Senator-elect Sabin vii
take his seat under the firm convic
ton in the minds of his seventy-sev
en- brother senators that he got there
by selling out to Mr.. Mark Fl. Dun
nell. MIR. Dunnell is afflicted with
a vaulting ambition that habitually
o'erleaps itself; he wanted to bt
speaker-an office for which he pos
sesses but n single qualification
and that is a voice like a fog horn
when he is excited, and a way oflap
pit g his arms against his sides Iik'
chanticleer preparing for a long, lout
and volumirous crow. Now, Mr.
Dunnell longed with an intense long
ing for Mr.. WINDOWS shoes, and
more than all, he didn't want to SCI
Mr.. Window back in the senate, 81
he locked around and saw that h;
could probably strike a bargain will
Mr.. Sabin Before the election cam,
off Mr.. WINDOWS friends in Wash
| ington got panicky and wanted hin