The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Cur Regular Correspondent)

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plan of the Randall men is, it
seems, to offer compromise
based upon the Ohio democratic
platform. The Morrison element
insists that some positive action
upon the tariff is necessary to save
the party Of the west. They de-
clare that the overwhelming senti-
ment of the west demands some
thing tangible in the way of tariff
legislation. The protectionists
submit the patent fact that the
democrats are powerless now to
enact any such legislation; that an
opposition Senate and republican
President will certainly defeat any
act the House may pass looking to
tariff reduction. But to this the
Morrison men reply that the dem
ocratic House must evince its sin
ccrity of purpose AMI leave the
responsibility of defeating reform
legislation with the republicans.
The Ohio platform declares sub
stantiaily for tariff laid for reve-
nue. with incidental :protsction;
for the fostering of domestic in
dustries and against monopolies.
The Randall men are entirely will
ing to stand upon this position, and
the suggestion of compromise en-
braces the idea Of a positive declar-
alton of the democratic House that
the party pledges itself to tariff re-
form according to the Ohio plat
form. This pledge it is argued, will
be Just as binding and effective as
passage of a bill that cannot be-
come a law. 1t will give the coun-
try assurance Of a tariff reform if
the democrats come into power,
and will heal all present internal
differences and permit the party
to enter the campaign united and
harmonious,
Palmistry has again become quite
craze and young ladies' are study
ing up the subject and testing their
knowledge by frequent examina-
tions Of their neighbor's palms.
The wife Of a prominent eastern
Senator had a fortune-telling
party at her house the other night
and the tracing OF life-lines, heart
lines, and head lines went on
briskly tor several hours. The
hostess, it is said, is well up in for
tune-telling lore, and as she has
good deal both of the siren and
of the sibyl in her nature, she con-
trived to impart not little of her
enthusiasm to her guests. To have
their whole future laid bare be-
fore their eyes is the ardent de-
sire of most very young people-to
throw an impenetrable veil over
their past is the equally strong de-
sire of the old. AS palmistry deals
principally with future and reveals
nothing Of the damaging past, it is
likely to become as popular as it is
already interesting.
At a meeting here Tuesday OF
representatives Of the colored news
paper press of the country an Ella
borately drawn resolution in favor
of Gen. Logan for the Presidency
was brought forward and urged
with much persistence. After an
exciting and animated discussion
the resolution was tabled, as it was
the sense of large majority that it
was not expedient at this time to
undertake to commit the colored
people to any particular candidate.
The resolution in favor of Gen.
Logan is thought to have been Of
white paternity, and was evidently
worked with the idea that it would
be carried through with rush
But it was shown in the discuss.
ion that the colored journalists
were learning politics very fast and