The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 9th,

Representative Mills, OF leXas, is
the happiest man in the House, and he
has good right to be. He has main
tanned from the time his tariff bill was
first presented to the House, that it
would pass: he was laughed at by
some, sympathized with by some, and
believed by none. And it is now con-
ceded by all, friend and foe alike, that
the bill will be passed by the House in
short time. He has seen his bill en-
dorsed by most of the State conven-
tions and by the great national conven-
tion of his party. Is not all this
enough to make man happy?
The President has vetoed another
batch of private pension bills, and ac-
companying one of the vetoes was a
letter of some length, which must have
brought bushes of shame to the face
of more than one member of the House
and Senate pension committees. He
fully explained his position in regard
to this class of legislation, and proved
conclusively TO the mind of any unpre-
judiced reader, that he is not unfriend-
ly to the soldier or his widow. The
great number of vetoes have been eau.
sed by the careless manner in which
bills have been passed by Congress.
The Republicans are not dwelling
in unity. Representatives Cannon Of
Illinois, and Kelly, sometimes called
"Pig iron" of Pennsylvania, have been
at daggers points, and over what!
The tariff. Cannon believes in free
sugar, and bounty for the American
manufacturer: Kelley believes in a
high protective tariff, and wants to
know why such an idea is not just as
applicable to the sugar planter of lou
isiana as to the Eastern manufacturer.
Kelley wanted to read Cannon out of
the Republican party for daring to
have an idea outside of protection.
The democrats of the House, who are,
with half dozen exceptions, complete
ly united in favo; of revenue reform,
enjoyed the wordy duel between the
Republicans.
The House is working very hard to
finish up the business before it; the
Senate is taking things in its usual leis.
urely way. Last week it was in ses-
sion only two days.
Now that the Republicans of the Sc
nate are confronted with the necessity
of getting up tariff bill which shall
represent the opinions of the republi-
can party, in order to offer it ss sub.
stitute for the Mills bill when that
measure gets TO the Senate, they are
in quandary as to what to do; every
Senator has different idea as to what
is best. They are realizing the old ad-
age that ''it is easier to criticise than
TO create"
The report that Postmaster General
Dickinson had written letter protest
ing against the railway mail employees
being placed under the provisions of
the civil service law, was entirely
without foundation.
Mr.. Cleveland spent the Fourth in
office, at the White House, hard at
work over lot of bills. In the even.
ing he drove out to Oak View.
The House has passed the Holman
substitute for the Senate railroad land
forfeiture bill. The Senate hill for
feited 5,627, ,436 acres. Mr. Holman's
substitute forfeits 54,323,09 acres.
A slight difference.
Among the thousands of democrats
who attended the Baltimore conven.
ton of democratic clnbs and after.
wards came through Washington, was
Hon. John Winans, Mayor of James,
vile. Wisconsin, and who is under
stood to be the democratic nominee
for Governor of that State this year.
In reply to the questions as to the pro.
speot of democratic success in Wiscon-
sin, Mr.. Winans said: "We shall make
very strong effort to carry the State
this fall for Cleveland, Thurman, and
tariff reform. The effort is already
underway. Our democratic clubs are
strongly organized and numerous
We shall push them in every direc-
ton, and shall make the first strong
and united effort to carry the state
since the Tilden and Hendricks camp.
aigu. The republicans have been
growing weaker there for years, and
their present attitude on the tariff is
the last straw. Our people, irrespec-
tive of party, are tired of being mer.
cilessly taxed for the benefit of pri-
vileged class of manufacturers.
John Sherman is still growing
about the alleged purchase by Alger
of fifty of the formers Southern dele.
gates to the Chicago convention. 1t
will probably take Sherman a long
while to recover from the loss of his
money and expectations. II Alger
bought any Southern Sherman dele
gates, 1t is extremely probable that be
IwH the second purchaser