The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-09-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE WEEKS WORK AND GOSSIP.
THE PRESIDENTS FISHERIES

THE WEEKS WORK AND GOSSIP.
THE PRESIDENTS FISHERIES
Message and the Action of Congress
Thereon.-senator Kenna and Secre-
tary Scott on tho Political Situation.
[Spectm Correspondence o1IAe Seastinel.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31st.-There
has been more talk recently of the
Presidents message asking retaliatory
measures of Congress in our dealings
with Canada than of any other SUBJ
ject, not excepting the Republican tar
iff bill now formulating in the Senate.
The Democrats are to man jubilant
at what they call the Presidents su-
perb tactics in out .jingoing the Re
publican jingoes. The question of
further legislation has only been Incl
dentally discussed in the Senate, where
Messrs. George and Cullom have rep
resented the opposing sides. In fact,
when it comes to action, there will be
no opposition to the Presidents rec
ommendatians. But the committee
talk in the House Foreign A fairs room
shows that when the bill reported
yesterday comes to be debated in the
House tomorrow the Republicans will
endeavor to prove that the President
already has the necessary power to
make our Canadian brethren do the
right thing in regard to the fishing
interests of both countries.
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At their caucus last night the Re
publican Senators decided to report
their tariff measure within ten days if
possible, omitting the proposed cut on
lumber in order to keep Maine quiet
at the approaching State election.
Names lumber interests are extensive
and the "cut" can be made just as
well after the election as before, and
with much less risk, it is supposed
Notwithstanding Kansas and Califor-
MIA have some inchoate sugar interests
which clamor for protection, the eau
Gus resolved to take fifty per cent. of
sugar. This is to make big protec-
tion OH Northern industry, and to re-
taliate on Louisiana for supporting
the Mills bill
A matter of much Importance to
Western Carolina is the proposition
in the Sundry Civil appropriation bill
to have the afidavits on which arrests
are made by the Internal Revenue
officers set forth the facts constituting
the alleged offense to be within the
personal knowledge of the affiant or
upon sworn complaint of collector or
deputy collector or revenue agent,
setting forth the facts upon informa-
tion and belief. In this matter the
gentlemen who have been prominent
in getting the two Houses to agree to
the provision cited are Messrs. John
ston, Cowles, Henderson and Senator
Vance. The member from the 7th
district got through the House in an
other measure this very popular pro-
vision of law But it was deemed we'll
to take all the chances to have it enac-
ted speedily, and SO Mr.. johnson, OF
the Asheville district, introduced it
with the idea of its going on the ap-
preparation bill named above Col.
Cowles worked successfully on the
committee having it in charge and in
the House it received the general sup
port of the delegation. The item was
put in and sent the Republican Sen
ate, which rejected it. In conference
the Democrats insisted ; the Republi-
cans continued to be opposed to it.
When the conference report came be
fore the Senate on Wednesday Senator
Vance moved that the Senate recede
and made a speech in the course OF
which he gave the informers some We
ry hard raps over the knuckles. He
said in part "Now the proposition
is to deprive the greedy informers Of
the right to swear out warrants and to
commence prosecutions at their dis
cretion for the sake of the fees or for
the sake of avenging any private com
plant they may have against theil
neighbors. After a sharp but just
denunciation of informers in general
and internal revenue informers in
North Carolina in particular, Senator
Vance proceeded to state the precise
situation sThere are 50 counties in
the State. The Western district, in
which corn and fruit are raised, and
In which most of the distillation il
done, is composed of so counties, il
being hundreds of miles from one END
of the district to the other, SO that il
is physical impossibility for the dis
trict attorney to supervise the issuance
of all the warrants in his district. L
he could do it, why that would be al
the protection our people would re
quire against superfuous prosecutions
but it is a physical impossibility, etc
Senator Vance's motion was lost BY
vote of IL to %. The House final
" gave way in the matter of the pro
vision remaining in the bill to-day
rather than lose this important appro
priation measure.
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia
Chairman OF the Democratic Congress
sTonal Committee, says that the situa
tion is all that could be desired. HI
considers that there is no real contes
for the Presidency except in Ney
York, and that the Republicans have
nearly, if not quite, abandoned hop
Of any thing except BIZ the lavish ex
penditure Of money in doubtful dis
fricts TO capture the House of Repre-
sentatives IN the next Congress.
"A few Democrats having expresses
fears III to Virginia, due to Kepubll
can boasts, interviewed Mr.. w w
Scott, secretary OF the State executlv
committee. He is confident of 800