The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-02-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondents

0from Our Regular Corrcspondent.)
Washington, Jan. 81. 1888.
Politicians as well as Republics
IRE ungrateful. Iferidencc of this
were needed, it is shown by the
contemplate course of the Rcpub-
licians in both Houses of the pres
cnt Congress in their cOwardly and
trcachcrOuS treatment of two of the
NEST conservative and fair-minded
in public ltfc-Justicc Lamar
and Speaker Carlisle.
If possible, Mr.. Carlisle has been
treated more basclythan Mr. Lamar
by the shameless dcmagogues who
hold sway in the councils of the
dcmoralized Republican party.
While they privately admitted the
justice of the Speakers claim to his
scat, in public they used all their
efforts to prevent consideration Of
the case, even rcsorting to iilibus-
tcring, which has mover been done
before, except when it was appar-
cnt that the minority was being de-
prived of its just rights by tyrani-
cal majority. In this instance, no
such provOcatiOn was available.
The Republicans are fairly char
gcable with uSclcSsly wasting two
days Of thc valuable time Of Con-
gress, though candor compcls The
admission that the thirty-iVG Dem
ocratic abScntecs were not entirely
blame!css. Has they been in their
seats, the Republicans could not
have prevented Il quorum by de-
clining to vote.
Although tho validity of Mr.. Car
lislc's claim is at last established,
the friends Of Mr.. Thocbc declare
that the end il not yet; that the
matter must be rcconsidcrcd BIZ,
Congress, and that the people will
be appealed to for tho Vindication
Of their man.
In the Ways and Means Commit
tee the tariff question has not vet
been openly discussed, except very
briefly, when Mr. Mckinley, of
Ohio, proposed to present his bill.
repeating the tobacco tax. He was
summarily suppressed on the plea
that specific tariff legislation was
not in order until Il bill of Il gcncr-
al character couldbe framed. From
the outset it WAS plain that there
could be no harmony Of views be-
tween the Democrats and the Re
publican members of this commit
tee, therefore the majority have
wisely concluded toformulatc bill
OF their own before submitting it
to the consideration OF the minor
Ivy, VINO VIII also present II bill.
i-ilch evening members of the ma
JorIty, are holding secret confer
"ncc and the work is making sub
stantlal pr"gress-rcally it is much
further advanced than usual this
early IN the session.
Inc main object is to largely re-
ducc the revenue, and the next end
IN view iSt0 brlNs the matter home
10 n people by including in the
list as many articles and cOmmo-
dltieS OF common consumption as
possible. All lntcrcSts-manufact-
urlng as wen as commercial and
agricullural WILDE conserved: and
II l'pera' compromise measure is as
iiiucn heed DC expected under pres
en- CIRCUMSTANCES.
me BAR educational bill which
- some OF INC diminished business
Vi, t',G senate calehdar, has rccciv-
co oioW rom an unexpected qua
rtcf' ~ ON an authority car
iSlilE lliucil Wcight ana or special
significance lllasmuch as 1T pro-
cceuS rom one VINO, until recently,
VAS on me united States Supreme
?clcn. nc hiI"Sloh IS to EX-Jus-
n I.ipns cNpfcsScs the opin-
aon .lia. tnc PHI IN question is I'M
con5tituIionai. lie also stated it