Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-14
Washington Letter
tFrom our regular correspondentJ

Undoubtedly the political event of the
 week was the minority report of the
 republican members of the Ways and
 Means Committee. which was presented
 to the House with the Mills tariff bill
 lt created surprise and almost conster
 nation among the Democrats, who had
 supposed that the minority report would
 contain nothing more than a general de-
 nunelatlOn of the Mills bill.
 Great was theiI surprise therefore to
 hnd that the minority had taken their
 bill clause by clause and shown the
 evil resul,s which would follow it's ad D.
 ton. No. satisfied with this the wicked
 minority also proved that the bill if
 passed n its present shape would re-
 suit Tn au increase instead o, q reduc-
 tIon of tina revenues of the Government
 thus adding to the surplus which thS democrats are so much afraid of that
 Cleveisnd refuses to take advantage of
 laws already on our statute books to re-
 duce 1t.
 Ire document does not by any means stop with showing up the inperfectons of the Miils bill, but boldly outlines
 Ehst the Republican policy IS to bs on
 this question: "A bill which will assu-
 redly diminish the revenues of the Government. without any impairment of the American system of protection"
 he result of thIs report has been high ty rcueticisl to :he republican party ID the house. which IS now nesr-r beng iu perfect hsrmOny on the tariff question than Bt uny time for several years.
 The FuIuors Of a deal be'ween Presi- dent Cleveland and n number of the de- mOcrGiIc members of the House who Were opposed to the Mills bill, created DO surprise here where the people have become acquainted with Cleveland Phsriseism, The substance Ofthe deal IS, that ID return for the votes of these members for the Mills Dill, Mr. Cleve- land has promised 10 sign tho River and Harbor bill. which has been fixed up to give the distrilts represented by these members unusually large HpprOpria tiOrs. The River and Harbor bill which he vetoed last year was far better bill than this Ons is which he has promised to sign before II IS passed.
 Senator Sherman denies the report ina: he is gOIug 70 withdraw from the race for the Presidential nomination His friends say that his chances are getting better every day.
 rbe vHlue of the estate left by the late | Chief Justice Waite i7 estimated Gt S75- | QUO. Senator Gray, oi Delaware. IS fR- | vor2bly n utloned by his Democratic | colleagues for the vacant cbIef justice | ship, and IL Ia said thBt SIX of the lus uces of tine Supreme Court are m favor | of the promotion of Justice Field to ths | vacancv. Justices Field and hgmar are l tine only democrats CD tue supreme | bench.
 The senate has devoted much time re gently Co ihe consideration Cf the house | bill authorizing the Secretary of the | Treasury To purchase United States 1 bonds with any surplus funds which | may be in tha treasury. The necessity | for this bill k not at all apparent. The | authority which it cOBfers already eX- ists, but the Pre,ifent, In order to drive people t0 hls way of thinking on the I tariff question l, would seem, pretended | to doubt the legality of the Secretary of | the Treasury taking such steps under | the law of 1881, snd ID consequence the | surplus hRs been piling up month after | month and she country almost brought | to the verge Ot tinaucill panic, all for tbe purpose of forcing people to accept | WHICH llElt tNu EDpA cELED teaches them are pernicIous.
 The house passed this bill and the senate has had quite time over it. The silver senators in bO,I parties want 1t amended m some way Co compel the ex- tension of the use of silver as currency. Both parties have c1ucused m lt with put arriving at any conclusion. SO that [ can m no sense be considered party question.
 [ had an interesting conversation to- lay with one of the shrewdest Repub icsn politiclsns in the country on the political situation. To conclusion he sid: "The masses of The Republican ,srty in whatever state you may go, have put one candidate for the presidency. be politicIans have many. one for Dear- ' every state in the Union, but no one fl them Is strong enough to spread out uto more than one or two states at one nd the same time. Only little more han two mouths remain before the nOm- hating convention meets, so that the hgnces are that when the convention neets the Republican sentiment will re- nsin practically ca 1t is to-day. What Eill be the result? It does not take a cry loug-headed man 10 tell. There sill be a ballot for two. in which sll the ayorite sons will receive complimentary otes, then the convention will proceed o carry out the wishes of nine-tenths of be party by nominating the most pOpu- sr man in America, James G Blaine"
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