The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Corrospondent.)

| would be careful revision of the
tariff laws and of the internal reYe-
nue. laws; it would give to the men
| engaged in the arts the u|e Of alcohol
untaXed and would sweep away the
tobacco tax. giving that g'eat agri-
| cultural product fair and free play in
this country. hut the committee
would take its time about it. If the
House of Representatives wished to
/ prOlong the session until the tariff
| bill was reported it would have to
wait until the committee was ready
to report. After having taken months
in preparation and passage of tariff
bill it did not rest with the Demo-
Gratis to charge the Republicans with
delay. He asserted that the Rppub.
| Leans would not be hurried in pre-
! pairing bill A.; that they intended to
take all the time they deem necessary
| for the framing of a bill they did
not care how much time it might re-
| quire it might as we'll be UNDERSTOOD
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| that this was the Republican fiat.
Mr.. Sherman thea intimated that the
| bill might not be reported until after
! the Presidential election, in order
! that the wishes of the people might
| be known. Should the people vote
| for free trade by the reelection Of
| Cleveland, then it would be well to
| give them such a dose as the Mills
| bill, but should protection be main
tanned then perhaps the Democrats
would be willing to accept the Re-
publican bill. AS the speech of Mr..
| Sherman was the first official intima-
nation that the Republican tariff bill
might not be reported until after the
| election it created genuine sensa.
| ton in Congress. "What effect will
it have on the pending campaign ?"
was asked right and left by Republi
cans, and after fully discussing the
matter the conclusion was generally
reached, that it would have no effect
at all the tariff policy of the Repub-
| lican party is so well known that no
tariff bill in detail is needed to define
! it. What effect this decision will
have on adjournment cannot be said
just now, but that it will hasten that
event cannot be doubted, unless the
| Democrats by their foolish actions
shall make the question one Of poll
| tics.
The administration is becoming
desperate in its efforts to make votes
for Cleveland. The latest is an at
tempt to bull-dOze the few r 'publi-
can clerks in the Departments into
using their influence for Cleveland,
The officials of the various depart
ments here have made lists contain
ing the names Of the Republican
clerks, and the clerks have been in
formed that unless Cleveland is elect
ed they will be discharged. 1t is
hoped by this means to compel the
Republican clerks to use their influ-
ence in their respective states to get
votes for Cleveland. The pressure on
clerks from New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, and Indiana is particu-
larly strong.
Cleveland only found one private
peusiOn bill to veto last week.
CIeveIand's $4,000 campaign con-
tribution was only a Democratic lie,
and now Representative Scott denies
that he made a $4,000 contribution
with which he was credited. Perhaps
the Standard oil Company and the
sugar trust contributed so largely to
the Democratic corruption fund that
individual contributions are unneces-
sary.
Mr.. Lucius B. Swift, of Indianap-
oils, member of the executive COM
mittee of the Indiana Civil Service
Reform Association, testified before
Senator Hale's Investigating commit
tee last week to numerous violations
of the civil-serYice reform law by
Postmaster Jones, of indianapolis.
Jones is only following in the foot
steps of Cleveland. Like master,
like man."
Senator Plat is after the copper
trust. He offered a resolution, which
was passed by the Senate, instructing
the Finance Committee to inuuire
into the facts regarding this trust and
to report what legislation was neces-
sary to protect the people from this
trust, which is composed entirely of
foreigners, and which controls the
production of every copper mine IN
the United States.
The bill amending the Interstate
commerce law was passed by the
House without division.
Owing to the lack of quorum the
Senate has not yet voted upon Sena-
tor Blair's motion to reconsider the
Chinese exclusion bill. If quorum
is present it will be voted on this af-