Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-09-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

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reply to Senator George, who, il
proposing an amendment to the
| bill suppressing trusts which has
Just been reported from the finance
F, committee, took occasioa to say 9
| word or two too much.
Mr.. Hoar started off by alludine
to the connection OF Cleveland :
Cabinet and the Democratic party
! with trusts. He then SAID when
| the Senator from Texas (Reagan)
had undertaken to enlighten the
Senate (some days slnce) on the
Question OF trusts he had hoped to
get some light as to what these
trusts we're, where they were, what
relations they have to the great
political parties, and what likelihood
OF political danger there was from
j them. He wished the Senator from
Texas (Reagan) or the Senator from
Mississippi fGeorge) to tell the SEN
ate what information they had. Was
there, Tor instance, Standard Oil
trust ia this country? And, II so,
was that trust represented in the
Cabinet at this moment? Was 1t
represented in the Senate? Was it
represented in the counsels OF any
important political party? Was
there sugar trust, and were its
representatives. consulted in the
framing of great revenue tariff
bill, and did they have their inter-
ests looked after and considered?
Why had not the Senator from
Texas told the Senate Gin his speech
on the 10Th Of August) what he
knew about these things? The
Senator then mentioned the fact
that a great many people believed
these two trusts stood in the rela-
ton OF a treasurer to the Demo-
cratic party.
The Senate committee on foreign |
relations have given some little time
to the consideration of the retalia-
tion bill this week, but they have
not yet decided upon any action.
Cleveland answered the resolution
of Senator Hoar, passed in August,
asking for copies of any remon-
strances which Cleveland had di-
rected to be made to the British
on account of Canadian
of American fisher
men, by sending in an enormous
batch Of correspondence between
the two governments, but there are
no retnonstrances, or only very
weak ones.
General Harrison's manly letter
of acceptance has been exceedingly
well received here. Nothing but
praise is heard for it. 1t is one of
the strongest documents OF its kind
ever written, and would have given
Harrison a reputation for
craftsmanship had he not already
possessed it. 1t is in marked con-
,rast to the lodging, apologize let
,er of Cleveland. which advocates
both protection and free trade.
There is no straddling about Harri-
sons letter. He has opinions, and
expresses them in straightforward
language upon every question of
now before the public.
Many Democrats here acknowledge
hat the letter as a state document !
s far superior to Cleveland's.
The Democrats in Congress are
,adly demeralized over the returns {
rom the Maine election. They had
calculated that Cleveland's retalia- S
ion message would gam his party {
many votes in that State, but the
eturns show that the gallant Re-
'ublicans of Maine, under the bril-
iant leadership of Mr.. Blaine.
ave made gains upon their re-
plurality Of 1884. The
esult shows two things that the
democrats do not like: first, that
be tide of public opinion il setting
trcngly against Cleveland and free q
rade; secondly, that Mr.. Blaine Is .
'orking heart and soul for the cleo =
on OF Harrison and Morton. The 2
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