The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.I
WASHINGTON, April 30th,

From our Regular Correspondent.l
WARRINGTON, April 30th, 1883.
Cleveland and Gray is favorite
ticket with o great many democrats in
Congress, and at this time, 1t looks
very much "a If this same ticket
might be the choice Of the st. Louis
Convention. New York and Indiana
have always made winning combina-
ton for the democrats, Tilden and
Hendricks in 1876, Cleveland and
Hendricks 10 1884, and why not Cleve-
land and Grey in 1888.
Secretary Whitney of the Navy
Department is noted for his liberality.
He never does anything on small
scale. On Saturday last he chartered
at his own expense two special rains
aud carried $50 Congressman, officials
and newspaper men over to Philodel-
phia to witness the launching OF the
first vessels for the new Navy, the
Yorktown and the Dynamite cruiser.
The tariff is the absorbing theme 10
the House of Representatives, where
it will hold the right of way for the
next fortnight. So far revenue re
| formers have no reason TO be ashamed
of the figures made by their champions
in the fight. II every voter in the
country could read the debate on both
sides up to the present time and clearly
understand the question at issue, there
is not much doubt as to what the issue
would be. Representative Ford. of
Michigan, made some telling points
| in bis speech on Thursday. For insta-
noe, he said: "a tariff which gives
comparatively small number of men
the right and opportunity to tax mill
ions Of our citizens AZ per cent more
than their goods will sell for in the
open market can not fail to have the
result of building up and maintaining
vast monopolies and trusts, whose en-
ormous profits are swelled and increas
ed by the tribute which the tariff aa-
thorize them to levy upon the pockets
of the people. Congress has no right
to take the part of few manufactures
against the great body of consumers.
But that Is Just what has been done.
Our war tariff declares for high prices
| for the producer OF iron, low prices for
the producer of corr; high prices for
the producer of glass, low prices for
the producer of wheat. The present
tariff aims to secure to few manufac
lures disposal of their goods at a
"large profit.
On Friday, Nv. Tarnsey, of Michi-
gan, who has been claimed by the
republicans to be opposed to the Mills
bill on account of it's putting lumber
and salt on the free list, made speech
placing himself in line with the Presi.
dent. He said: 81 belong to that
, school of politics which believes in col
lecting from the American peo
pie so much money as is necessary for
the proper and economical administra.
ton of the Government, and not 81
, beyond. Neither myself nor the gen.
} tlemsn on my side of the House are free
} traders; we are fair traders. We pro
pose to continue custom house taxation
but we will revise existing laws 80 a,
to bring taxes down to the bare line
of necessary revenue; and in no revis
| ing the laws place the duty higbesl or
, the luxuries Of life and lowest on life'l
!. necessities"
:. On Decoration day President Cleve
land will review the Grand Army o.
} the Republic parade in Brooklyn.
}. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, our pre-
sent Commissi oner of Railroads, ant
the highest in rank of living officers Of
the Confederate army, has been, at hi
own request, elected an honorary ant
o contributing member of E. D. Bake
Post g. A. r. of Philadelphia. 81,
is the only ex-C Confederate soldier VIII
o has ever been received into the rank
9 of Grand Army Post.
j. Speaker Carlisle's expected speecl
Q on the tariff is being anxiously awai
II ted.
II Secretary Falrchilds is oppossd Il
= issuing fractional currency.
e A bill has been favorably reporte'
l. to the Senate which provides for III
n erection of public building in ever
.. town where the gross postal receipt
d have averaged $4,000 per annum du'
}. ing the past three years.
d Senator VOORHEES, made aspeech o
Is the Presidents message in the Senat
& last week that has attracted consider
% able attention on account of the plsir
ness of some of it's statements in n
1t gard to the treatment of the South
re He also made an eloquent defense G
III Gems. Mcclellan and Hancock, reoen
,e ly attacked by the calumnious Senate
from Kansas, Mr.. Ingalls,.
as The agreement to appropriate
,e quarter of . million dollars for repr,
u sentatiou of the United States at tn
j. Paris International Exposition of SO!
u, is one of the interesting events of th
O. week in the Senate.
Id Both the Senate and the Houi
a. have passed the bill to prohibit boo
at and pool making in Washington an
n Georgetown. This is a game in whie
n Senators and Members of Congress q
he disposed to indulge to a considerab
y. extent as they will this week at Il
OF race track beyond the city limits.