The Monitor., 1888-05-11
Ma.nfngton Letaer.
From oar regular correspondent
WAsuINGToE. MhY7. 1888.

| Washington pleasure seekers could expect
in one week. The spring meeting OF the
Jockey CLUB was perceptibly felt in Con-
press. After o'clock, r. NJ, each day,
statesmen from both ends of the Capitol
put aside their legislative duties and bied
away to the race track. One reason given
by the members of the lower House for at
| tending the sport was tn get some respite
| from the tariff debate which /, At present
consuming the time Of the Honse TO the
exclusion Of all other business. Some OF
our lawmakers who may be mentioned as
conspicuous patrons Of the flyers are Hon.
| Archie Bliss, of Brooklyn, Congressman
| Brewer. of North Carolina, Mr.. Matson,
of Indiana. who has just been nominated
for Governor; Mr. McClammy, of North
Carolina. Senators Beck and Blackburn,
and indeed the entire Kentucky delegation.
The House is getting little tired Of the
| tariff discussion. Every day when the de
bate is concl;;,lcd, prior to adjournment,
| the member presiding in Committee oi tile
| Whole has to report To the Speaker: ''The
Committee of the Whole House on tie
State Of the Union has had under consider
alton The bill to reduce taxation and SIM
plfy the laws in relation 10 the collection
of the revenue. and has come to no con-
clusion' This formula, oft repeated. has
assumed sound like 4 voice of accusation
and All appeal to the conscience oi the
House, or a plea for mercy addressed to
those who are bent upon prolonging the
debate Occasionally, however, there is
an able speech which is attentively listened
to and lomdly applauded. Mr.. Wilson, of
West Virginia. has the credit of having
made the best tariff speech of the week.
Many have expressed the opinion that 1t
was the best speech yet made, that there
has been nothing to eqaal it since Mr.
Mills made the opening speech. 1t was
bright, original, eloquent, smooth flowing
striking, bespoke wide knowledge and
much study Of the subject, and had The
rare quality of bregily, lasting only about
three quarters of an hour. Representative
Guenther, OF Wisconsin, was one Of the
speakers who declared himself for free
tobacco and cigars, Cinternal revenue),
also for free spirit, exclusively for use III
the arts. (also internal reyenne), and il
more was needed he would abolish the
tariff Oh sugar Taking mp the castor oil
and epson salts section of the bill, etc,
he discussed them with great elaboration,
,f /, in
| the gallery and on the floor. He scattered
salts and castor oil all over the House nm
til the effect was something dangerous.
Said he: "We are taxed from the cradle
all the way into the grave. Hardly has
the babe come into the world than it needs
little peppermint to soothe The gripping
in It's little bowels; then comes the Inter
nal Revenue Collector, clothed with the
power Of the national Government and
with the army and the navy at his back,
extracts from the little innocent 80 per
cent. internal taxes on paregoric and 423
per cent. on essence of peppermint. Being
an American child, with an eye to busi-
ness, of course the baby takes the pare
goric because it is the cheaper. Finally
the child succumbs in the hope that it has
escaped from the collector. But mol 1t
is taxed after its death. The sorrnwing
mother places a cloth saturated with alco-
hol over the pale face aud ON that alcohol
the internal revenue spy collects tax of
450 per cent" Unless something unlor-
Il. 81.
tariff bill Will close to-morrow week The
last speech will be made by Speaker Car
Isle. His speech was prepared, or rather
its scope and direction were struck ont
shortly after the Presidents message was
sent to Congress.
Last Wednesday Senator Sherman mild
ly nsinuated that the Senate had not ac-
complshed much business in the last fort
night, whereupon that body turned around
and passed los pension bills, nine public
building bills, and variety of other meas
ures in less than three hours time.
Senators Vest and Plumb made vigor-
Chicago, the combination of beef and pork
packers, who regulate the price of beef
every day. He says there are five firms in
that city which meet every night aud fix
the price for next day compelling the Mis-
souri, farmer 10 accept whatever price they
offered. "'Ths cattle pool of Chicago, "
said Mr. Vest, SIS the most infamous
tvriany that ever existed in the United
States. The man who will invent RENE
dy for il will deserve monument more
enduring than the Capital
II seems to be the general opinion of
members of both Houses Of Congress that
the present session win extend well into
and possibly nearly through the summer,
because Congressional business will neces-
sarily be delayed by the ST. Louis and
Chicago National Conventions.
WESTON.
The new high license and local option
law in New Jersey went into effect ON Sun