Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Senator Evarts will attend the
convention of the New York State
Republican League, and deliver
speech at their ratification Wednes.
day evening, at Saratoga.
The democrats of the House womb
even put the lights outin number
of lighthouses on our coasts and
rivers. They cut down the e.ti.
mates made By the lighthouse board
to such an extent, that the board
has notified them that unless the
amount is raised, it win be necessary
to discontinue number of light.
houses. The lights will not be ex.
tingushed. The Republican Senate
may be relied. upon to protect our
commerce by increasing the appro.
priations to the amount estimated.
Senator Morrill,, whose health has
not been very good oflate, has "pair
ed,n and gone to the mountains of
his native Vermont, where he will
probably remain until December.
Mr.. Cleveland was signing yetoes
of private pension bills, that he could
not find time to attend the soldiers
re union at Gettysburg.
Attorney General Garland must
have realized on his Pan Electric
stock. He has purchased an SIS.
600 residence in this city. About
next March he will probably be hunt,
ing for a purchaser.
Accompanying one Of Mr.. Cleve
lands vetoes of private pension bills
last week, was labored explanation
of his reasons for having vetoed so
many bills of this class. He is
friend OF the soldier; at least he
says he is. No use, Mr.. Cleveland.
The soldier vote is dead agin YEP
Gallant Ben Harrison is the man
they propose to elect this year. He
did not hire q substitute, and he will
not veto bills giving pensions to de.
serving veterans or their widows.
The republican Senators are en-.
gagged in preparing tariff bill,
as substitute for the Mills bill
now certain of passage by the House
when that measure reaches the
Senate. First and foremost, this
substitute will repeal the internal
revenue tax on tobacco in all forms;
there is strong movement to repeal
the internal revenue tax on alcohol
used in the arts, but it is opposed by
as experienced statesman as Sena.
tor Sherman, on the ground that
such law will invite fraud on the
part of our dealers it seems almost
certain that the duty on sugar is to
be heavily cut into; numerous other
articles have been mentioned as
likely to be affected, but it is not
probable that the measure will be
perfected until after the Mills bill
passes the House, which it is not
thought will be later than Aug. 1.
Even Chairman Mills, the free
trader, does not object to little
protection, provided it is placed
where there are votes at stake.
This was fully proven in the House
on Friday, when Mr.. Mills accepted
an amendment to his tariff hill,
striking out paragraph which pro
posed to reduce the duty on wood
screws In order to fully under.
stand this action, the fact must be
known that the manufacture of wood
screws IN the United States is virtu.
ally monopolized by the only "doubt.
full" New England State, Conn.
A Conference committee is now
at work on the river and harbor bill,
to which the Senaee added MINER.
Gus amendments before its passage.
Holman's substitute for the Sen.
ate railroad land grant forfeiture
bill has been passad by the House.
Representative Payson, of Illinois,
says the bill is directly opposed to
decision fthe Supreme Court OF the
United States.
Cleveland wrote a letter 10 the
Tammany Fourth of July celebration
which was probably intended as the
forerunner of his formal letter of &C.
ceptance. 1t pleased the republi.
cans greatly to find that he still
stuck to the free trade tariff ideas
expressed in his message last De.
cember. The lodging which has
lately been indulged in by Carlisle,
Mills, Henry Watterson and other
democrats, had caused the repnbli
cans to fear that Cleveland would
dodge too.
Representative Reed, OF Maine,
the Republican leader OF the House,
took 10 into his head last Friday to
have some fun with that alleged
statesman, Chairman Mills, and
right well did he carry it ont. They
bad a little spat in regard to the re-
cent lodging on the tariff by demo
Gratis. Mr.. Mills in the most pom.
pous manner stated that he possessed
the courage OF his convictions every.
where. Mr.. Reed replied by quot.
ing several passages from speech
delivered by Mills in Tammany Hall,
N. Y, in which the latter bad de.
clared in favor of free men, free
labor, and free trade.u Mills was
completely crushed. He could make
no reply. He had fallen into the
trap, and the House was cruel
enough to laugh. HowELLs.