The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-20

down INTO Maine ana MASSACHUSETTS ana un-
dercut everybody. Like Swedes and Nor
wegians they can live for months on the
smell of an oiled rag, and when they get
ready to go home they generally migrate in
the spring and take away about as much
money as they have received A white man
can't compete with that labor. We are an
interestingly patriotic nation, but in 80 cases
outo a hundred our patriotism can be en-
tirely Obscured by dollar. There are great
many competent masters out of employment
right now, and if you could only make the
decessary inquiries you would find out that
every idle man is an American, and he is
idle because some cheap foreigner has un-
derbid him, and is in command of an Ameri-
can vessel"
The Senate's Task.
Some of the Republicans in the House
have been finding a little fault the last few
days because of the plan of the Republican
senators to make nearly full schedule re-
vision of the tariff. Repeating this to man
prominent about the upper house, he said :
II do not see how it could have been helped.
1t was almost absolutely necessary. The
paragraphs of this tariff bill are so closely
connected with one another that it was i'm
possible to disturb, one without the other.
All are agreed that the tax should be taken
from industrial alcohol. To accomplish this
1t is also at once necessary to disturb the
whole chemical schedule-and then there
you are agaln-for the chemical schedule, in
its relation to manufacture, has wide i'm
portance. The coloring matter is a great
element in every makers calculations. This
is enough to show the meaning of what
say"
The Senate tariff subcommittee has fir
ISM isned Its hearing, and will have the substi-
tute for the House tariff bill finished and
ready to submit to the full finance committee
Saturday.
Everybody's Friend.
Senator Blair is the friend of every man or
woman who comes to Washington for the
purpose of riding hobby or having the gov
ernment give its powerful assistance to some
private object. The man who wants an in
creased pension or the passage of an old and
rusty claim, always goes to Blair and never
receives the cold shoulder The New Hamp-
shire Senator keeps his heart ever respon-
sive to appeals for charity, justice and mer-
cy. Senator Butler, in debate few days
ago, told MIR. Blair that because of his facul-
showed its head in Washington he was
demagogue. Senator Palmer, who is associ-
ated on committees with Mr.. Blair, says that
In all his actions he is prompted by the most
generous and kindly feelings, and that for
this reason, If no other, he cannot be called
judgment is somewhat blinded by his gener-
osity and good nature. BE this as it may,
Mr.. Blair never tires OF bringing new schemes
into Congress. His latest pr0tege is ID. III.
Craig OF New York. who wants Congress to
adopt his alleged inventions, by which tele-
graphy can be made cheap and
rapid. Mr.. Blair has secured the pas
sage of resolution giving Mr. Craig the
privilege OF using one OF the corridors in the
gallery floor of the Senate wing for the exhi-
fbo inv inh Nod.
to be new. but which Mr.. Blair apparently
has just learned are of great utility and
much in demand by the people. In support
of his resolutions Senator Blair said that
messages now costing from % cents to 81
can be sent by the Craig system for from 10
to 80 cents, and that 1000 words can be
transmitted in the time now required to send
400 words. The real object of having this So
called improved telegraph system placed on
exhibition in the capitol is to show the gov-
secure the control of it, and thus prevent it
from passing into the hands of private indi-
viduals, where the people would fail to get
the benefit of it. To Mr.. Craig, Senator
Blair also publicly, in the Senate chamber,
soced e Prss pea sSe V having M t9s c AS
inventions are owned entirely by himself.
Senator Edmunds also spoke good word for
the invention, and aided in the passage of
the resolution. Old telegraphers laugh at
the inventor of the system of rapid tele-
graph, which has been owned by telegraph
companies for many years, but which has
been completely superseded by quadruplex
system.
German and Cleveland.
There is great deal of comment in Demo-
cratic circles ON the attitude of German to
the administration and the National Com
mittee The following are said to be the
facts. One who knows theIinside history of
the organization of the Democratic National
Committee said that few days before the
election of Chairman Barnum, Mr. Cleye-
land stated to the Maryland Senator in the
White House that he proposed to put Mr..
Scott at the head of the committee. Senator
Gorman thereupon declared to the President
that he did not have the power to do it, and
added, in rather plain language that he
would fight Mr.. Scott's candidacy in open
committee. Senator German also stated to
the President that he was not with him in
his crusade for free trade, and would accept
no position of responsibility in the campaign.
ministration continued its efforts to put the
pennsylvania boss at the head of the COM
mittee, but the fifteen proxies which German
voted settled the contest in his favor
and Barnum was chosed for another
ap Was pbtna oT was ana al ba that GOr
served notice on Mr.. Cleveland that he
would have to organize the executive COM
mittee himself. This meant, practically,
that the administration was to be loaded
down with the entire management of the
campaign and the selection of managers
would have to be determined at the White
House. In the face of this ultimatium and
of his own defeat Mr.. Cleveland sent for
German and endeavored to press upon him
the chairmanship of the executive commit
tee. He met with distinct and positive re-
fusal. Nevertheless the overtures were con-
tinued through several days, finally culmi-
mating in the White House conferencei last
Sunday mentioned in today's press. The
selection of "Col." Brice was the outcome of
this gathering.
This squabbe over the organization indi-
Gates plainly that the protectionist wing of
the Democracy Shave no confidence in the
result of the election and ARE getting their
followers into line to come out on top when
the Cleveland policy is buried under in No.
yember. Cleveland's defeat would thus
make Randall and German the biggest men
in the party inasmueh as they have placed
themselves on record as opposed to every
step that has been taken.
Randall and the Mills Bill.
II is Mr.. RandalPs wish, if he must be alb
sent, to be paired with some friend of the
Mills till who is present, but this has not
yet been arranged. OF course, it would be
easy enough for him to secure pair with
another absentee, but he wishes to make his
vote against the bill as emphatic as possible
by having it negative the vote of some one
who is present. Mr.. Randall is intensely
anxious to be in the House when the final
vote is taken, and il his physicians and his