The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-05-18
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, DC, May Ia, 1882.

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this Government has had such good
and immediate effect upon the peo-
Die of the country as did his cele-
brated message to Congress urging
revenue reform.
1t is moi yet six months since
that message was sent to Congress,
and instead OF the Democratic par
~ being torn To flinders a. the
croaker5 predicted, the party is to-
day marching III a solid phalanX
to the music Of revenue reform.
State after State as they hold their
conventions JON in The grand cho-
rus and ERE long the glad iidings
will be echoed from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific and from the Gulf OF
Mexico to the dominion OF Canada.
But even this bright picture has
Il sombre side, caused by shadows
thrown from IA group of democrat
ic members who, under the leader
ship of Mr.. Samuel Randall, of
Pennsylvania, have muiinied
against the administration, at least
IN this matter. This group is grow
ing smaller and smaller, however,
and their constituents are beginning
10 be heard from. Already one OF
them has been defeated for nomi-
nation solely on account Of his OPP
position to the Mills tariff bill, and
more Of them will 20 the same way
unless they come into the party
lines while there is yet time TO fe-
form.
The Republican Senators who
are members Of the Judiciary COM
mittee are in no hurry to make a
report on The nomination of Mr..
Fuller for Chief Justice of the
United States. Still The report will
be all right when it is made, be-
cause they can find no reason for
lis being otherwise, and as the Su-
preme Court adjourned to-day I'M
til next October, there is no par
t%icular hurry about the contirma-
ton.
: Owing to the large number Of
members who are down for speech
es Oh the Mills tariff bill, it has
been definitely settled to continue
, the general debate until Saturday
the 10Th, inst, inclusive. At a eau
Gus of the Democratic members it
was decided that all Democrats
proposing to offer amendments TO
the bill should submit them 10 the
: Ways and Means committee for
consideration and report to anOth-
er caucus to be held this week Mr..
Randall gave notice that he would
not be bound by caucus action on
this question,
: A large number Of amendments
have been submitted TO the COM
mittee in accordance with the
above, and Saturday afternoon was
spent in considering them and in
hearing the statements Of the gem
tlemen who proposed them. No
decision has yet been arrived AT
by The committee, but it IS proba-
bly, that they will report in favor
j, of some amendments TO the bill, in
Z the interest of party harmony.
The final passage of the bill is still
doubtful owing TO the stubborn
ness OF the Randall Democrats.
The Rivers and Harbors bill
which passed the House appropri-
ates $20.000,000.
= The Senate has ratified the Chi
; nese treaty, and passed the Inter
national Copyright bill; also the
bill torfeiting all unearned railroad
land grants, There was no devils
ion OH any of the above measures
except the copyright bill and only
5 ten Senators voted against it,
+ One of the ablest speeches YET
: made on the tariff was on Friday
n last by Congressman Scott, the
millionaire of Erie, Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Scott is a memberOf the Ways
: and Means Commiltee-a conf
e dental friend of the President, and
the owner OF large coal mines and
a iron manufactures. For these diff
Ierent reasons his speech was at
) tentively heard. He made a strong
argument, bristllng with figures
and facts in favor of the bill /; and,
I in conclusion, said : eve are here,
sir-we, the majority of the ways
and Means Committee, and of tins
$ House-in defense of American in
dustry. We alone offer it protec-
ton (; we seek alone the independ-
6 ence and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF do
mestic labor by liberatlng it from
y unatural restraints and allowing it
the undIsturbed possession and the
a complete enjoyment of its own
S earnings. The other side offer it
whatg A monopOlized market IN
which 10 buy the necessaries of life
on the one hand, and on the other
" a labor market subject 20 the ca
e price of trusts" Among the dis
4 tlnguished people who heard Mr..
. SCOTS speech were Mrs. Cleve-
; land, Postmaster-Genera Dickin-
son and First Assistant Postmas-
, ter General Stevenson, who by the
9 way, has declined TO allow his
name to be used in connection with
! the gubernatorial nomination in
. Illinois. Z. q. Il.
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