Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-04-27
OUR WASHINaTON LETTERS.
Regular Correspondence Of The Standard.
WASHINGTON, April, 80. 1883.

WASHINGTON, April, 80, 1888.
Gall things come to him who waits"
has occurred to me very often this
week as no.ed the change in senti-
ments which followed the reporting of
the Mills tariff bill to the House, by
Chairman Mills, who left sick bed to
perform that duty. A slight modifica-
tion in the bill has secured the sup
port ei the Louisiana delegation WHO
were at first bitterly opposed to the
hill. Another slight change in the
clause affecting worsted has won over
the wool men from Ohio aud else
where. 20 that the number Of Demo-
Gratis who oppose the measure has
been reduced to a very small number,
and it is hoped to reduce the number
still further before the bill comes to a
vote. Notice has been given in the
House that the bill will be called up
for action on the 18th inst. An effort
will then be made to hold the House
down to the consideration of the
measure until h. vote is taken. Of
course the Republicans are prepared
to repeat on the floor of the House
everything which they did in the COM
mittee room to delay che hill, hoping
in this way to defeat IT, Wv =
1.-The Democratic programme is to
get the Tariff Bill disposed of before
the meeting of the st. Louis Conven-
ton, in June. From the present onf-
1oo1,, tho o1,a =. ooa 4, 20 M tkAv ouos,,sf q
vote being reached by that time, but
an effort will be made all the same.
The chances of the final passage Of the
bill have largely increased recently,
and while it is by no means certain
now that the bin will pass, it is more
than probable that it will. Atany rate
the arguments over the bill will place
this whole question in palmer light
before the country than heretofore
People will, in consequence, look into
the question themselves, people who
have in the past taken sohe political
demagegue's 4 statement Of it as true,
and the result cannot fail TO be q gair
for the revenue refOrmefs.
. The Senate has spent more than Il
week wrangling over the House bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to purchase United States bonds
with the surplus. The senats Is nol
divided on party lines, as both parties
have held 'caucuses to try to agree
what should be done. The Silver Sen
ators Of both parties, insist on amend
ing the bill in some manner to incfeas'
! the purchase Of silver by the Govern
melt.
The House had its wrangle too
The cause was the bill to refund thu
direct taxes paid by the several States
into the United States Treasury. A
large majority of the House favor thi'
bill, but owing 20 the peculiar rule
under which the e'body works, deter
mined minority can, by tillibustering
delay, and sometimes even defeat leg
islation. The opponents of the bill re
sorted to this method on Wednesday
and sncoeeded in keeping the Hous
inh session until 2 80, A. H., Thursda
morning. All day and all night wer
spent in dilatory motions. Such fiji
hustering had scarcely ever been seel
SINCE the foundation of the House G
Representatives.
senator Sherman says the repol
that he had or intended to retire fror
the race for the Presidential nomina
ton is entirely untrue. In little owe
two months from now, he will wish h
had, and next November he will hat
himself for ever having indulged th
hope OF becoming President OF tn
United States; nor will the kEowledg
that he has lost some of the content