Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-08-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

agaiusl the tariff Dlii. ana no repub-
lican Senator'S has SO far dared to
make speech upon it for fear that
the bill might be so radically changed
that the speech could be quoted
against the party in the campaign.
The tight between the friends of
Mr.. Blaine and Of Speaker Reed
grows more bitter every day, and
. will without question gbe TO the
death, the anls- Blain republicans
are openly sneerlngs at the foreign
policy of the Government winch
writes "jingor letters to foreign
ministers for the public perusal and
sends secret orders to dismantle tho
Revenue cutters which have been
fitted up especially to carry out our
alleged policy ia Behering Sea.
Mr.. HARRISON has been appealed
to to come 70 the rescue, and it is
stated that he has promised to send
a special message to Congress sug~s
geslng compromise upon which
his party may agree.
Commissioners Pensions Raum
is to receive II coat of whitewas h
from the House committee on pen
sions, the rel nblicahs having decided
that to be the easiest way of STEP
ping The ugly talk about s;vorilis,n
and other cruoek edness III The Pom
sion Office. The pnh!lc7wll not be
SO lenient u Representative Cooper
can substintiate his charges, aud he
is positive that he can.
Il HAVING already hceoino appar.
ent thar !he ligh price, Sot bullion
SILVER wiz make thg Aew silver law
q dead letter, Setal5rs Morgan has
introduced a isisl i,r The free coinage
Of silver. | il the same bill which
the Senate Qnn~.a .a,assad; but it is, by
no ineans ceraain that the republI.
cans wt.fasaiu support il.
Senator Frye hos received another
letter from Str. Blaine on the reel.
xllrpcltyS question. The "protection''
;Eeof'y seems to be playing out.
What the republican p4ety WA scare
tsF mvyt'i0r on issue is rat apparent
B;auie's letter was az absolute free
trade document, although not 20 be
toe sudaen Ia suggested the cxten-
slon ot commeiclal liberty only 10
the countries OF this continent. He
gives Senator Frye the credit Of
having moro sense than The other
lepubltS4,n senator's, and thus ex-
eases hmsali ior addressing his let
ter 10 hin. Ike says that tiYs ma
iion is fonlot angar, and that thr
srrvenae collected from that article
last yeae was sos, 100000. It's ihe
suhjecl el debate IN, the Senate at
preser', aud Senator Aldrich and his
colleagues on tho Finance committee
are try ing Ia agree on y reciprocity
amendment TO the Mckinley iarilf
hill bus dosnot wantitto be labelled
8 Blaire's scheme.'
Il stands thero yet rs s'ut flushed
husine s. The most commoa Sc. 4
view oi the matter WIS rendered ny
Senator V.nce. IIo SAID that tho
removal of Unnecessary ,axes was q
matter of wisdom, aud that 10 con-
,inae - cl1locl llacra was not TO be
thonghtaf fora mument. But these
who think SO Nwould reckon witn
out their host. That had been
proved IS the history Of the tariff
coinlnissieu ofisS2, which had III
terly sgnerGsl tba WAITS OF the peo-
pie. aud thoQGht oHly Of. the wants
ut the HaAlfsrtuFers What the
people lcslrrts Sas a common sense
leduetinn of' lie revenaie, and q corc
rekpopalpg reiicf Of the payment Ct
takes Eut the tahing off Of two
cv1.fs Il ponnd opone hand, and the
4 layang "a two cents pound TO the
I sugar producer, on tBos other was
snos. the way to do Il; uoder that
system the taxes semaned and the
pc.,ple had 10 pay asatn. Agricul-
ture supplied IS percent. Of she tor
eign exports Of this country, and the
arfanga'acnt of ths tariff rreveyted
/. such trade from berng quadfuppled
By precluning other fiatious from
Exchanging their products ter those
Of Kmerica; and that the only pos
sible effect OF the Mckinley bili was
to aggravats th evil.
But referring to Mr. Blaine's let
ter, ho said that If it were import
ant to extend American trade TO
Central and South Anerca, i
3 would not be unimpoitant toextend
it 10 the European continent, where
tho wealth aud population was ten
: times as great.
N The poor old Mckinley bill can
not find trieEd. Senators Allison
and. Pierce are down on II, and
everybody is ashamed to be indenta'
\ fed with It.
The Lodge federal election bill i
also knocked out. The sub-coni'
mit.oc OF the Senate have SO mutil