The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-08-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

rom our OOTTcSpoHucul.
s5WAsHINGToN. D. c., Aug. %, 1s90.-BOss Quay
again in supreme command Of the majority Of
be Senate. He was lenient towards Senators
ioar spooner and the rest OF his 3ppo1ents; let,
"a new resolution in place OF the one offered by him.
But it amounts TO precisely the same thing as Il
is to be voted upon during the first week or ten
days of September, as special sop 10 the radical
element. The most OF the Republican Senators have
signed an agree ment to vote for the consideration
! of the Force bill in December next. This does not
mean that all of the Republican Senators will vote
Tor that atrocious measure for number of them
have stated that while they willing to vote to
have the bill considered they proposed voting
against it, The radical element hopes to gam four
votes for it from the new Senators from Idaho and
Senator German was asked what the Democrats
proposed doing in regard to the tariff bill He said
'No agreement has been reached as to the close of
debate upon the tariff bill. When there has
been a sufficient, if not a thorough and salts,
factory discussion of the bill, the Democrats will
agree, in accordance with the custom OF the
Senate, to take vote upon it.. The question
eI t has been reacned. The proposition for
Il closure must come from the Republicans None
has vet been received. When il comes we shall de-
"A counter proposition Senator German intimated
that in two weeks more the Democrats: having
shown the most striking Inconsistencies OF the BILL
would be- perfectly willing to have the Republicans
pass it, and let the voters OF the country, at the
Congressional elections, decide which party was
in the right.
10 Republican Senator. could answer; when he
showed by price lists and actual bills of sale that
certain American manufacturers. who are given an
increase of duty upon products similar to those
manufactured by them upon their plea that they
are necessary to prevent their being driven out Of
business by foreign competitors. are selling their
manufactures in foreign countries much cheap
erin some cases 50 and so per cent. less-than
they sell the same article in the United States
Mr. Carlisle said he thought. and the consumers
will undoubtedly think with him, that If these
manufacturers could afford underline present tariff
to send their goods to foreign countries to compete
with foreign manufacturers of the same articles
and sell them for less than they did at home, that
it would be manifeStly unjust to the home buyers
TO raise the duty in order to allow these manufac
turers to make their American customers pay a
still higher price. No Republican attempted to
make specific answer to Mr.. Carlisles argument
1T can't be answered. Protection" is the hum
bug of the age.
Speaker Reed could stand the pressure no longer
aud on Saturday he agreed that Thursday and
Saturday of this week should be devoted to the
consideration of measures reported from the com
mIttee on Labor, and the House so ordered Ht
heard from some Of the labor organizations in hi.
district.
The bill for Government Inspection of meats fol
export, which makes little cars OF the Preslden
and the Secretary Of Agriculture, has gone Il
the President for his approval. c. A. s.