The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-29
WASHINGTON LETTER


Washington, ID. G. Aug. 25, 1890
Boss Quay is again in sup.eme com.
mand of the ma ajOr'ty of the Senate.
He was lenient towards $ majors Hoar
Spooner and the rest OF bis oppon nts
letting them down easy by allo sing
them TO report q new resolution iu
place OF the one Offered by him. But
it amounts 10 precisely the same thing
as If his resolution had been adopted.
The tariff bill is TO b. voted upon dur.
ing the first W. ek or ten days OF Sept.
ember, and as \ special sop to the radi-
cal element the m st Il the republican
Senators have signed an agreement IL
vote for the consideration Of the Force
/ bill in December n xt. This does not
mean that nli the republican Senators
will vote TOR that atrucious measure,
for number of them have stated that
while they vero willing tn vote TO have
the bill considered they proposed vot-
ing against it. The radical element
hopes to gnn four votes for it from
the new Senators for Idaho and
Wyoming
Senator GormaD was as ked v hat the
democrats proposed doing in regard TO
the tariff bill. He said: "No agree
ment has been reached as 10 the close
OF debate upon the tariff bill. When
there has been a sufficient, if not a
thorough and satisfactory discussion
of the bill, the democrats will agree, in
accordance with the custom Of the
Senate, to take vote upon it. The
question has already been under con-
slderatiou, but no conclusion has been
reached. The proposition for closure
must come from the republicans. None
has yet been received. When it comes
we shall decide whether it is satisfac-
tory if not we shall make a counter
proposition" Senator German intend
ed that in two weeks more the demo-
Gratis, having shown the most striking
Inconsistencies of the bill, would bs
perfectly willing 10 hsye the republi.
cans pass it, and let the voters Of the
country, at the Congressional elections
decide which party was in the right.
Senator Carlisle presented an argu-
ment which no republican Senator
could answer when he showed by price
lists and actual bills of sale that GER
tain American manufacturers, who are
given an increase of duty upon prod
ucts similar TO those manufactured by
them upon their plea that they are
necessary to prevent their being driv-
en- ont of business by foreign compel
itora, are selling their manufactures in
foreign countries much cheaper-in
some cases 33 and so per cent less
than they sell the same articles in the
United States. Mr.. Carlisle said he
thought, and the consumers will un-
doubtedly think with him that if these
manufacturers could afford under the
present tariff to send their goods to
foreign countries to compete with
foreign manufacturers of the same arti-
cles, and sell them for less than they
did at home, that it would be manifest
iy unjust to the home buyers to raise
the duty in order to allow these manu-
facturers to make their American Gus.
toners pay still higher price. No
republican attempted to make a speci-
hc answer to Mr.. Carlisles argument
1t cant be answered. "Protection" is
the humbug of the age.
If, in the face of the acknowledge.
ment of the Commissioner of Pensions
that he borrowed $4,000 on notes en-
dorsed by George Z. Lemon, the king
OF the Washington pension attorneys,
the republicans of the cormittee in
vestigating Representative Cooper's
charges against Rsum decide to white
wash that official they will prove them
selves to be possessed of an unusual
amount of "g al leven for Reeds bench
men. When this charge was first
made, and before inyestig alton was or
dered, Mr.. Raum and his friends re.
peatedly stated that Lemon had never
endorsed bis notes. Finding that Mr..
Cooper had absolute proof of the
transaction he now boldly admits it,
and yet attempts to deny that he has
favored Lemen by advancing his bus
incss in the Pension office. Lemon
did not endorse those notes for moth
ing, and if he had not taken himself
on to Europe TO escape testifying Mr..
Cooper would have made that fact
even clearer than it is now. The COM
mlttee which has taken recess TO the
hrst OF September, has, by its rulings
lvoted against by the democratic mem
bers) made it almost imp possible for Mr..
Cooper to prove the charges, but what
he admitted should be enough to make
a vacancy In the head of the Pension
Office.
Speaker Reed could stand the pres
sure no longer, and on Saturday be
agreed that Thursday and Saturday of
this week should be devoted to the
consideration of measures reported
from the committee on Labor, and the
House so ordered. He heard from
some of the labor organization in his
| district.
The late Senator Beck was eulogiz ID
In the Senate on saturday. Senator's
Carlisle, Blackburn, Vest, ingalls, and
Allison pal glowing tributes to the
memory of the deceased statesman.
The bill for Government inspection
OF meats for export, which makes
little czars of the President and the
Secretary of agriculture, has gone to
the President for his approval.