The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-31
THE PRESIDENT WEAGENS.
HIS BACKBONE BENDS BEFORE
WHISPER ny CAR REED.
He Now Tells Senators That They Most
Call Halt ON tho Subject of Reciprocity
Cntll They Make Converts in tho Monae.

He Now Teils Senators That They Must
Call Halt ON tho Subject OF Reciprocity
Until They Make Converts in tho Uouse.
WASHINGTON. July 30.-President Harrison
has been called down from his lofty dreams u
reciprocal treaties by the hoarse. harsh whis-
per OF Speaker Reed. and his spinal column
has assumed q very flexible condition. A man
who is on confidential terms with the New
York Senators is authority for the statement
that the President sent for Senator Aldrich
yesterday and invited the Rhode Island man
to dinner. After their quiet meal the Presl-
don't unbosomed himself in q rather lachry-
mose way, and said that he had decided to call
halt for tho present In tho matter OF reciproc-
ity. 1t seems that n forciblo message from
Spenker Reed, although delivered by proxy.
made so telling an effect on the President that
he Is already willing to drop the subject II the
members Of the Senate will allow him to do So
He has very high respect for the commands
OF tho -who-looks like Shakespeare. and
now that the latter says no reciprocity meas
ure shall pass the House, Mr.. Harrison seems
to have lost all hope OF accomplishing any
thing
Tho trouble is that. however much the Presi-
dent may want to let the subject drop. the Re-
publican Senators. and especially Senators
Hiscock and Adrich, will not let him do so. He
has gone 80 far that they probably think 1t will
not hurt him to go little further. At all
events they are unwilling to let the President
out from under his load; and 1t T. certain that
Mr.. Harrison was evidently unwilling to lead
any movement against Mr.. Reed unless there
% ont osoe %Sera ,h,s that he would cone
OF course binds Mr.. Hiscock. for tho two SEN
thing elso-that nothing would DO done openly
on the line OF the Aldrlch amendment until he
Ms ne f0R Ro as a 5 Sr esHS
assert. that he was not ready to back up the
Senators In any more reciprocity business,
the Senate procession. Mournfully he baje
Messrs Hiscock and Aldrlch and Allison go
that II they could show q large mum Der OF con-
yer,s by the tins he came back he might be
I try With t Speaker Re os
dence and the reopened seal fishery question
to % the s
standing with the rebeiiious TepubIicans who
NAH from Maine and until they can SHOW
an eI agreement the President will ende4yor to
the newspapers oyer his own signature. and IL
Tom Reed keeps both his eyes shut while the
Of State will only so fishing on the Newfound-
land Banks for a few weeks, the President
prove Of the reciprocity movement. as he
did less than two weeks ago. 1t is probable
that Representative Grosveuor will promise
not to write any more OF SUCH letters rs tho
II is even possible that. the amused Speaker
may pretend to be utterly ignorant OF what is
going on around him: but nobody seems will
ling to promi SO that no Frye letters will
be forthcoming until the work OF reaching an
agreements shall have been conclud OF the
six Republican momb Of the Senate Finance
Committee only one Is opposed to reciprocity
Or the seven mem oers OF the Ways and Means
Committee only one favorS reciprocity. Every
to the Aldrich amendment Nearly every
prominent Republican In the Senate wants to
return from the exporting nations. II any
agreement is to be reached 1t must be brought
about In less than Q month.