Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-10-04
WASHINGTON.

the tariff bill cyclone measure, the
aim of which is to break up all trade
between the United States and for
eign countries, and to enable the
manufacturers to combine for the
purpose of fleeing the people, while
the farmers are allowed to foot all the
bills without deriving the slightest
benefit. Mr.. Flower says that one
item in the bill-binding twine-will
ruin 100000 workingmen In New
York and New England. 1t was
eminently fitting that the republicans
of the House should, as a climax to
their outrageous and unprecedented
conduct in ignoring the rights of the
people during this session of Congress,
have railroaded this bill, which finan-
clally affects the interest of every
man, woman and child in the United
States, through the House in just five
hours, in spite Of democratic protests
against the injustice of such legisla>
lative methods. The bill is triumph
over the Chinese wall, high protect
i've tariff wing of the republican par
ty, and is a more unjust measure than
any tariff bill yet put into operation
in this country it shows that Reed
and Mckinley are the dominating
spirits of the republican party of to-
day, and that the more conservative
ideas of some of the Senators OF that
party are not "in it," if 1 may so
speak. The Senate is expected to
agree to the bill. tomorrow, and it
doubtless will, but it will be a bitter
pill for number of the majority to
swallow. But when the party whip
cracks, conscience and individual
opinions count for nothing in the res
publican party.
The negro Langston, whom the
republicans seated last week in the
House, has developed a head of ele,
phantine proportions. He intimated
in more or less incendiary speech,
which he made to a lot of negroes,
that he was candidate for the Pres
idential nomination of his party.
There is a delegation of Georgia
folks here who want Mr.. Blaine to
talk reciprocity at the opening of the
Atlanta exposition, October Is. They
have also invited Mr.. Harrison and
the other members of his cabinet to
attend.
Another good republican is in
trouble. Mr.. Wheat, postmaster
of the House of Representatives
is, by resolution of the House,
undergoing an investigation. He is
charged with having compelled the
contractor for carrying the mail to
and from his office to pay him
(Wheat $3.50 month out of the
money paid him by the Government,
and also with having a man on his
pay rolls at 800 month who merely
draws the money and turns $95 of it
to Wheat's son. The investigation is
being conducted by the House COM
mittee on accounts.
The Raum white-washing commit
tee is again examining witnesses.
1t wants to know who furnished the
New York Tribune with the infor-
nation upon which some very severe
criticisms of Pension Office methods
was based. 1t is said that the major.
ity of the committee will hold back
its withdrawing report until after
the Congressional election, for the
purpose of preventing the democrats
making public their minority report,
which is'understood to be a scathing
arraignment of Raum.
There is a grand rush of lobbyists
who are endeavoring to get some Of
their bills through the House in the
confusion which always precedes the
closing of a session of Congress, and
some of them will probably sue
coed.
A joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to spend ST..
GOO, 900 in the purchase of nickel to bt
used in making nickel-plated, stee
armour plates for the cruisers now
being built, was last week crowded
through House and Senate under thu
plea of urgent necessity. AS thu
supply of nickel is practically con-
trolled by one firm this looks very
much like an old-fashioned republic
can job.
A number of bills carrying large
appropriations, which have already
been passed by the Senate, amonI
them the shipping bills, which Mr.
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