Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-16
Correspondence From the Capital.
WAsuINGroN, January Il. 1890.


gun at the capitol. The preliminary
skirmishing in committee was opened
when persons representing the iron ore
interets appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee to enlighten the mem
bers as to the tariff needs of their indus
try. Similar hearings were given by the
committee to representatives OF large
number of other industries which the
tariff affects, and the mass of data thus
collected will be used as guide in the
elaboration of new tariff bill by Nc
Kinley and his associates. What bles-
sing and relief it would be to the coun-
try if they could by any possibility bring
themselves to assume genuinely high,
statesmanlike attitude on the question
and present a bill which Democratic
tariff reformers could be induced to ac-
cept as compromise measure. Were
this done the country might have
reasonable hope of hearing no more of
the everlasting tariff question for few
years at least, and the business interests,
which have been kept in state of
chronic unrest by the long-continued
agitation, might resume the even tenor
of their way once more, having at least
the satisfaction of knowing just what to
count on for couple of years ahead. 1t
is hardly within the range of political
possibilities, however, that the Republi-
can majority of the Ways and Means
Committee will report tariff bill which
the Democrats would indorse or accept
in any sort of compromise. But the
Republicans will pass some sort of a bill,
and If 1t tends to any considerable degree
in the direction of tariff reform it is pos
sible that the Democrats, should they
regain power in the next House, will let
| it stand. The probabilities, however,
are the other way. The demand for a
considerable reduction and revision of
the tariff is too strong and too deep
seated to be cowed or cajoled into sill
ence. One would think the projections
lists would rather compromise and accept
more moderate profits with freedom from
continued aritation when they see the
utter hopelessness of ever crushing out
the demand for tariff reduction.
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Corporal Tanners experience with the
sycophants is sickening phase of public
life which recalls the similar experience
of both Arthur and Logan when robbed
of power. After Arthur left the White
House he remained for three days il
Washington as the guest of Attorney
General Brewster. During that time
the eX-President' retirement was no
disturbed by single caller outside o
his own immediate family. In speakin,
of this afterward, Arthur said to
friend: "My God, l did not believe i
possible. l had been told that it wout
be so, but if l had not actually gon,
through the experience l would not be
lieve that l could be three days ex- -Presi
dent of the United States without having
one of the thousands of men whom
helped to office call to pay his respects. '
And so it was with General Logan, no
long before he died. When Logan was
in power he was one of the most sought
after men in public life for he was al
ways ready to help, in one way or an.
other, everyone who could show the
slightest claim to his attention. After
he was nominated for Vice President
and before he left Washington to join in
the campaign, his house was overrun
with callers day and night. Later, when
he returned to Washington after the
Republican defeat, and when it looked
as if Logan would also be defeated fol
the Senate, Calumet Place was deserted
by those who had hocked there in more
suspicious days. Logan was of an emo
tiona nature, and the change did n,
fail to attract his attention and call out
bitter comment from him.
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Miss Susan B. Anthony is at the capi
tol, ready for the regular agitation before
congress for the proposed sixteenth
amendment TO the constitution. She is
one of the remarkable women of the
world. In appearance she has not grown
day older in the past ten years. Hei
manner has none of excitement of an en-
thusiast; never discouraged bydisappoint-
ments, he keeps calmy at work, and she
could give points in political organization
and management to some of the best male
politicians in the land. Her features
have become familiar through out the
country. There is nothing about hei
face that denotes masculinity. 1t is q
strong and intellectual face, but full OF
womanly gentleness. There is nothing
in her appearance, her manners or hei
speech that is manly. Her gold spec
tacles give her a motherly rather than 9
severe expression, and stranger would
see nothing incongruous in her doing
knitting or fancy work. In no sense
does she correspond with the distorted
idea of woman's rights agitator. Ii
conversation her manner is that of per
feet repose, and her speech denote.
strong intellectually and thoughtful
ness. She is always entertaining anC
the most romantic idealizer of womer
would not expect frivolity in a woman Of
her age, and would not charge it to stong
mindedness that she is sedate.
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: The Chinese government, after the
example of Japan and Corea, have per
mitted the wives of the new minister
and his secretary of legation to accom-
pany their lords into the countries of the
'outside barbarians." The ladies Of
Pekin will make sensation in their ricl
feminine renditions of the silken uphol
stery of the plenipotentiary and his gor
geous suite. The Asiatic customs Of
feminine seclusion and depression, OPP
preston or repression, dominates the
legation of Keang Su. Whether the
spirit of woman's rights and feminine
independence will permeate the boudiors
of the little Chinese women is one of the
unsolved problems of the social circles
of the capitol. The ladies take theil
airings in closed carriages and have ap
peared beyond the protals of the lega.
tion, but have not yet ventured abroad
to enjoy the freedom of American femiE.
unity.
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1t is said representatives of the sugar
interest who were to have appeared be
fore the Ways and Means committee
Saturday were caught so firmly in the
grip of ''la grippe" that they could not
get to the capitol. The hearing had to
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