The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2o, ISo2.-Ihe
Worlds Fair Appropriation is now struggling in
the House with the intense heat and the OBJ
structive tactics of those opposed to it. The
first is driving some of its friends away. and the
last is being engineered by Representative Outh-
waite, of Ohio, who claims to have the pledges
of fifty-one members to stay here until Decem-
Der, if necessary to defeat the appropriation
A number of those who opposed the aPproPrl-
alton are opposed on principle to the hllibuster-
ing against it after by a vote of lib to 1917 the
House had declared itself in favor OF 1t, and
few people believe that the hlhbusterers can
succeed. 1t is, of course, possible that dead
lock may ensue and the session be indefinitely
prolonged, but the impression is general that the
contest will be short, and that Congress will
adjourn next week.
The Republican Senate, feeling somewhat
ashamed of not having taken any action on the
House bills for the admission of Arizona and
New Mexico to the Union, has adopted reso-
luton authorizing the Committee on Territories
to visit those Territories and Utah and Okla
homa during the recess, in search of informa-
ton. This is humbug. Senators can obtain no
more information about those Territories by
personal visit than is already in their possession
Mr.. Harrison has, am informed by good
authority, sent confidential messenger to An
drew Carnegie, imploring him to come to the
rescue of the protective tariff and the Republic
can party. by ordering a settlement of the
Homestead strike. Mr.. Harrison's man Carter
who was at the White House this week, told
him that some arrangement must be made that
would be satisfactory to the locked-out men, or
organized labor would hold the Republican
party responsible for the whole affair.
Senator Vest seldom fails to start the heavy
roarers of the Republican menagerie when he
opens his batteries, and his mastery, although
hastily prepared, answer to Senator Aldrichs
long and carefully studied out defense of the
Republican policy of protecting favored classes
at the expense of the masses, was exception
in that respect. He cited the Homestead car
mage as proof OF the truthfulness of Senator
Aldrich's statement that the most amicable re-
lations existed between employers and employees
IN the United States, and to show that the
Rhode Island Senator's remarks about the agri-
cultural prosperity of the country was no near
farm lands which was the test of agricultural
prosperity, had steadily gone down in Missouri
and the other largely agricultural States. and
the statement was greeted with roar of dissats-
faction from Paddock, Davis, Pettigrew, and
Allison, on the Republican side. Mr.. Vest then
compelled Senator Allison to admit that he had
made speech once in which he said that the
Iowa farmers had not been benefited by the
duty on wool, and the only explanation Allison
could give for his change of front was that he
had changed his mind. He made strong point
on the question of who pays the tariff tax, by
quoting a letter written to Mckinley by an
Irish car driver in Washington, who had to pay
81 duty on dozen pairs of socks sent to him
by his mother in Ireland, saying that he had
read McKinley's speeches stating that the tariff
was paid by the foreigners, and asking to what
foreign government he should apply to have
that s. refunded. Will the Senator read Mr..
McKinley's reply p asked Senator Pasco.: +" If
it ever comes, Twill, replied Mr.. Vest.
Senator Carlisle replied to that portion of
Senator Aldrich's spaech which attempted to
turn into Republican campaign material the
facts brought out by the Senate committee, of
which Aldrich was chairman and Carlisle and
Harris the Democratic members, in a manner
which convicted the Rhode Islander of intense
partisanship, not TO give it a worse name.
In view of the criticism of the manner in
which the examinations of National Banks have
been conducted under this administration, Mr..
Harrison's selection of A. B. Hepburn. who has
been the examiner of National Banks for New
York City, to be Comptroller of the Currency.
vice Lacey, resigned to become President of
Chicago National Bank, is not regarded as
movement towards reform.
Representative Coombs, of New York, is
chairman of a subcommittee of the House
Commerce Committee, which has been author
lied to investigate the Reading Railroad coal
deal, during the recess. The other members of
the committee are Patterson, of Tennessee,
Lind. of Minnesota. Stoffer, of Ohio, and Wise,
of Virginia. ex-oficio, who is chairman of the
Commerce Committee.
Mr.. Harrison might be excused for chuckling
little when Senators Quay and Cameron were
compelled, by lack of support in the shape of
votes, to withdraw their opposition to the con-
frmation of Mr.. Shiras as Justice of the Su-
preme Court, thus acknowledging themselves to
be knocked out.