The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1898.

"PrOtectlOn tor all, or LOT none.
That is the motto under which they
will make the tariff fight. After care
full consideration they have come to the
conclusion that it would not be fair to
the interests of the thousands who will
be deprived of protection by the Clere-
land tariff bill should it ever become
law, for them to vote with the fifty
or sixty democratic representatives who
are trying to get protection for certain
industries in their respective districts,
! by amending the bill. They will work
to defeat, not to amend the bill; if the
dissatisfied democrats are patriotic
enough to vote with them against
the entire bill, we'll and good; if not,
let their constituents take their dose
of free trade along with the rest of the
country.
Mr.. Cleveland has not made single
new friend for his Hawaiian policy,
which has few enough old ones, heav-
en- knows, by his tardy answer to the
demands of senate and house for the
papers in the case. Notwithstanding
the great mystery with which the ad-
ministration has sought to surround
the whole business there is little in
either the special message or the &C
companying documents that was not
previously known, and absolutely
nothing that excuses the extraordinary
policy of the administration. If blood
be shed in Hawaii, and the latest news
seems to indicate that it will be, the
American people will rightfully hold
Grover Cleveland responsible for it.
Democratic representatives are al
ready going home in droves for the
Christmas holidays; they want to as
certain what their constituents think
of the Cleveland tariff bill.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon and other re-
publican members of the house COM
mittee on appropriations gave Com
missioner Lochren, of the pension bu-
reau, very bad half hour when he ap-
| peared before the committee and en-
deavored to explain the reason for the
deficiency appropriation of $3OO,0OO,
which he had asked for to pay special
examiners. "Uncle Joe" tried hard to
get the commissioner to give sensi-
BILE reason for suspending mans pen
sion before Its illegality was inyesti-
gated, but he didn't succeed, for the
| same reason that sixteen -ysar-old
child doesn't believe in Santa Claus
there isn't any. Mr.. Cannon and Rep
resentative Lacey, of Iowa, made tell
ing speeches against the administration
pension policy in the house Saturday.
A member from Georgia appeared to
be about the only friend the policy had.
Speaking of pensions, William A.
Taylor, late democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor of Ohio, has pre-
sented a memorial to congress, asking
that the treatment of Ohio pensioners
by this administ, alton be investigated.
Mr. Taylor does not mince words in
saying what he believes such an inves-
tigation will establish as incontroverti
BILE facts, among others, "that the gov
ernment has been placed in false and
cruel attitude by its accredited and au-
thorized agents and representatives;
that the pension Office was deceived IN
to this false attitude by conspiracy of
such audaclty and magnitude as to
stagger belief" Mr.. Taylor does not
say SO in his memorial, but if there was
conspiracy such as he charges, the
chief conspirator was Grover Cleve-
land. Mr.. Taylor says further in his
memorial that the charges upon which
Ohio pensioners were suspended were
"a part Of that conspiracy" and were
made "without investigation or a de-
sire to investigate" The democrats of
the house committee on invalid pen
sions, of which Representative Mar
tin, of Indiana, is chairman, to which
this memorial was referred, made an
unsuccessful attempt to prevent its be-
ing made public, but Mr.. Lacey, of
Iowa, made it part of his pension
speech.
The secret is out. For time those
not in the secret were at loss to under
stand the action of the house commit
tee on rules, in reporting continuing
orders giving the right of way to the
bills for the admission to statehood of