Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-01-26
Our Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent /,


"The Carlisle tariff bill" How
does that strike you as popular title
for the democratic tariff bill which is
to be passed by the Fifty-third Con-
gresse Unless a number OF gentlemen
who ;sre in position to know are
wrong in their calculations Senator
Carlisle, whose resignation as Senator
will take effect the fourth of next
month, is the man who will frame that
bill. The great success of the Walker
tariff bill, framed by President Polls's
Secretary of the Treasury, was, it is
said, what induced Mr.. Cleveland to
follow the Same plan and entrust the
framing Of tariff bill which is to be
strictly in accord with democratic ideas
to his Secretary Of the treasury. It is
not to be understood o. inferred that
this move is intended to deprive the
Ways and Means Committee of tie
next House OF any of it's rights. The
idea is merely to put into the hands OF
that committee a complete tariff bill,
leaving its members to decide whether
it shall be accepted as prepared or be
amended before being reported to the
House. Whatever ones opinion of
this meth0a OF preparing the tariff bill
may be, it cannot be denied that John
G. Carlisle is by experience and ability
especially well qualified to frame the
democratic bill. He has for MANY
years been leading tariff refol mer,
and his name attached to the bill
would Of itself make IL popular with
the rank and file of the democratic
party
Much curiosity is felt concerning
the answer that Secretary Foster will
make to Representative Scott's reso-
luton, which has been adopted by the
House, calling for information as to
the delay in the er, c'ion Of public
buildings for which the money has
been appropriated by Congress. Mr..
Scott says he is satisfied that the de-
lay has been caused by the lack Of
money iu treasury, and facts are all
apparently with him; but it is hardly
p obabs that the willy Secretary of
treasury will admit that.
Representative Bynum's resolution,
which has been adopted by the House,
calling on the Civil Service Commis-
sion to furnish list Of all the men
reinstated in the classified service of
Governments. under rule 10, Stree
March 4. 1889. together with the date
OF their dismissal or resignation from
the service. the States they were from
and the States charged with their
appointment, the date of their rein
statement, and the department in
which they were reinstated. Rule 10,
referred to in this resolution was got
ten up by republicans ostensibly 10
allow the reinstatement within one
year of their dismissal or resignation
of ex-soldiers, but If the information
called for by the resolution be truth
fully given it will be seen that it has
been terribly stretched, both as to
time and persons. 1t would be much /
better to absolutely suspend the Civil
Service law SO lar as it relates to ap-
pointments and removals. for the first
year of every administration as pro-
pnoa1 1,x, I0appasa4a@;,o ~ A,~,,ax<l,
bill, now in tho hands of House
committee, than to evade it, as has
been done under this administration;
besides, it would be much more manly
and honorable.
The favorable report to the House
on the bill repeating all federal cleo
tion laws contains one very strong
language. but, as the report truthfully
says. claws are Il continued menace
to the peace and welfare OF the coun-
try" and nothing said against them
can be too strong Tho House will
pass this bill, not with any expectation
that it can get through the Senate at
,, this session, but to emphasize the POI
sit on of the democratic party against
these laws.
The republicans OF the Senate have
apparently adopted a sort OF go-as-
you-please pace. Two attempts have
beon made within the last week by
means OF caucusss. 10 get them to-
gethcr, hut tley wero both failures.
Tho most Of them appear to wish TO
,v id doing anything, aside from some
special bill in VIII Oh they are intere.-
ed. and to be unable to interest 4 su:-
ficient number ef their colleagues in
any one measure to get il endors a by
caucus. Having given up the sllv II
gu ASTON entirely they will this week
caus sus on the admission of new States
When the re ults oi tho last election