Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-08-25


mighty Missouri oath OF entity to Mr..
Cleveland because he lately said Of Vest.
"Oh, little patronage is all that Vest
wants TO make him vote all right"
The language was reported to Vest ,nd
is said to have been the moving cause
of his speech attacking Mr.. Cleveland
for the financial position taken in his
me sage.
There is more in the continued de.
lay on the part of Speaker Crisp in an
bouncing the house committee assign
ments than appears on the surface, and
when the announcements are made they
will have a plain meaning to many stu
dents Of the Inducements of politics.
For instance, Mr.. Springer's chances
for again being made chairman of the
WAYS and means committee have steadily
improved as the doubt ofany real action
being taken by the pres mt house on the
tariff has increased. Now, if Spriger
is again put at the head of that COM
mittee it will mean that little or moth
ing will be done with the tariff by that
committee, as he is not man OF action,
but one OF great fredericksburg TO
craftsmanship about what Gen. McClell-
an was to war. On the other hand, if
Wilson, of West Virginia, be made chair
man of the committee 1t will mean that
a free trade tariff bill will be reported
from the committee at the earliest pos
sible moment, as Wilson is a nervous
and energetic little man, crammed to the
neck with bookish free trade theories
which he is anxious to see tried upon
the people OF the United States.
Senator Gordon, Of Georgia, has been
credited with being level headed man,
and yet he rathered bill introduced in
the senate this week to suspend the 10
per cent. tax on state bank currency for
six months, bill that ould, if law,
probably cause more mischief than even
the permanent repeal of that tax.
Statesmen are mighty few and far be-
tween on the democratic side of the
senate,
Senator Hill made his first bid for
southern support in 1886 wren he in
troduced bill in the senate this week
for the repeal of the federal election
laws. He had previously introduced a
resolution to confne the Legislation Of
the extra session to matters relating di-
rectly to the finances of the country.
Senator Blu Ter, OF South Carolina, has
offered resolution instructing the SEN
ate committee on finance to report
blanket bill providing for the repeal OF
the purchl sing clause of the Sherman
silver law, the free coinage of silver at a
ratio to bt hereafter determined. and for
the repeal of the tax+on state bank cn'S'
rency, tie bill to be voted on not later
that Aug. %. Whatever may be done
no such bill as that will ever pass the
senate. 1t provides for too much.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. has
come to the front unusually early for a
new senator, and his speech this week
urging immediate action on financial
matters has attracted, as it deserved,
much attention. He rulY said: "What
the people want above everything is to
see action some sort of action by con-
gress. If the country is to have free
coinage let the county know 1t; if it is
to have limited coinage let the country
know it, and if there is to be an uncon-
ditional repeal of the Sherman act let
the country know it,"
Senator Hoar also made a strong and
patriotic speech urning the senators to
drop craftsmanship and deal whit the
money question intelligeutly.