The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-27

The Carlisle tariff S3l." How does
that strike YOU A. a popular title Tor the
democratic t.rin bill which Is to be
passed by the Fifty-third Congress Z
Unless n number OF gentlemen who are
in positions 10 know are wrong In their
calculations senator Carlisle. whose res.
ignation rs Senator will take effect the
fourth of next month, is the msn who
will frame that bill. The great success
OF the Walker tariff bill, framed bs
President Folks Secretary OF the Treas
urv, was. IL il said, what induced Mr..
Cleveland to follow the same plan and
entrust the framing of a tariff bill which
l. N pt 80 ictly in accord with demo
cratic idea-. TO his Secretary OF the
Treasury II il no, TO he understood or
inferred that this move IL intended TO
deprive the Wsvsani Means Committee
OF the next House OF any Of its rights.
The idea is merely to put into the hands
OF that committee a complete tariff bill.
~lpaying its mem hers to decide whether
il shall be accepted as prepared or be
amended before being reported 10 the
House. Whatever ones opinion OF this
method of preparing the tariff bill may
be. il cannot be denied that John q
Carlisle is bv experience and ability spe-
cially well qualified 10 frame the demo-
cratic bill. lie has for many years been
a leading tariff reformer. and his name
attached 10 the bill would Of itself make
IL popular with TIE rank and file OF the
democratic party.
Much curiosity il felt concerning the
answer that Secretary Foster will make
to Representative SCOTS resolution.
which has been adopted by the House.
calling for information as TO the delay in
the erection OF public buildings. tor
which the money has been appropriated
by Congress. Mr.. Scott saws he is salts
fed that the delay has been caused by
the lack OF money in the Treasury. and
the facts are all apparently with him
but IL is hardly probable that the willy
Secretary OF the Treasury will admit
that.
Representative Bynum's resolution,
which has been adopted by the House,
calling on the Civil Service Commission
to furnish a list OF all the men reinstated
in the classified service OF the Govern
ment, under rule 10, since March 4 1889
together with the date OF their di-missel
or resignation from the service, the
States they were from and the States
charged with their appointment, the
date of their reinstatement, aud the de-
psrtments in which they were rein
srsiei. Rule 10. referred to in this reso-
luton. was gotten up by republicans os-
iensibly TO allow the reinstatement with
ia one year OF their dismissal or resigns
ton OF ex-soliiers. but il the iniorms-
lion called tor by the resolution be truth
fully given IL will be seen that IL has
been terribly stretched, both as TO time
and persons. Ii would be much better
10 Absolutely suspend The Civil Service
law so far a. il relates TO appointments
and removals, for the first year of every
administration. ss proposed by Repre-
sentative DeArmond's bill, now in the
hands OF q House committee. than TO
evade 1t. a. has been done under this adj
minis,rsfion; besides. 1t would be much
more manly and honorable.
The favorable report TO the House on
the bill repeating all federal election
VS. contains some very strong language
but, as he report truthfully says, 'thes.
lava are q continued menace to the
peace aud welfare Of the country" and
nothing said against them can be too
strong. The House will pass this bill.
not with anv expectation that IL can get
through the Senate ~ this session. but
10 emphasize the position of the demo
cratic patty against these laws.
The Republicans OF the Senate have
apparently adopted = sort Of go-as-you-
please pace Two attempts have been
made within the last week by means OF
csncuses. 10 get them together. but they
were both failures. The most OF them
appear to wish to avoid doing anything.
aside from some special bin in which
they are interested, and to be unable to
interest a sufficient number Of their col
leagues IN any one measure TO get ii en-
dorsed by a caucus. Having given MP
the silver question entirely they will
this week caucus on the admission Of
new States. When the results of the
last election are considered the republi-
cans are excusable foe being slightly de-
morslized.
Senator Woicott his been having
some fun At the expense Of the Postm,s
ter General. He doesn't like the
Columbus stamps, aud Saturday he
made q humorous speech in favor Of his
joint resolution directing the Postmas-
ter General 10 stop the sale ofthem, and
he raised a laugh by saying that he had y
letter from q physician who said that II
the sale Of these stamps was stopped
the stock on hand might be utilized as
chest protectors. lie intim ated. in rels-
ton to Mr.. W~annamaker's statement
that $500 600 profit would DO realized
from the sale OF these stamps TO collec-
tors, that this Government wss too big
TO go into tho Chrome business, =
business that might do for some
little Central American state, that was a
few thousand dollars "shy."
Things are no going with a rush Al
the headquarters OF the Inaugural com-
mittce, aud 80 great has been the de
mand for hotel accommodations that
good quarters are getting scarce.
&. A. 5.
pThe Judiciary Committee have re-
lpOrtp1 n hill in the Legislature puttiny