The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-11-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE PRESIDENTS GRAT1PIoATIoN.
APPOINTMENTS TO BE MADE.
The New Tariff Bill.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, Nov. s, I8o,

tleman who is frequent and welcome
visitor at the Presidents suburban
residence, "has fewer of the savage
elements which cause men to grow Of.
fenslvely exultant over their trumphs
than any prominent public man | have
ever known. While he was gratified
that Congress carried out the ideas
expressed in his message by uncon-
dltlonally repeating the purchasing
clause of the Sherman silver law, his
qualification was tinged with regret
because a majority of the democratic
Senators voted against repeal but he
bears them no ill will for having done
SO, believing them to be as honest in
their opinions as he is in his own, and
also believing that time will soon show
them their error. And l wish to say
and to emphasize the statement that
the various stories started by those
who would profit by division in the
democratic ranks, of the Presidents
intention to punish the Senators who
voted against repeal by Withholding
patronage from them, are in every
case purely imaginary. The Presi.
dent is too big a man to engage in
that sort of business. When the vote
was taken on the Voorhees, bill the
contest was ended, and the democratic
Senators who voted against it will in
the future receive precisely the same
con sideration from the President that
they would have gotten had they vo-
ted for it. know that to be true"
Now that Congress is out of the
way for few weeks it is expected
that large number of important ap-
pointments will be made, and republi-
cans who are filing Offices the COM
missions of which have expired would
be better making their preparations to
step down and out. This expectation
has kept a considerable number of
Senators and Representatives in WASH
ington since Congress adjourned.
The adjournment of Congress will
not result in vacation for the demo-
cratic members of the House Ways
and Means committee on the con-
trary, they are working harder than
ever, as it is their intention to get the
new tariff bill completed at as early a
day as possible. Daily sittings of the
committee are now being held, under
a resolution adopted by the House,
and chairman Wilson hopes to be
able to furnish the republican minor
ity of the committee with a copy Of
the completed bill ir about two weeks,
SO that they may have time enough to
prepare their report in order that the
bill and the majority and minority re-
ports may be submitted to the House
together during the first week Of the
regular session.
The Presidents message on Ha-
waii application for annexation was
ready to be sent to the Senate last
week, but as the sentiment for ad.
journment was so strong 1t was thought
best to withhold it until the regular
session.
The Chinese Minister was greatly
pleased at the action of Congress in
amending the Geary law, and he has
promised Secretary Gresham that the
whole influence OF the Chinese in the
United States to comply with the law
within the six months which the
amendment gives them.
Owing to the estimates of the var
ious departments of the government
for the next fiscal year not being quite
ready the members of the House com.
mittee on Appropriations will get two
weeks of rest, but on the twentieth in
slant they will begin to prepare The
regular Appropriation bills and from
that time until the bills become laws
they will be on the jump all the time.
The work of this committee is always
hard, but it will be harder than usual
this year, because the condition of the
Treasury makes it necessary that every
item shall be carefully scrutinized and
everything Topped off that can be done
without.
This is the sensible way that Sena-
tor Voorhees, answers the silly talk
that has to certain extent been In
dulged in by some cracked-bralned
people about the repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman silver
law resulting in a split in the demo
cratic party "On the democratic
side of the chamber, while there were
very strong differences of opinion, l
do not know of single unfriendly
feeling left by the protracted discus
sion. Neither party organization nor
personal relations have been disturbed.
We will take up our work on the
tariff and other great questions when
we meet in December as if nothing
had happened to mar our peace with
one another or to impair our strength
for the public good. Our faith in the
present able and thoroughly patriotic
administration has never been greater
Lax o,&1 30 ha E,t,