Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-11-23
Washington Letter


FEnM OUR REGULAR CoRprsroNDENY
WARRINGTON. d. c. November Goth, 1898.
1t may sound little odd, but it IS
none the less true chat a. great Il SEN
sation was caused in Washington By
the arrival OF the news that the proyis-
ional government Of Hawaii vas still
in p3wer anu that Mluister Willis was
in good standing Herewith and had
taken no open step towards restoring
the monarchy as by the first announce
ment that the administration favored
the Queens restoration and had
instructed Minister Willis to bring it
about. Members Of the administration
are not saying word or giving any
indication as to whether they were
surprised or otherwise by the Hawaiian
news and the clerks in the Department
OF State have al been put under oath
not to reveal word concern,ag The
communica ton received by Secretary
Gresham from Minister Willis. The
Navy Department received long
dispatch from Admiral Irwin, but its
nature can only be surlnlsed, as it has
not been made public, although 1t
would make "mighty interesting
reading at this time.
Public opinion here is very much
divided on the present status Of this
Hawaiian business, some believing ina
the news prove that it has never been
the intention Of the administration to
use force in restoring the Queen, and
others that Minister Willis found upon
his arrival at Honolulu that it would
be impossibl to carry ont his instrnc-
ton for the res Grafton Of tie Queen
without b,ooGshr,., an SO reported to
Secretary Gresham Some belieye that
.he adm inlstrauon will Ut once make
public the reporj If Mr. Count and
its Instructors 10 Minister Walls, ana
others that nothih. vii be maie pub
lie until Congress ae's, unless som"
important change shall take pace il
Hawai-. Few people how believe the
restoration o. the monarchy probable,
although many think there may be
some sort Of change in the government
Of Hawaii.
The nature of the tariff bill which
will, 1t is generally expected, be made
public this week, or next at the outside
is so far largely matter Of conjecture.
Chairman Wilson says i. will probably
surprise a great many people, but he
does not say whether it will be because
it is more radical, or more conservative
than those who are to be surprised
expect it to be. Your correspondent
has excellent reasons for believing that
the bill will be both surprising and
disappointing to the extremists Oh all
sides. That Is to say, 1t will surprise
and disappoint the extreme projections
lists beeause it will not wipe out protec-
ton as they expected !nd hoped Il
would do and TINS give them pow
erful argument for campaign news
it would surprise and disappoint the
free traders because it will contain
more protection than they either ex.
pected or wished it to contain, Repre
sentative Bryan, of Nebraska, is
generally reconized as being one of the
leading outright free traders on the
Ways and Means com mlttee, and when
he was pressed to give some idea of the
general character Of the bill he said IN a
Lisgusted sort Of tone: CAL | am at
liberty to say is that the bill will be an
an approach to tariff for revenuo
only There is a volume of meaning
in that word "approach''.
Up to three or four days ago 1t was
regarded as certain that the new tariff
bill would impose an income tax. and
even now it is thought to be probable
that it will, but the spirited opposition
Of Representative Bourke Cochran, who
is sad TO replesent a strong IoEocratIa
elemen' IL The East, has had some eifrct
upbn the NON Oers Of the committee aud
there l. a ioubt as to how some Of them
who hay herst fore favored Tie Income