The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-12-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
a'rom Our Regular Correspondent j
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4, is

up, and that accounts for the space
/ he devoteS to it in his message to
Congress. 1t is not for the Demo
cratic members of Congress that he
intends his argument IN favor OF
the tariff monstrosty which he has
compelled the Democrats of the
House Ways and Means committee
to father, but for the business IN
terests of the country which have
kept the telegraph wires hot with
protests against the proposed out
rage ever since it was made public
a week ago. He doesn't mind the
opposition from Democratic Con-
gressmen; he knows by experience
that II few appointments judiciously
placed will silence the most of that.
1t is the aroused public sentiment
of the country that he fears.
Democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatives who have been among
their constituents since the close of
the extra session bring no consola-
ton to the administration; on the
contrary, they bring news of the
most doleful nature. At private
conference of the administration
Democrats held last night it was
generally admitted that the next
House of Representatives would al
most certainly be Republican. In
stead of that knowledge making
them more conservative, rs it would
wiser men, it has made them more
determined than ever to force the
whole administration program
through Congress, regardless of
consequences.
Republican leaders take little or
no stock in the idea that discon-
tented Democrats will aid them to
modify the Cleveland tariff bill
They have heard Democratic Sen
ators and Representatives talk one
way and vote another too often to
place any reliance upon them.
They intend, however, hat the
debate on the bill shall make plain
to the country the full extent of the
damage such a law will inflict upon
every man in the United States.
Owing to the House Rules and that
the House committee on Rules is
completely under Mr.. Cleveland
thumb, it is certain that the bill
will be railroaded through the
House with but semblance of gem
eral debate, but Mr.. Cleveland does
not control the Senate which has
rules, that will not be changed to
aid in hurrying this bill through,
under which full debate may be
had. If Democratic Senators
choose they may with the aid of the
solid Republican vote, which they
can easily get, if they ask for tit
will not be rendered to them-re-
move some Of the ruinous sections
of the bill; but few Republicans
are counting upon their doing any
thing SO sensible.
1t is not yet certain when the
Cleveland tariff bill will be reported
to the House. resolution adopted
by the House just before the close
of the extra session provided that
the Republican members of the
Ways and Means committee should
have ten days from the time they
were furnished with a complete
copy of the bill to prepare their re-
port against it. If that resolution
is to be binding the bill will not be
reported to the House until well
into next week, as the Republicans
have not yet been furnished COM
plete bill-the internal revenue
part of it has not been finished by
the Democrats, and the figures of
the Treasury Department showing
the estimated effect of the proposed
bill on the revenues of the country
were only furnished them to-day.
The astounding statement is, how
ever, unofiicially made that the
Democrats will make a separate bill
of the internal revenue changes, in
order that the ten days may date
from last Monday, when the tariff
schedule was first made public. To
do such thing would be mani
testify unfair.
The reason why the internal rev.
enue part of the tariff bill has not
been completed is that Mr.. Cleve-
land and his heretofore wiling
tools, the Democrats on the Ways
and Means committee, have locked
horns over the proposition to IN
clude therein an income tax, to
which Mr.. Cleveland is opposed.
Up to this time all efforts to reach
a compromise have been unsuc-
cessful, and some shrewd men are
predicting that the income tax will
be the rock upon which the Cleve-
land and nti-Cleveland Democrats
will split for good and all. We
shall see.
The administration men are talk