The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-26
IN CONGRESS THE
COMING SESSION.
One of the Most Important Meet
ings Ever Held.
SILVER is NOT YET DEAD.
Removal Of Presidential POstmasters
to Commence at Once.
One Thousand WIN Probably Feel thu
Official Axe During the Next
Six Short Weeks-The
Tariff Bill


promises to be one of the most import
ant and interesting ever held in times
of peace. Indeed. the present indica-
tons are that legislation of the most
crucial character is TO be pressed by
the party in power, and since the re-
cent elections gave new hope to the Re-
puolicans they win do their utmost to
resist the policy Of the administration
regarding the tariff and the PROPOSE
t&on to repeal the federal election laws.
To one who does not understand the
slow methods of the Senate and the
many opportunities for not only imped-
ing legislation, but of actually pre-
venting action under the rules, when
the minority hang together solidly, 1T
would seem that the Democrats on &C
count of having possession OF all the
branches OF the government, ought to
be able to pass any measure within
reasonable time on which they may be
united
Since Mr.. Cleveland was installed last
March the party has not been united
on all the leading questions. This was
notably true during the extra session
of Congress, when the administration
demanded TIE unconditional repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
law On the final vote in the Senate
on that proposition, the Democrats
were evenly divided. In the House,
when the Wilson BILL providing for the
repeal, but not looking to any future
as implied in the VOORHEES, bill, which
was accepted by the House as a sub
-+;+,,+, 60, rr.-y7 mon S11,-a while the
majority for unconditional repeal was
a large one, the states that are more
reliably Democratic than any in the
the Union, and which furnish two
thirds OF the electoral votes
necessary for the election of a
Democratic president, were largely op-
posed to the repeal unless their repre-
sentatives were assured in advance
that some provision would be made
for continuing silly er as one of the
money metals of the country. The
states which are classed politically as
southern, including the old slave
states which did not go cut of the
union during the civil war. such as
Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and
Kentucky, are the very backbone of
the Democratic party. This has been
shown repeatedly in the elections, and
badly whipped in all of the northern
and eastern states, but more than
held its own in the south. On the
-proi' oSition to repeal Internationally
The sherman law the representatives
OF the Democratic persuasion from the
southern states voted on the financial
question as follows: For repeal, "a
against repeal, 81. A very significant
vote.
AS telegraphed The Herald a few
DAYS ago, the president and the post
maSter-general have informed num-
Der of congressman that they intend
to remove as fast as it can be done
all of the Republican postmasters OF
the presidential class. Mr.. Bissel
even went so far as to state to one
of the members that after the annual
reports are out of the way, and he
can get a few days rest ne intends tc
make things hum in his department
intimating also that if it was neceS
sary the force would be required Il
work night and day. The understand
ing is that the decapitatiOn will com
mence just as soon as Congress meet:
again This is very cheerful news Il
the senators and representatives, a:
they have been numerically criticised
because the Republicans have beer
allowed to hold on to most of the large
postoffices all these months. The par
tisan feeling IS such all over the
country that the Democrats want t
see their own people in possession o.
the offices, and they viii not be salts
fed until the changes are made.
1t is understood that the president anC
the postmaster-gener have reached
the conclusion that the patronag'
must be dealt out speedily and thel
they will expect the Democrats il
Congress to stand by the administra
ton on the tariff and other leading
policies. Promises have been made be
fore on this same line, but one thini
and another has happened to proven
the fulfllment of the same, and tn
consequence is that many of the con
gressmen will not believe that the re
movals are to be made until tn
slaughter actually commences. The.
are something like old Uncle Remu
was when the little boy promised t
cakes. He remarked to the child
'Seein' dem cakes, honey, is better dal
hearin' tell Nv en-
If as Mr. Bissell asserts, not les
than one thousand postmasters of tn
presidential class are to be changes
within the next month or six weeks,
is fair to assume that Salt Lake, Og
den and most of the more importan
Offices in Utah will be reached.
From remarks dropped here an
there by well known Republicans the
not only expect the Democrats to
divided on the tariff bill which Wi
soon be completed, but the Republi
cans are laying their plans to figh
anv radical reductions in the SEIZED
MES to the bitter end, The Democrat
sc majority in the Senate is very small
and unless the ways and means CON
raittee frame and present & well ba
anced bill it is apt to meet with cor
siderable opposition, but in the Ion
run it will doubtless be passed, thong
not in the form in which it was orig
inaliy shaped by TIKI committee {
the House. The sugar section has bee
the most difficult question for the con
rnittee to handle The bounty is n
garded by Democrats as an outraf
eous system, and to put back the tai
if duty on raw sugar for the sake
raising the revenue will undoubtedl
increase the price of the article to til
consumer unless the duty on the r.
ined article were to be MADE extreme
ly low. To abolish the bounty an
then place sugar on the free list woul
be hardship on the planters an
growers of both cane and beet suga
and would probably result in cripplin
If not wiping out the entire industl
in the United States
Utah and the other territories al
just beginning to produce prof1tabl
beet sugar, and the whole countI