The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence e.

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less tue, that as great sensation
was caused in Washington oy the
arrival of the news that the
provisional government of Hawai-
was still in power and tina. Minister
Willis was in good standing there.
with and had taken no open step
towards restoring the monarchy as
by the first announcement that the
administration favored the queens
restoration and had instructed
Minister Willis to bring it about.
VI m oers Of the administration are
not saying word or giving any
indication as TO whether they were
.urprised or otherwise by the
Hawaiian news, and the clerks in
the department of state have all
been put under oath not to reveal a
word concerning the communication
received by Secretary Gresham
from Minister Willis. The navy
department received long dispatch
from Admiral Irwin, but Its natuee
can only be surmised, as it has not
been made public, although it
would make "mighty interesting"
reading at this time.
Public opinion here is very much
divided on the present status of the
Hax allan business, some believing
that the news proves that it has
never been the intention of the al
min;stration to use force in restor.
ing the queen, and others that
Minister Willis found upon his ar
rival at Honolulu that it would be
impossible to carry out his instruc.
tions for the restoration of the
queen without bloodshed, and so
reported to Secretary Gresham.
Some believe that the administra
ton will at once make public the
report of Mr. Blount and its in
structions to Minister Willis, AMI
others that nothing will be made
public until congress meets, unless
some important change shall take
place in Hawaii. Few people now
believe the restoration of the mon.
archy probable, although many
think there may be some sort of
change in the government of
Hawaii.
The nature of the tariff bill which
will, it is generally expected, be
made public this week, or next at
he outside, is so far largely a
matter Of conf ecture. Chairman
Wilson says it will probably sur
prise great many people, but he
d oes not say whether it will be be.
cause it ia 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 ON all sides. That is
to say, it will surprise and dissp-
point the extreme protectionists be.
cause it will not wipe out protection
as they have expected and hoped it
would do and thus give tnem a
powerful argument for campaign
news; it will surprise and dlsappoint
the free traders because it will con.
tain more protection than they
either expected or wished it to con
tain. Representative Bryan, of
Nebraska, is generally recognized as
being one of the leading outright
ffee-traders on the ways and means
committee, and when he was
pressed to give some idea of the
general character of the bill, he said
in disguised sort of tone, "All
an a. liberty to say is that the bill
will be an approach to tariff for
revenue only" There is a volume
of meaning in that word sap,
proach."
Up to three or four days ago it
was regarded as certain that the
new tariff bill would impose an in
come tax, and even now it is thought
to be probable that it will, but the
spirited opposition of Representa-.
tive Bourke Cochran, who is said
to represent strong Democratic
element in the east, has had some
effect upon the members of the
committee and there is doubt as
to how some of them who have