Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-09-29
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

upon a bill before its members get good
and ready. A week ago the announce
ment was made that having become tired
OF the delay Mr.. Cleveland intended to
personally force vote on the Voorhees,
repeal bill. Well, the vote has not been
taken and there is no indication that it
will be AIKEN very soon. On the con
trary, the indications are that it never
will be taken, unless the senate shall
adopt the change Of rules proposed by
Senator Platt, which would practically
be coture, and Senator Voorhees, who is
Mr. Cleveland's personal representative
on the floor of the senate has publicly
said that he would never consent to clio
ture. The silver senators have an
nounced their determination to tillibuster
indefinitely to prevent vote, and they
are quite strong enough to do it under
the present rules of the senate.
The democrats in the house have for
the purpose Of getting the bill repeating
all laws authorizing federal supervision
of presidential and congressional cleo
tions before the house adopted the most
outrageous cloture rule ever even sug
gested to Legislative body, rule of
which Representative Burrows truly
says: an the Fifty-frs congress all
that we ever did was to cut off dilatory
motions. But how, if the capitol should
fall down or take fire while the commit
tees we're being called, we could not
even take a recess" If this unusual
method had to be adopted by the demo-
Gratis after weeks Intellectual efforts to
get this bill before the house it is diff
cult to imagine what they will have to
resort to before it is passed. The repub-
licans in the house will fight it with all
the means at their disposal, and repub-
lican senators may be compelled to use
the silver question as club to kill it.
The closing DAYS of the tariff hearings
we're made exciting and decidedly I'M
pleasant for Chairman Wilson and his
free trade democratic colleagues on the
house ways and means committee, by
the presence of one hundred prominent
democrats from the states OF MARYLAND,
Virginia and West Virginia, who de-
manded that the tariff on bituminous
coal be let alone Mr.. Wilson and his
colleagues were told that if they re-
moved the tariff on coal they would kill
one of the most important industries of
those three states, to say nothing of all
chance for keeping those states in the
democratic column, The men who pub.
licly made those statements were not
confined to those personally interested
in the mining and transportation of coal,
but included such prominent democrats
rs Gov. McCorkle, of West Virginia.
The public statements Of those demo-
cratic protectionists created sensation
among the democratic free traders in
congress, but their private talk created
a panic in the same class, They told
Mr., Wilson and other democrats that
they might as we'll bid long farewell to
public life If they persisted in their free
trade ideas. They also told them that
they had all the facts concerning the or
ganization of the Whitney syndicate,
which has obtained options upon all of
the Nova Scotia bituminous coal mines
with the expectation of monopolizing
the trade of the United States when the
tariff on foreign coal was removed, and
that they would make public the full de-
tails, no matter who was injured, if this
tariff was removed or lowered, This
last statement was not pleasing reading
at the white house, as it is well known
that the Whitney syndicate is largely
composed of the men who contributed
the money that made Mr.. Cleyeland's
election possible.
Speaking OF money contributed to
elect Mr.. Cleveland, the nomination of
James j. Van Allen, a son-in.law Of
William B. Aston, to be Ambassador to
Italy, is a direct result of certain large
contributions to the democratic cam
paign fund. Mr.. Van Allen is credited
to Rhode Island, because he owns an
establishment there, but he should in
reality haYe been credited to Europe,