The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-16
WASHINGTON wH1sPBRrNGs.

WASHINGTON wHISPBRINGS.
Some Interesting Details of Affairs of
National Importance.
Special HERALD Corresp
WAsHINGToN, D. O., Nov. l5-Thorc are
two things uppermost i'm the thoughts and
words Of the residents of the Capitol in these
! days. They are the elections and un. Ameri-
can policy of the Administration in regard to
| Hawaii In the matter Of the result of the
elections and the effect it is likely to have on
the legislation, particularly the tariff legisla
/ tion of the next Congress- great deal Of
interest is manifested. The battle between
the two parties with protection or free trade
the ruling issue, having resulted in a victory
so overwhelmingly in favor of the former the
opinion at once gained currency that the
! Democratic party in Congress would be so
! influenced thereby as to greatly modify its
intended course in reference to the new tariff
bill now being formulated
| While such a course would be in accord
with the wishes of the people, as expressed by
them so thunderously in their votes, no
such good fortune can be looked for 1t is
now contended that the late election had
absolutely no significance as far as the pro-
posed action of the Democrats relative to the
tariff is concerned.
| From such a contention it i3 an easy step to
a continued adherence to its policy by the
| present majority in Congress, and as is well
/ known the Ways and Means Committee are
hard at work preparing the bill which is to be
submitted to the public ere long as an EN-.
/ bodiment Of Democratic doctrine in regard
to the protection or destruction of American
industries.
Chairman Wilson has announced his pur-
pose of bringing in bill, no part of which
shall be different from what it would have
been had the vast majorities which were
rolled up for protection been on the other
side
What the result viii be when the majority
bill has been reported and how it will be
received is matter of conjecture. AS yet
no information as to what innovations the
proposed bill introduces has been given out,
| although from a reliable source it is learned
that it will embody all the minor bills known
as pop gun bills which were passed by the
last House. These put on the free list
binding twine, cotton, bagging, iute, etc.
This determination on the part of the
Democratic leaders to persist in a policy
which the American voters have so vigorously
rejected is sure to call down on their heads
unlimited censure, but not in greater degree
nor less doservedly than that of which the
Administration Secretary Gresham especially,
is now being made the recipient on account
of the startling position taken relative to
Hawaii and its governmental complications
In this connection there is an important
fact which the opponents of the present
policy sometimes overlook. While Gresham
is the author and originator of the report
which inaugurates this change in our attitude
to Hawaii, yet President Cleveland is positive
in his assertions that he is in thorough accord
with the opinion of the Secretary of State,
and more than that Gresham's position is
endorsed by every member Of the cabinet, all
reports to tine contrary notwithstanding. So
that the action taken by which the forces Of
the United States are to be a party to the
J ANoNbldlApl lulD power VI a ulAooluAS dLA
/ licentious Queen is the act of the Democratic
party in power, and not simply that of one
! who betrayed and deserted the great poiti-
cal party whose honors he had shared"
because, as ex-Minister Stevens alleges of his
intense hostility to ex. President Harrison and
Secretary Blaine.
This action in matter in which the
American people feel deeply interested is but
another rock upon which the Democratic
party is splitting. Prominent members of
the Democracy are not slow in denouncing
the course pursued, and when Senator Nor
gan, than whom no man in public life is
better informed in all matters pertaining to
our foreign relations, openly condemns the
policy which at present obtains, the Democrats
may well pause in their headstrong course
and ask, "Whither are we drifting?"