Middletown transcript., 1893-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, Nov. Z, 1893
Mr.. Clevs]qnd appears to have been
impressed with the recent argument
advanced by such prominent republi-
cans as Senator Sherman and ex-
Speaker Reed, concerning the condi-
tion Of the country. At least things
are beginning to look that way. He is
credited with being responsible for the
conservative tariff talk that Senator
Voorhees, and other Democratic leaders
have recently iudulged in. and your
correspondent is told that he is using
his influence with his democratic men,
bers Of the Ways and Means commit
tee to make the new bill conservative.
So much for rumors and in
dications. Now for fact. Ropresena-
tive Wilson says the new bill will be
from beginning to end a tariff FIR rev.
enue only, which means that duties
will be made such as to encourage and
increase importation so as to bring a
large revenue to the government. 1t
would be difficult to imagine more
injurious bill than one framed on those
lines. You cannot largely increse
without largely reducing
home production of the same goods.
which would mean, Of course, less
work for Amricans. Foreign manu-
factures would ask nothing better
than tariff for revenue only.
If some of the Southern Senators do
not return to Washington with better
feeling toward the administration than
they carried away there will surely be
an open war before the regular session
Of Congress grows very old. There is
general complaint among Democratic
and Representatives privately
of conrse)that the administration treats
them with disrespect, and many of
them left Washington with anger in
their hearts because of their failure to
see Mr.. Cleveland Saturday, although
they remained here day after Con-
gress adjourned for that express pur-
pose. Many of them did not hesitate
to say that it was because he expected
they would want to see him that he, in
company with Secretary Gresham and
3 body guard, spent the day hunting
squirrels.
Notwithstanding the general belief
that there will be few appropriations
made for rivers and harbors, if the re
are any at the regular session of Con-
yress, a portion of the House committee
IN Rivers and Harbors will this week
start on a tour of inspection, which
will include the system of locks and
lams on the Monongahela river, the
government works on the Kentucky
liver, and on the great Kanawaha, in
West Virginia. In view of the cir
this tour of inspection is
20 say the least an unnecessary one.
Mr.. Cleveland got only what the
helped him to get from
-he extra session of Congress. He
failed TO get the nomination of his
friends Hornblower to the Supreme
Court vacancy confirmed, as well as
hose of loi of small anti snapper
to federal positions in
New York; also that of Mr.. Preston to
De Director of the Mint, and of two
collectors Of Internal Revenue in
North Carolina. Senator Hill is respon-
iible for the failure of Hornblower
ind other New York men to get con-
irmed; silver men for the hanging up
# Preston's nomination, and Senator
Vance for the failure of the tarheels. |
rwo colored men nominated to diplo-
natic positions also failed. One of them
}, H..J. Taylor, who was nominated
Minister to Bolivia not being acted
pom, and the other Fl. Il. G. Astwood
vho was nominated Consnl at Calais,
trance being formally rejected.
Co. j Hampton Hodge, . Virginia
democrat Of more az less prominence,
rho was early Il le sxsfa session
0minated and com Consul at