Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-10-06

getting Mr.. cleveland 10 Withdraw tne
nomin alton. To judge from remarks
made by senators it would be next to
impossible to get favorable report from
the committee on this nomination, and
even il favorable report we're secured
the senate would in all probability re-
iect the nomination by a considerable
majority.
To listen to the arguments pot for
ward by the democrats of the house in
favor of the bill for the repeal of all
laws providing for federal supervision OF
elections carries one back to the days of
Calhoun and notification, The demo-
Gratis are ignoring the fact that the
blood of million Americans was shed
in determining that this was a nation,
and are trotting out all of the old thread
bare states rights ideas that were used
in congress for decade previous to the
rebellion.
The tariff mystery has been increased
by the official announcement that no
information concerning the new tariff
bill would be given out before the bill
was reported to the house, and that it
was altogether uncertain when that
would be. 1t ia evident to all close OBJ.
servers that hitch in the tariff pro-
gramme has been reached. 1t was only
few days ago that Chairman Wilson
stated positively that the work Of pre-
pairing the bill would be fastened by as
signing the preparation OF the various
ment that was not IN accordance with
the views Of the power behind the com
mittee, as Mr.. Wilson now announces
without blush that no work will BE-
done by sub committees. The mystery
surrounding the preparation of this bill
is daily adding to the number of those
who believe that the democratic men,
bers of the house ways and means com
mittee will have little or nothing 10 do
with making a tariff bill, and that all
that will be required of them will be to
accept without question and report to
the house the bill which will be sub
mitted to them by the administration.
That being the programme it became
absolutely necessary to announce that
no Information would be given out until
the bill is reported. By saying nothing
members of the committee will give
away nothing.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find him
self hard pushed to explain some queer
things about his management of the
opening of the Cherokee strip; likewise
Secretary Dan Lamont some os the odd
capers of the U. s. soldiers, such as
shooting down citizens, if the present
plan for a congressional investigation
of the whole business does not miscarry,
Representative Springer, chairman of
the louise committee on banking and
currency, has heard from the boss, and
Notwithstanding his positive announce
ment weeks ago that his committee was
opposed to the repeal of the ten per
cent. tax on state bank currency and
would not report bill for that purpose
to the house, the committee today be-
gan an elaborate series of hearings on
the subject. WiRe democrats in the
mouse do not Announce their intentions
uutil they ascertain what the boss in
tends shall be taken up; they thus avoid
humiliation.
The situation in the senate remains
much the same, except that the person
alities which have crept into the debate
during the last few days have raised
new obstacles to anything like a salts
factory compromise. Still compromise
ems to the most uuprejudiced obsery-
ers the only possible way to get any
legislation dealing with silver, but the
mole the senators quarrel the more diff
cult compromise will be. Another at
tempt is to be made next week to force
a vote by keeping the senate In session
twelve hours a day, but nobody seri
ously believes that it will do more thar
demonstrate the impossibility of forcing
vote, The committee on rules has moi
acted upon Senator Platts resolution
proposing cloture, and it is not likely
that it will.
No Raocnn for Alarm