Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-10-13

bill would thus be eoerced into support
ing that measure. 1t seems to have had
a contrary effect, as for the first time
democratic senators have since openly
advocated compromise on the floor Of
the senate and sharply criticised the adj
ministyation senators for refusing to
agree to it,
While nearly all of the republican SEN
ators believe hat compromise is the
only way out of the silver dead lock, they
are taking no part in bringing it about,
feeling that the proposition for compro-
mise should come from the democrats as
long as that party is in a majority in
the senate and responsible for legislation.
The republicans also know that any
proposition they might make for com
promise would be misconstrued. In
fact the treatment of the republican SEN
ators who favor tie repeal of the pur-
chasing clause of the silver law has
hardly been fair; while counting upon
their votes to aid in passing the bill
when it comes to a vote, if it ever does,
and upon their assistance in any method
that might be adopted to force it to a
vote, Senator Voorhees, has at no time
taken them into his plans, or asked
Their advice. A natural consequence of
this is that a number of republican SEN
ators who are from principle in favor Of
repeal will do nothing to help Senator
Voorhees, force vote. As the case
stands now the silver men are defiant
and Senator Voorhees, has publicly con-
fessed his inability to get vote,
The second week Of the debate in the
house on the bill for the repeal of the
federal election laws has been, if possible
even more uninteresting than the FIST
the republicans allowing the democrats
to do nest of the talking, contenting
themselves with INTERPRETING question
now and then just to show the falsity
of the democratic arguments.
The big sugar trusts now has lob
by in Washington, for the purpose of
seeing that the democratic members of
the house ways and means committee
do not weaken under the great pressure
that is now being brought to bear upon
them and leave sugar untaxed. The
sugar trust can we'll afford to spend a
million or two of dollars, if necessary
to get tax put upon foreign sugar, as
experts figure that such tax would en-.
able the sugar trust to pocket anywhere
from $50000,000 to $10O,OO0,0UO the
day the tax went into effect. The
whiskey trust also has lobbyists at work
trying to get the revenue tax on whiskey
| increased This trust had an enormous
quantity of whiskey in bond and any
increase in the tax would be just max.
ing it present of o much money.
representative Davis, of Kansas
showed the house committee on banking
and currency how little he knew about
sound fit ancial methods by an argu.
ment in favor of his bill to issue 5000,
| 000, 900 in fractional currency. His
statement that the farmers we're unable
to day their debts because of the scat,
city Of money was repudiated by every
member of the committee, republican
and democrat alike so far as their dis
tricts were concerned, and he was sever
al times corneIed badly by questions
from members of the committee. Mr..
Davis is one Cf those who believe that
all the government has to do is to keep
on issuing money, without regard to
its future redemption, in order to make
everybody prosperous and happy.
The house committee on invalid pen
sions wants to know about those pen
sions suspensions as well as about some
Their methods of the present manage
ment of the pension bureau, and at its
first meeting, held this week, it author
lied the reporting of resolution to the
house calling for detailed information
from the commissioner of pensions, and
later got it adopted by the house.
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