The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Items OF Interest from the National
Capital by our Regular
Correspondent.

the silver question have had the effect
of bringing about daily meetings of
the Senate committee on Finance.
1t remains to be seen, however,
whether anything practical will come
out of these meetings. In other
words whether financial blh will be
reported that will meet the views of
majority of the Senate and at the
same time be Of such a nature as to
meet the Presidents approval. In
discreet friends of Mr.. Cleveland are
adding to the difficulty by stating it
to be Mr.. Clevelands intentionto veto
any bill to which is attached any con-
ditions to tho repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law. If they
really speak for Mr.. Cleveland he
would better have left the extra ses-
sion uncalled.
The first bill passed by the, Senate
was one appropriating $500, 900 for
the purchase of IA site and the erec-
ton of a 6re-proof building for the
storage Of the public records which
now crowd the corridors of most of
the department buildings. 1t was
passed without division.
The general impression here is that
the United States gets what was most
desired out Of the Behring's Sea arbi-
tration, Notwithstanding the main de-
clssion was against us. Ca ,adlan
sealers will be the only sufferers, and
that is but justice, as they alone have
for years stood in the way of an
agreement that would have made arbi-
tratio unnecessary.
Senator Vest is said to have sworn a
mighty Missouri oath of enmity to
Mr.. Cleveland because he latelyfsaid
of Vest: ooh, little patronage is
ali that Vest wants to make him vote all
right" The language was reported
to Vest and is said to have been the
moving cause Of MS speech attacking
Mr. Cleveland for the financial posi-
ton taken in his message.
There is more in the continued
delay on the part Of Speaker Crisp in
announcing the House committee as
signments than appears on the surface,
and when the announcements are
made they will have plain meaning
to many students of the undercurrentS
of politics. For instance, Mr.. Spring
er's chances for again being made
chairman of the Ways and Means com
mittee have steadily improved as th'
doubt of any real action being takel
by the present House on the tariff ha
increased. Now, if Springer is agal
put at the head of that committee
will mean that little or nothing wi
be done with the tariff by that com
mittee, as he is not man of actor
but one of great pretences-being
t craftsmanship about what Gen. Nj
d Clellan was to war. On the othe
= hand, if Wilson, of West Virginia, /
made chairman of the committee
will mean that free trade tariff bi
Il will be reported from the committt
Il at the earliest possible moment,
Il Wilson is nervous and energetic Ii
y tie man, crammed to the neck vii
: bookish free trade theories which /
IS is anxious to see tried upon the pc
q pie of the United States.
l. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, h
6 been credited with being.:a levelhea'
q ed man, and yet he fathered b
VI introduced in the Senate this week
I suspend the 10 per cent tax on sta
q bank currency for six months, b
n that would, if a law, probably eau
+ more mischief than even the perm
nent repeal Of that tax. Statesmt
Is are mighty few and far between
n the democratic side of the Senat
J. Senator Hill made his first b
n for southern support in 1896 whe
e he introduced bill in the Sena
K this week for the repeal of the Fede
t al election laws. He had previous
e introduced resolution to confine II
+ legislation of the extra session to ma
tiers relating directly to the finances
= the country.
, Senator Butler, of South Carolin
n has offerd a resolution instructing Il
,. Senate committee on finance