The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-10-11
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, OCT., 6, 1898 This
week has been far from satisfact-
DRY to the administration. First !
came the dissatisfaction among
democratic Congressman at the ar.
bitrary order of Cleveland compel
ling them to submit their business
with the President to the private
secretary, Thurber, who decides
whether they may or may not see
the President. This dissatisfaction
became so marked that an official
explanation was given out for the
White House, to the effect that the
original order was issued because
Mr.. Cleveland had decided to &C.
cept the recommendation of men,
bers of his cabinet as in all appoint
ments coming under their several
departments and that it was there
fore unnecessary for congressman
to see him concerning appoint.
ments. The next move of the ad-
ministration was an attempt to
stop the growing tendency towards
settlement by compromise Of the
silver deadlock in the Senate,
made through Secretary Carlisle
who announced to the democratic
Senators that no compromise would
be cOuntenanced by the administra-
ton, and that unless the Voorhees,
repeal bill was passed it would be
kept before the Senate to the ex.
clusion Of the bill for the repeal of
the Federal election laws, the tariff
and all other political legislation,
the idea being that the Southern
Senators opposed to the Voorhees,
bill would thus be cocrced into sup
porting that measure. 1t seems to
have had a contrary effect, as for
tho first time democratic Senators
have since openly advocated com.
promise on the floor of the Senate
and sharply criticised the admins
tration Senators for refusing to
agree to it.
While nearly all of the republican
Senators believe that the compro-
mise is the only way out of the sill
yer deadlock, they are taking no
part in bringing it about, feeling
/ that the proposition for compromise
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 a compromise
would be misconstrued. In fact the
treatment of the republican Sena-
tors who favor the repeal Of the
purchasing clause of the silver law
has hardly been fair; while count
ing upon their votes to aid in pass
ing the bill when it comes to vote
II it ever does, and upon their as
sistance in any method that might
be adopted to force 1t to vote,
Senator Voorhees, has at no time
taken them into his plans, or asked
their advice. A natural conse-
quence of this is that number of
Republican Senators who are from
lprinciple in favor of repeal will do
nothing to help Senator Voorhees,
force a 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
1.-THE House on the bill for the repeal
of the Federal election laws has
been, if possible, even more unin-
fteresting than the first, the republic
cans allowing the democrats to do
most of the talking, contenting
themselves with interfering a
question now and then just to show
the falsity of the democratic argu-
mentS.
The big sugar trust now has a
lobby in Washington, for the pur-
pose 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 well afford to
spend a million or two of dollars, il
necessary, to get tax pnt upon
foreign sugar, as experts figure
that such a tax would enable the
sugar trust to pocket anywhere
from $5o.OOO'OOO to 500 100000 the
day the tax went into effect. The
whisky trust also has lobbyists al
work trying to get the revenue tax
on whisky increased. This trust
has an enormous quantity of whis-
ky in bond and any increase In
1.-The tax ould be just making it o
present of so much money.
Representative Davis, of Kansas
showed the House committe on
Banking and Currency how little