The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-22
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondent Of Democrat Star.

Correspondent Of Democrat-S Star.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1898.
One hundred wears ago to-day the corner
stone of a building which many eminent for,
cigners have pronounced TO be the most beau
tiful and imposing in the world was laid il
this city in the presence of a few hundred peo'
pie. That building was the Capitol, and to-
day a mighty host estimated at from $50, OOt
to 200 600 people assembled around th,
statute of George Washington, which sit,
majestically facing the rising sun upon tn,
plateau east of the Capitol, to do honor to tn,
centennial anniversary Of that momentous &c.
c%asion. Congress made the day a legal holi.
day and attended in a body. President Cleve.
land, as chairman Of ceremonies, made a short
speech in his happiest vein, introducing Hon
William Writ Henry, of Virginia, a descendan,
of Patrick Henry, whose grafton was an epic
Of patriotism entirely worthy of the occasion
Vice President Stevenson spoke for the Sen.
ate; Speaker Crisp for the House, and Justice
Brown, of the Supreme Court, for the Judici.
airy. A trained chorus of 1900 voices SANG
patriotic songs, the last Of which-"America'
was joined in by the entire audience, and il
was truly sublime.
There is no material change in the silver
situation in the Senate. Senator Vorhees has
given notice that he will shortly try to force a
vote by prolonging the sessions. Meanwhile
the Senators will continue to talk tor and
against repeal.
The attempt of some of the weakened
Democrats in the House--fortunately for the
future of the party they are few in number
who fear the wrath of the Republicans and ad.
wise delay whenever a move is made towards
carrying out the promises of the Democratic
national platform, to have the impression 20
out, if they do not openly charge, that the
House committee on election of President and
Vice President and Representatives in Con-
grcss, in deciding to report the Tucker bill
for the repeal Of the federal election laws, had
not treated the Chairman of that committee,
Representative Fitch, of New York, with prop
er courtesy. Here are the facts: Mr.. Fitch
was anxious to get the bill reported to the
House at the earliest msment, and when he
was called away by his mothers illness, he ar
ranged with the Speaker to have Representa-
tive Tucker see that there was no delay in the
matter. Mr.. Tucker complied, has had Speak
er Crisp's advice in every act, and kilograms
from Mr.. Fitch to push things. That the bill
is not already before the House is not the fault
of the committee, but of the absent Democrats.
Representative Wilson, chairman of the
House Ways and Means committee, says lots
of nonsense is being talked about the inten-
tion Of that committee and about manufacture
ers being afraid to continue at work lest the
new tariff should ruin them, etc. Now, as a
matter of fact, any manufacturer can ascer-
tain by addressing chairman Wilson or any
Democratic member of the committcc-the
Republicans on the committee also know it,
but they would be tempted in order to make
political capital to suppress or distort the
facts-that the committee proposes to give I'M
pie time to every industry before the new tar
1T goes into effect for every manufacturer tc
dispose of stock on hand and to make his ar.
engagements to meet the new and lowered du,
ties. The Democrats have no desire to ruiz
anybody their aim is to make a tariff thai
will confer the greatest good on the creates,
number, and in doing so it will, of course, b.
necessary to make such changes as will wipe
out for the future the enormous profits which
have been legislated into the pockets of Ger.
tain favored classes of manufacturers at tn,
expense of the people. The public hearings
on the tariff will close this week, and the Dem
ocrats Of the committee will then devote theiI
whole time to the preparation of the bill.
L, l., c,