Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-08-11

ever heard of will be sprung on the
country as soon as the congressional
machine gets into working order. The
administration determined sometime ago
that it would be unwise to have It's pen
sion policy voted upon by congress, and
in accordance with that determination,
word has been passed to the democratic
congresmen as they arrived to let the
pension laws alone and leave to the ex-
ecutive branch Of she government the
business Of reducing the number of pen
sioners by its construction of present
laws, rather than take the chances of
having proposed amendments defeated.
But there are some vigorous kickere
against this programe among the demo
Gratis. Such men as Representatives
Tarsney, of No. Sayers, OF Texas, and
Erloe, of Tennessee, are full to the neck
of schemes to reduce the amount paid
for pensions by amending the present
laws. and unless they change Their
minds will introduce them in the house
Notwithstanding the expressed wishes
of the administration. The republicans
will he glad to get an oppot tupity to
put the democrats in congress on no
opportunity to get vote upon any
bill that promises to have that result.
Senator German spent the larger por-
ton of this week at the capitol, but he
was much more intent upon capturing
the lions share of the places under the
new democratic officials of the senate,
who will assume office Monday, in ac-
cordanee with the agreement under
which they were elected at the March
extra session of the senate, than upon
helping his party to formulate finan
cial programe. One of his personal
friends said of him once: "Gorman's
idea of the greatest statesman Is, the
man who can get the best and the largest
number of offices for tuose who do his
political work. He isn't the only man
in congress, by large number, who
appears to have adopted that definition
of craftsmanship, but he is credited
with getting more small offices than
any other single democrat.
There has been considerable adverse
commet on the appointment of Charles
b. Morton of Maine, to be fourth audi
tor of the treasury, which was made
this week, and it has not all come from
republicans Morton was instrumental
in making the scandalous attack upon
Mr., and Mrs. Blaine during the cam
paign of "a, and was charged with chip
ping the date of death and birth from
the tombstone of Mr.. Blaine's eldest
child, In the cemetery at Augusta, Me,
in order doubt might be cast upon
the Legitimacy of the child.
Senator German threw a bomb INTO
the camp Of the free trade democrats
this week by saying in the most posi-
tive terms that no new tariff bill would
be passed by his congress, because of
the opposition of the business interest
of the country, and that what revision
of the Mckinley law was done must be
of a very conservative nature, Mr.. Cor
man seldom expresses public opinion
without IA purpose, and there is reason
to believe that his purpose in express
ing this opinion at this time is to serve
notice on the democratic free traders in
the house that it is useless for them to
send free trade bill to the senate, be-
cause there will be enough democratic
senators, added to the solid republican
vote, to prevent its passage.