The Penn's Grove record., 1893-12-01
Washington Letter,

cesSorS, is but another instance OF his
forcefulness as well as his success in
getting men TO vote against what was
supposed to be their opinions and incli-
nations. Mr.. Cleyeland's wishes have
in several known instances overridden
those of members Of his party on the
committee, both as to what is in the
new bill as well as What was left out of
it.
y very strong fight was made by
democrats to keep IA number of articles
which have been put on the free list on
the dutiable list, ever ii the duties were
reduced, and. particularly as to coal
and iron ore, several numbers of the
committee would gladly have acquies-
ced but President Cleveland SAID they
must 60 on the free list, and they went.
Another instance was the personal in
come tax, which the committee had at
one time informally decided should be
included in the tariff bill. Mr.. Cleve-
land said no., ard the bill is o ready
without any personal income raX at
tachment, although it does tax the
earnings of corporations. These things
are alike wonderful to the friends and
the enemies of the President, and he
lacks neither either in Congress or out.
This is particularly true of the House,
where members Of his party criticise
him, object to propositions made by him
and in some cases even go to the extent
of abusing him, and then when the
time comes vote as they know he wish
es them to vote. The common eXplana.
tion of this is patronage" but it GER
tainly does not apply to all of them, as
| personally know of Il number of demo.
Gratis who have failed to secure a single
appointment of any prominence that
they have asked for and still cast their
votes as they knew Mr.. Cleveland wish
| ed them to be cast, knowing, too, in
/ more than one instance, that they were
| voting against the wishes of an over-
whelming majority of their own con-
| ~stituents and thus ~eBdangrring their
seats in Congress. Your correspondent
does not pretend to be able to explain
these things, he only mentions them as
facts that are indisputable and leaves
to others The task of deciding why and
wherefore.
The long drawn out contest for the
Chicago postmastership was settled Sat
urday by the appointment Of Washing.
ton IIesing, editor of the Chicago
"Staat Zeitung." The result contains
| a lesson for the office seeker who pins
his faith 10 the number of names sign.
ed TO his petitiOn-eX-Congressman
Frank Lawler brought the largest num-
Der of signatures to Washington-60,-
| 600, that were ever attached TO any
mans application for office, but The
| other fellow got the appointment. 1t
is pull" not petition, that counts
| when a man goes hunting for III Office.
| One word in the Presidents ear from
| the right man is worth all the auto
graphs ever put on paper. The fact is
| commented upon that in nearly every
case where Il German and an Irishman
| have been rivals for appointment TO Il
| particular office Mr.. Cleveland has de.
| cided TO give the a%rpOintmet 10 the Ger.
man.
The Post Office Department is over
| stocked with Columbian stamps and no
| other kind will be furnished to post
masters until the old stock is all sold.
1t is hoped by the officials that the holi.
day will exhaust the supply ut Colum.
bian stamps and that the New Year
can be began with a clean stock OF
small stamps that will not have to be
licked in sections. The Columbian
stamp has demonstrated II thing vely
clearly-the people don't want chro'
matte three sheet posters Used for post
age stamps.
The Hawaiian matter, n the absence
of any new to keep up the excitement
has quoted down until one only hears
it occasionally mentioned, and then
usually in an indifferent manner The
next steamer is not scheduled to arrive
at San Francisco until December IL
although there is IL possibility that news
may come through some irregular chan.
mel before that date. The second and
| probably last volume of Commissioner
Blount's report has been given ont by
the State Department. 1t is Il book of
four hundred and nine pages. GRAINED
full of statements, interviews, af1ida-
Wits ETC., but it contains nothing iml-
portant that has not been included in
the newspaper publications OH the sub
| ject.
The democrats compromised On the
income tax by deciding that it shall be
imposed only upon the net earnings of
| corporations, at least that is as far as
the new tariff bill carries the idea.
The New jersey Federation of Trade
Unions is going to ask the next Assem-
bly, for the passage of labor bills, as fol.
lows:
l. for the examination and licensing
of stationary engineers; =, for the eX-
animation and licensing of plumbers; 3,
for the weekly payment of wages by
manufacturing, mining and mercantile
corporations; A, granting additional
power to the State Board of Albitra.
ton, through the courts, to compel wit
nesses to testify before it; 5, compelling
Coroners 10 hold inquests in all cases
where persons are killed by electricity;
C., for the proper observance of all legal
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