Milford chronicle., 1893-07-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Tuly y

! Indications increase as tile time for the
meeting Of the extra session draws nearer
S that there will be just as bitter a fight among
, the Democrats oyer the tariff as there will
be over silver, and whether correctly or not,
Mr Cleveland is now classed among those
Democrats who will favor a revision of the
. tariff on protection lines. The attempt on
. the part of the administration to center pub
lie attention on the silver question was the
r deliberate and intentional result Of the con-
viction that it would be suicidal both for the
Democratic party and for the country for the
Democratic Congress to keep the pledges
made by The Chicago platform, in the con-
: struction of tariff bill, and that il was nee
essary to withdraw public attention from the
tariff IN order to prevent the charge of atti-
tude being so noticeable. The free trade
wing Of the Democratic party in Congress
mostly from the South and West are Just be-
ginning to catch the drift of this movement
and they say they will demand that Congress
carry out the party platform and wipe out
so much Of the tariff as represents protection
to home industries, and open our markets
to the manufactures Of the world
| tseems more probable now than at any
time siuce the election that the Republicans
IN Congress may bv acting with that wing of
the Democratic party which will vote for
moderate protection be able to prevent the
htter destruction OF many American indus
tries that cannot possibly exist without some |
protection. But eYgfi with the hardest 1vorl |
y. siis par q IL fepubicans it is probable
~ Ftfis made in the present du- I
ties will be large ens2ngh 70 cause a general /
reduction in wages 4quehoui tile United |
States in order to alo# alr goods to COM
pete with the products pFopean labor, bit
a reduction in wages baN ID is, is prelera
bic to The entire loss ol Employment that
wonld necessarily follow Triumph Of the
free trade wing of the DcnlN 1atic party.
The alleged news Of the INSPIRATION by
Engltild 20 resist Dy force the A. cisiou Of the
BehrNg Sea Arbitration shoudNit be in
favor Of the Uuitsd States as it must be If
the arbitrators decide without pi$indice
found few people here who took ser
iousiy, but most people regard il as erely
one of he stories Of the silly season, through
which the world usually passes at this sea ]
son OF the year Such action on the part of s
England would mean war. and England does
not want war with us; it would precipitate
the inevitable loss of her possessions on this :
continant. /
Secretary Morton is one of the most per g
sistent seekers after free advertising in the a
present cabinet. Scarcely a day passes that v
he does not announce some alleged reform in
some branch Of the Agricultural Department 9
out as TAR as can be seen the only reform is n
in the announcement II
In order to give the new democratic chiefs il
0f divisions IL the Interior Department full 81
swing to promote democrats without regard
% their merits the board of promotion Great al
I'd by Secretary Noble for the purpose ofde- 6
'iding what employees were entitled to pro
notion has been abolished and all promo IS
ions are to be made on the recommendation P
II the chiefs a system which has in the Ii
last made the chiefs petty tyrauts and in ij
more than one instance 5lackmailsrs Of the th
Jerks under them W
It is admitted on the quiet BY Mr.. Crisp's tn
riends that there is TO be be lots of shaking eli
p IN the membership Of the Honse com fl
littees, and that good many Democrats us
tho had prominent and desirable committee NJ
laces in the last House will be given only co
linor places in the coming reorganization. nj
hey d9 not feel free yet to openly boast of pr
lese changes, which haye in reality been pr
'dered by Mr. Cleveland for although there fol
no candidate in sight to make fight against In
e election Of Crisp to be Speaker they real thi
e that combination might be made within Of
rtY-eight hours Of the time for holding the an,
emocratic caucus that might do the bus ne
ess for Crisp and upset things generally. we
representative Bland, of Missouri, who has the
en chairman of the Coinage committee wa
henever the House has been Democratic, gre
r 10 these many years, is to be left ont in tio
e cold and they say that he has consented let
i that is doubtful. Springer is to be sat det
on hard, and instead Of hitting back with "
good right hand he aud his friends are bril-
gging that be be given his old place at the out
ad OF tie Ways and means committee and
pressing his willingness TO make ann, bea
omises that may be required It is be- Mil
vedi however, that he is needlesslv hum %
ng himself aud that he has no chance Of hat,
ting bis old place Holman also is TO po stat
> economy was good enough when one Der
nch Of Congress was Republican, but the
the Democrats want 10 get at the CASH. pub
you
81.