Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-11-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Conflicting Rumors about the Tariff
Bill-Souring on Cleveland.
From our regular correspondent


the ways and means committee to make
the new bill conservative, So much for
+ rumors and indications
| Now for fact Representative Wilson
/ says the new bill will be from beginning
to end tariff for revenue only which
means that the duties will be made such as
to encourage and increase Importation SO
as to bring large revenue to the govern
nent, II would be difficult to imagine q
more Injurious bill than one framed on
those lines. You cannot largely increase
Importation without largely reducing
home production Of the same goods, which
would mean, OF course, less work for
Americans. Foreign manufacturers would
ask nothing better than tariff for revenue
only.
II some Of the southern senators do not
return TO Washington with better feelings
towards the administration than they car
ried away there will surely be an open war
before the regular session OF Congress
grows very old. There is general com
plant among democratic senators and rep
resentatives privately of course that the
administration treats them with disrespect
anger In their hearts because Of their
failure 10 see Mr.. Cleveland Saturday, al
though they remained here day after
Congress adjourned for that express pur-
pose. Many of them did not hesitate to
say that it was because he expected they
would want to see him that he. in comps
ny with Secretary Gresham and body
guard, spent the day hunting squirrels.
Notwithstanding the general belief thAt
there VIII be few appropriations made lor
rivers and harbor>, II there are any, at the
regular session OF Congress, u portion OF
tie House committee on rivers and tar
ooIs viii this week start on tour Of in
spectIon." which Will include the system
OF locks and dams on the Monougahela
river, the government works on the Ken
lucky river. and on the great kanawha
in West Virginia. In view OF the crcum-
stances this tour Of Inspection" Is, to say
the least an unnecessary one,
go. -, Us.
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VINO was nominated consul al Caia4s'
Tance-oelng formally rejected
Co.. j. Hampton Hoge, virginia dem
ocrat Of more or less prominence, who was
carly in the extra session nominated and
confirmed consul at Annoy probably
wishes that he lad either been more
prompt 10 starting for his post or had
used more dlscI Imlnstion in deciding be-
tween money that belonged 10 him and
That when should have been returned to
others
Although he was sworn in and began
g ara" A.s salary a soon a. he was CON
armed' he showed no disposition TO start
lor emma uhi4 gwen rather sharp hlnt
from me STATE department that II WAS
high time he did 80. When he started for
san Francisco 10 take the steamer for
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