The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II, 1893.

| llldt dCCOunGS lOl liC space lie ueFOUSS
to 1t in his message to congress. 1t is
not for the democratic members of
congress that he intends his arguments
in favor of the tariff monstrosty which
/ he has compelled the democrats of the
house ways and means committee to
father, but for the business interests
of the country which have kept the
telegraph wires hot with protests
against the proposed outrage ever
since it was made public a week ago.
He doesn't mind the opposition from
democratic congressman; he knows by
experience that a few appointments
judiciously placed will silence the most
of that 1t IS the aroused public SEN
| liment of the country that he fears
Democratic senators and represent
atives who have been among their con
| stituents since the close of the extra
i session bring no consolation to the adj
| minislration; on the contrary, they
bring news Of the most doleful nature.
| AT II private conference of the admin
issra;,pn democrats held one night re-
Gently it was generally admitted that
the next house of representatives would
almost certainly be republican. III
stead of that knowledge making them
more conservative, as it would wiser
men, it has made them more determ-
ined than ever to force the whole ad-
ministration porgram through con-
gress, regardless of consequences.
Republican leaders take little or no
stock IN the idea that discontented
democrats will aid them to modify the
Cleveland tariff bill. They have heard
democratic senators and rcpresen-
tatives talk one way and vote another
too often to place any reliance upon
them.
They intend, however, that the de
bate on the bill shall make plain to
the country the full extent of the dam
age such law Will infict upon every
man in the United States Owing to
the house rules and that the house
committee on rules is completely I'M
der Mr.. Cleveland's thumb, it is GER
tain that the bill will be railroaded
through the house with but a semb-
lance of general debate, but Mr..
Cleveland does not control the senate
which has rules, that will be changed
to aid in hurrylng this bill through;
under which full debate may be had.
If democratic senators choose they
may with the aid of the solid repub-
lican vote, which they can easily get,
if they ask for tit will not be
the ruinous sections of the bill; but
few republicans are counting upon
their doing anything SO sensible.
1t is not vet certain when the Cleve-
land tariff bill will be reported to the
house. A resolution adopted by the
house just before the close of the-ex-
ira session provided that the republi-
can, members of the ways and, means
commiGLee should have ten days from
the time they were furnished with a
complete copy of the bill to prepare
their report against it, If that reso-
luton is to be binding the bill will
not be reported to the house until well
into next week, as the republicans
haye not yet been furnished com
plete biil--the international revenue
part of it has not been finished by the
democrats, and the figures of the treas
ury department showing the estimated
effect OF the proposed bill on the rev
enues OF the. country we're only furn-
lshed them today. The astounding
statement is, however, unofiicIally made,
that the democrats will make a sepa-
rate bill of the International revenue
changes, in order that the ten days may
date from last Monday, when the tariff
schedule was first made public To
do such IA thing would be manifestly
unfair.
The reason why the international
revenue part of the tariff bill has not
been completed is that Mr. Cleveland
and his heretofore willing tools, the
democrats on the ways and means
committee, have locked arms over the
proposition to include therein an in
come tax, to which Mr.. Cleveland is
opposed. Up to this time all efforts
to reach compromise have been un-
successful, and some shrewd men are
predicting that the lucome tax will be
the rock upon which the Cleveland
and antl-Cleveland democrats i'll con-
gress will split for good and all. We
shall see
The administration men are talking
in mysterious way about new
treaty with China, which the admlnis-
tration is negotiating. They claim SO
many things for this. treaty that it will
peahaps be better 10 wait and ascertain
how much truth there is in theil claims
Many statesmen have tried to get the
best of the: willy Chinese diplomats,
| but up TO date none have succeeded to
any marked extent, and Mr. Gresham
is hardly the man to make good Job,
even if he had good foundation to
build upon.
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