Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-09-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Grover Says There Will be no Fool.
ing With Finances.
congressman Warned as to Effect OF
Tariff Tinkering.
From our Regular Correspondent

yet been entirely subdued by Mr.. Cleve'
land, but that in the House is 60
thoroughly under his control that il
accepts as final and unquestionable his
slightest intimatiOn. Ever since Sprin-
ger, of Illinois, was made chairman of
the House Committee on Banking and
Currency that committee has been con-
sidering several financial bills, and the
announcement was made on the au-
thority of Springer that it would at
once report one or more bills to the
House. Well, it will do no such thing.
Mr. Cleveland has ordered that no bill
dealing with financial matters shall be
reported to the House until further no.
tice from him and the members ofSprin-
gers committee and those of Bland 3
Coinage committees are like the rest of
the House, idling their time away.
There are several reasons for Mr.. Cleve-
lands muzzling these House commit
ees. 1t had been reported to him that
majority of Springer's committee
had informally expressed themselves
against the repeal of the tax on State
currency, a measure which he may yet
have 10 recommend in order to get the
vote Of certain Southern Senators for
the Voorhees, repeal bill and he also
has the idea that the vote on repeal
can soon be forced in the Senate and
that Congress can then be made to
adjourn, as it is not probable that the
Ways and Means Committee will be
ready to report the ta,iff bill much, if
any, earlier than the regular session.
But the chief reason is that he has not
yet decided what financial measures
shall be reported to the House, and un-
til he does he wants the members of
these two committees to refrain from
publicly committing themselves for or
against proposed measures. 1t is big
job to attempt to run both the execu.
tive and legislative branches of the
Government, but Republicans ought to
wish that Mr.. Cleveland would make a
success of it, because however faulty
many of his ideas are, they are far bet
ter than what his party would bring
forward, if free from his influence.
Deputy President is a position un-
known to the constitution of the United
States, but it practically exists all the
same, and is filed by Secretary La
mont,who, while nominally at the head
of the War Department, really has
very little to do with its business his
duties as Deputy President leaving him
no time, even if he had the inclination.
Little time as he has given to the War
Department 81 ice he entered the cabi-
net, 1t is probable that he will give less
in the-future, as the statement was this
week semi officially made that Demo-
crat was being sought with the ability
to perform the duties of Secretary of
War and the willingness to accept the
position and salary of Assistant Secre-
tary, the object being to allow Dan
Lamont to continue drawing the salary
of Secretary while performing none of
the work pertaining to the position.
Reform" comes high, but the Demo
cratic administration is bound to have
it,
Senator Vorhees was made to rea-
lie this week, If he had not done 80 be-
fore, the difficulty of the task he has as
sumed, as the leader of those who fa-
vor the bill for the unconditional re
peal of the purchasing clause of the
silver law, in trying to force that meas
ure through the Senate at an unusual
rate of speed. He was squarely de-
feated by the opponents of the bill up
on two different votes, and only saved
himself from the third defeat by with.
drawing his resolution providing for the
daily meeting of the Senate at II instead
of IL clock, These votes did not prove
that the silver men control the Senate,
but they did prove that the silver Sena-
tors are sticking closer to their duties
than their opponents. There were 85
Senators who voted against Senator
Voorhees,, and only 28 with him in open
session, and 80 against and only 81
with him in the vote that was taken in
executive session. If the repeal Sena-
tors can not be made to attend the ses.
sions of the Senate, the tables may be
TUNED, and the demand for an imme-
tdiate vote on the bill be made by the
silver men, instead of by the repeal
men, as IL has been.
Senator Morgan's concurrent resolu.
ton for the appointment of a joint
committee Of seven Senators and seven
Representatives to investigate the en-
tire financial system of the country and
report to Congress- what legislation il
necessary to prevent periods of strin
geney such as the country has jus,
passed through, has been favorably re
ceived and il It be not antagonized by
the administration it may go through.
A number of gentlemen interested il
protected industries have this weel
told the House Ways and Means com
mittee what the result would be if tn,
tariff is lowered or entirely removed
in some cases entire destruction and in
dustries, and in all cases lower wage
for American workmen.
For scrofulous disorders, and mer
curial diseases, the best remedy