The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. 1893.

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none the less true that AS great sensa-
ton was caused in Washington by the
arrival OF the news that the provisional
government OF Hawaii was still in
power and that Minister Willis was in
good standing Herewith and had taken
no open step towards restoring the
monarchy as by the first announcement
that the administration favored the
Queens restoration and had instructed
Minister Willis to bring it about.
Members of the administration are not
saying word or giving any indication
Us to whether they were surprise or
otherwise by the Hawaiian news and
the clerks in the department OF state
have oil been pu. under their oath not
to reveal word concerning the COM
munication received by Secretary
Gresham from Minister Willis. The
navy department received long dis
patch from Admiral Irwin, but it's
nature can only be surmised, as it has
not been made public, although it would
make mighty interesting" reading at
this time.
Public opinion here is very much
divided on the present status of this
Hawaiian business, some believing that
the news proves that it has never been
the intention of the administration to
use force in restoring the Queen, and
others that Minister Willis found upon
his arrival at Honolulu that it would be
impossible to carry out his instructions
for the restoration of the Queen without
bloodshed, and so reported to Secretary
Gresham. Some believe that che adj
ministration will at once make public
the report of Mr.. Blount and its in
structions to Minister Willis, aud others
that nothing will he made public until
congress meets, unless some important
change takes place in Hawaii. Few
people now believe the restoration of
the monarchy probable, although many
think there may be some sort of change
in the government of Hawaii.
The nature of the tariff bill which
will, it is generally expected, be made
public this week, or next at the out
side, is so far largely matter of con-
lecture. Chairman Wilson says it will
probably surprise great many people
but he does not say whether it will be
because it is more radical. or more con-
sentative than those who are to be sur
prised expect it be. Your correspon-
dent has excellent reasons for believing
that the bill will be both surprising
and disappointing to the extremists on
all sides. Thatit to say, it will surprise
and disappoint the extreme protection
lists because it will not wipe out protec
tion as they have expected and hoped
it would do and thus give them pow
erful argument for campaign news; it
will surprise and disappoint the fire..
traders because it will contain more
protection than they expected or wished
it to contain. Representative Bryan.
of Nebraska, is generally recognized as
being one of the leading outright free
traders on the Ways and means commit
tee, and when he was pressed to give
some idea Of the general character of
the bill, he said in disguised sort of
tone: "All 1 am at liberty to say i,
that the bill will be an approach to II
tariff for revenue only" There is a
volume of meaning in that word zap.
proach."
Up to three or four days ago it was
regarded as certain that the new tariff
bill would impose an income tax, aud
even now it is thought to he probable
that it will, but the spirited opposition
of Representative Bourke Cochran,
who is said to rep esent strong demo
cratic element in the east, has had
some effect upon the members of the
and there is doubt as to
how some of them who have heretofore
favored the income tax idea will vote
when it comes to deciding whether the
bill shall impose one or not. Cochran
says an income tax will make New York
City as strongly republican as it is now
democratic, but Mr.. Cochran has made
other political predictions, notably one
at the Chicago convention last year,
that were long ways from coming
true. However. there is no doubt of
his having frightened some of his party
colleagues; but how badly :, very few
days will show.
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