The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-08-30

tax. If that speech was intended
to be friendly to the administration
Mr.. Cleveland may well be excused
for exclaiming "Save me from my
friends" 1t is said that Senator Vor-
hees purposely made his speech radi-
cal, in order to influence certain
Southern Senators to vote for the I'M
conditional repeal Of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman Silver law, and
it is said further that several of them
have agreed to vote for the repeal bill
upon the promise of Senator Voorhees,
that their views should be met in a
financial bill to be reported from the
Senate Finance Committee at an
early day.
In addition to the investigation
proposed by Senator Gallinger's reso
luton of the pension suspensions now
being made by the administration,
Col. Charles P. Lincoln, who was
Deputy Pension Commissioner under
the Harrison administration. proposes
to carry the matter to the Courts.
Col. Lincoln is a lawyer Of ability,
and he believes that the law is being
violated by the administration anc
that the Court will upon proper pre-
sentatlon of the question grant an in
junction restraining Secretary Hoke
Smith from making further suSpen.
sions, except in cases where fraud is
proven. No fraud is even alleged il
the suspensions now being made
Soon after the present administration
came into power a ruling was made
by Hoke Smith that reversed the con-
structlon put upon the act Of 1890 BY
the Republican administration, anc
under that ruling the suspensions are
being made, procedure which it i:
believed the courts will declare
illegal.
Representative Cultivate, of Ohio
was guilty of a very unmanly act
while Representative Hepburn, O
Iowa., was speaking in the House OF
the silver question, by attempting ii
an interruption of Mr., Hepburn tc
drag ex-Secretary Fosters persona
financial troubles into the debate
Mr.. Hepburn merely said: "That il
very unkind reference to frient
of yours and friend of mine" |
was enough. Cultivate blushed an(
sat down, amid a-storm of well de
served Kisses from the floor and tn,
galleries.
Those interested in the Navy ar
pleased at the selection of Represen
tative Amos Cummings, of New Yorl
City, to be chairman of the Hous
Committee on Naval Affairs. Al
though Tammany' Democrat, Mr.
Cummings earned the right durini
the Fifty-frst and Fifty-second Con
crosses to be classed as man O
broad-guage ideas upon all matter
concerning our navy and our oceal
commerce.
Those Democratic who have BEEF
accustomed to accusing the Repub
lican party of Sectionalism shoul,
look at the organization of the Hous
the Speaker and nearly two-third
of the Committee chairmen, including
most Of the important ones, from tn
Southland forever keep silent.
Senator Hill evidently intends t
dispute Senator Germans right t
Democratic leadership Of the Senate
This disposition was first publicl
shown on Wednesday when Mr.. Hi
sharply replied to Mr.. Germans al
gument in favor of referring Senate
PETERS resolution, calling upon tn
Secretary of the Treasury for informa
ton as to whether certain Nationa
banks were violating the law in refu:
ing to promptly pay checks of depo:
itors, to the Finance Committee
instead of voting upon it at once, an
again to-day when he made a speecI
in favor of the repeal of the purcha.
ing clause of the silver law.