Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, NoU. 6, 1898.

Washington, NoU. 6, 1893.
Mr.. Cleveland appears to have been
impressed with the recent arguments
advanced by such prominent .republi-
speaker Reed, concerning the condi-
ton of the country. At least things
are beginning to look that way. He
is credited with being responsible for
the conservative tariff talk that Sena-
tor VOORHEES, and other democratic
leaders have recently INDUCED in, and
your correspondent is told that he is
using his influence with the democrat
ic members of the ways and means
committee to make the new bill con-
sentative. So much for rumors and
Indications. Now for fact. Repre-
sentative 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 encour-
age and increase importation so as to
bring a large revenue to the govern
ment. It would be difficult to mag
inc a more injurious bill than one
framed on those lines. You cannot
largely increase Importation without
largely re ducing homo production of
the same goods, which would mean,of
course, less work for Americans. For
eign manufacturers would ask moth
ING better than tariff for revenue
only.
If some of the southern Senators do
not return to Washington with better
feelings towards the administration
than they carried away there will
surely be an open war before the reg
ular session ofs Congress grows very
old. There is general complaint
among ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Re
representatives. privately Of cousre)
that the administration treats them
with disrepect, and many Of them left
Washington with anger in their hearts
because of their failure to see Mr..
Cleveland Saturday, although they
remained here day after Congress
adjourned for that express purpose.
Many of them did not hesitate to say
that it was because he expected they
would want to see him that he, in
company with Secretary Gresham and
a body guard, spent the day hunting
squirrels.
Col. ], Hampton Hoge, a Virginia
democrat of ore or less prominence,
who was early in the extra session
nominated nd confirmed Consul at
Annoy, probably wishes that he had
either been more prompt in starting
fog his post had used more discrim-
ination. in deciding between money
that belonged to him and that which
should have been returned to others.
he was sworn in and began
TO draw his salary as soon as he was
he showed no disposition to
start for China until given farther
hint from the State Department that
it was high time he did SO. When he
started for San Francisco to take the
steamer for China he neglected to set
tie certain financial obligations, inclu-
ding money which he had collected
for Baltimore collection agency and
a swell Washington tailor's BILL This
tailor, who knows q thing or two, be-
sides having a 'tpu!l" concluded that
he would teach the Colonel needed
lesson. So he went to the State De-
partment and carried several tales Of
woe along with him, and when Col.
Hoge got to San Francisco he found
telegram from Secretary Gresham
ordering him to come to Washington
to meet the charges which had been
filed against him, and when he gets
here he may find the demand for
his resignation too strong to re-
sist, notwithstan ding the efforts Of his
Virginia friends to straighten out fl
nancial matters before his arrival.
The tailor may be bought off by set
Ting his bill, but the Baltimore con-
Germ has placed written evidence, in
a fraudulent check, in the
hands of Secretary Gresham, which it
will be difficult to dispose of.
THE GREAT VICTORY.