Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-02
Were German, Hill, ct al, Buncoed?


Were German, Hill, ct al, Buncoed?
The Republics Washington corres-
pondent last Monday made some inter
esting disclosures which go to prove
that when you can't get downright
blow at the devil, there is virtue in
flogging him Ground the stump" Says
the correspondent:
| 1t will be remembered that when the
| indignation was highest here over the
amendments which Senator Jones had
proposed to the Finance committee bill.
when all good Democrats were thor
oughly indignant at the work which
the senator from Arkansas and those
with him were doing, in an interview
with the Republic Mr.. Jones said that
his chief desire was to bring about
complete enactment. Everyone thought
at that time that his hopes lay in the
Conference committee, and they prob
ably, to great extent, did, but the
senator was to wise to bring up the
subject of the possibilities of confer
ence when the primary passage of the
bill was still in danger. The exact
purpOrt OF his expression was hardly
understood at that time. Now it is.
The exact value of the work which
Mr.. Jones has done is thoroughly un-
derstood. Judged by the specific re-
suits, that is the exact schedules which
| which he proposed, there was little in
his work for party cOngratulatiOn.
But he did this: He secured the cer-
tainty of some tariff legislation by the
present session of Congress.
CANNOT BE THROWN OUT.
For be it known the tariff bill as
passed by the Senate and now in the
hands of the Conference committee is
absolutely safe from destruction. 1t
can only die with the death of the
present Congress on the 4th of March
next. TO make this palmer. there is
no doubt that the Wilson bill, or the
Finance committe bill, was in immi-
nent danger of defeat in the Senate.
The very narrow escape which the
Jones bill finally had proves that no
game of bluff and no forcing of vote
would have been defeated, there would
have been an utter end of any tariff
legislation whatever. The whole work
would have necessarily been gone over
again. Now that a bill has been pas
sed by the Senate and is in the hands
of conference committee, reports
from that committee may be daily and
hourly rejected. This deadlock can
continue until the 4th of March before
the legislation pending is killed. 1t is
absolutely out Of the power of the SEN
ate to prevent the passages of any bill
whatever. Those who fear that the
Indignation of the Senate at the pres
ent time will cause it to defeat all tar
iff legislation whatsoever need have
no fears. At any time the House sees
fit from now until the Sd of March it
may call back its conferees, accept the
Senate amendments and send the bill
to the President. This is the strength
which lies in completed enactment of
the bill by both houses. This is much
of the reason for the intuition that i:
the Senate does not make the most OF
its present strength it will in the end
lose much that it has at stake.
FORCED AN OPEN FIGHT.
When the inside history of the pres
ent tariff legislation is written, it will
be wonderful story. For instance.
all Washington has been very much
astonished over the seeming inconsist-
ency of the Presidents letter. Every
one knows that the tariff bill passed
by the Senator is largely the work of
Senator Jones and also that he was in
daily consultation over the considera-
tion of this measure with the President
and Secretary of the Treasury. Secre-
tary Carlisle even went so far in pub
lie interview as to prove the Senate
bill bill !it for passage in the great
necessity of the passage OF some tariff
legislation. President Cleveland has
also been known to urge individual
Senators to aid in the passage OF the
pending measure so that some tariff
legislation, however small, might be
accomplished. Senator Jones was at
the White House all the morning on
Wednesday. There is no doubt he
was in consultation with the President
over the tariff situation. The Wilson
letter was read on Thursday. In the
light of past events and upon close
examination Of the uniform urging for
the passage of whatever tariff reform
measures could be passed in the SEN
ate. it seems as if the present condi-
ton was planned months ago to be de-
liberately brought about. In other
words 1t seems as if the President and
his administration and those working
with him have to some extent ''bun-
koed" the German crowd and will now
press them into open battle.
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