Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-03
A FREE FIGHT.
Succinct Summary of Happenings at
the capitoI.

whip is being vigorously welded and
by Thursday, when the final vote is
10 be taken, it is probable that suffi-
Gent number of skickers'' will be
whipped into line to get the monstros-
ity. income tax and all. through the
House The vote that is dreaded most
OF all by the Democratic managers, il
there can be said to be any managers
of the inharmonious majority of the
House. is that on the motion to re-
commit the bill. The Republicans OF
the House have not fully decided how
they will vote on that motion, but
they have been importuned by many
influential members of the party to
support it, if it can be shown that a
sufficient number of Democrats will
vote for it to pass it with the aid OF
the solid Republican vote. and they
may do so, although many Of them
have expressed themselves against it
because the result would prolong the
uncertainty as to tariff legislation
which has already been SO disastrous
to the business interests of the coun-
try.
The steering committee of Repub-
lican Senators has fully decided not to
oppose the bill for the admission Of
Utah to statehood, and from the talk
at the conference it may be stated up
on good ground that there will be nc
general opposition from Republicans
to the admission of any of the terri.
tories.
The Senate Judiciary committee al
its regular meeting to-day took up the
nomination Of Mr.. PeckEam, of New
York, to the Supreme Court vacancy
Senator Hill claims that the nomina
ton will be rejected by larger ma
jority than was cast against Horn
blower, Notwithstanding the alleged
attempt of boss Croker, of Tammany
during his presence in Washington, t.
make deal that would allow the nom
ination to be confirmed.
The support of the Republicans or
the Senate committee on Foreign Re
lations was obtained for the Gray Ha
waiian resolutions which was favora
bly, reported to the Senate last week
through a Observation-Disclosures,
do not hesitate to say misrepresenta
ton. Senator Gray opened the eyes o
the Senate when he interpreted thu
resolution to mean that the Sen
ate Endorsed the Cleveland pol
icy toward Hawaii. He not only
opened the eyes of the Senators. but
he made it impossible for his resolu
ton to be passed until it has beer
amended so as to leave no doubt of it.
exact meaning Senator Dolph ha!
stirred up the cuckoos by proposing
the addition of the following as al
amendment and with a view of re
storing amicable relations between tn,
United States and Hawaii, the pres
ent minister of the United States t,
Hawaii should be Immediately recalled
Representative Bourke Cochran, @
New York, was charged by his Demo
cratic colleague from the same State
Amos Cummings, with having, as tn
attorney for a clique of diamond i'm
porters, used his position as a mem
Der of the Ways and Means Commit
tee to get that committee to recon-
mend an amendment to the tariff bill
reducing the duty on diamonds to 1,
per cent. That charge, which wa
backed by documentary evidence, ant
the shaming which Republicans CAV
the Democrats for desiring to lowe
the tariff on diamonds in behalf of tn,
toiling masses, resulted in the defea
of the committee amendment and tn,
adoption of one making the duty g
per cent.
The most unique tariff protest ye
seen was that presented by Senate
Cullom, signed by 81 citizens of Street
er, H., and reading as follows: wv,
cannot feed. clothe, and educate on
families and compete against the
poorer paid labor of Europe. We arr
proud and don't want to be humiliat
ed by asking~f6r charity. How woult
any of you like to go to soup hous,
and sit down to free soup? We have
pride as well as you. We ask you t.
defeat the Wilson bill and we will tax,
care of ourselves
For some reason the free trade Dem
ocrats who have stood together fol-
free coal, free iron, and numerous
other free things split up on the vote
on Breckinridge's amendment
breckenridge favors numerous free
things. as the country doubtless re
members-providing for putting tir
plate on the free list and that amend
ment was defeated, leaving a duty O
I Is cents per pound on tin plate, JUS
half of the Mckinley duty The mos
significant feature of the tin plate de.
bate was the admission of Democrats
that the protection afforded to Amer.
lean tin plate by the Mckinley law
bad resulted i'll building up a new
American industry of large proper,
tons.
The selection Ex-senator Mills to take
the place on the Senate Finance com
mittee of Senator Mcpherson, of n. J.,
who has gone away in a pretended
huff because of alleged bad health, is
only part of the administration pro-
gramme to force the Cleveland tariff
bill through the Senate. Mcpherson
is a warm personal friend..of Mr. Cleve-
land, but his interests are such that
he is opposed to the tariff bill, so he