Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-01-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tsriff ght-Hawaiian Affairs Car
isles Hopes Gone-The Republican
Committee and Mckinley in 90.

The great battle over the new tarif
bill has at last begun. The leaders o
both sides are presenting their ablest ar
gument, and if words count, we shal
soon have enough Of them to supply al
our emergencies. There never has beer
q more ridiculous affair than the attemp
for four days last week to get the Wilson
Bill before the House. With over so ma
jOrity in the House, the leader of the
Ways and Means Committee was com
PEELED to postpone the consideration Of
the bill because it was impossible to gel
quorum of the members to answer tt
their names on roll call. 1t was laugha
BILE to hear Tom Reed sing out, " count
us, We are here" but the Speaker woulC
not take any advice on that line, and sc
the weary words went on. But on Mon
day of last week a quorum appeared. and
the bill at last got before the House
Mr.. Wilson himself is pretty well worn
out, and his speech lacked some of his
usual vigor and force, and yet he handled
his subject in an able manner Mr.. Bur
rows made very fine speech against the
bill in opening the debate for the Repub.
lican side Of the House. Thus far the
galleries have not been very much crowd
ed. We are to have three weeks of this
debate, and then we are to witness vote,
il quorum of members can be brought
to vote.
| The revenue cutter COrwin, by its re
fusal to allow any one to come on board
and also refusing to impart any news
whatever to news men at San Francisco
created q good deal of excitement here
at the seat of government. 1t hardly
seemed necessary for the news, whatever
it might be. from Honolulu, to be kept
so closely under guard. 1t gave rise to
many suspicious that were really worse
than the facts themselves. There does
not seem to be any doubt that Minister
Willis demanded-or at least requested
tho Provisional Government to retire,
and allow the Queen to come into power
again. If Mr.. Willis did this, he certainly
followed instructions that were given
him by the State Department. President
Dole has answered his request, and absO-
refused to come down at his bidding
The President and Secretary Gresham
are somewhat tired of the controversy;
and no doubt now regret that Mr.. Willis
followed his instructions so closely The
Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate, of which Mr.. Morgan, of Alaba-
ma, is chairman, is hard at work on the
Hawaiian question, and it can be de-
pended upon that Morgan will bring all
the facts to the surface that he can reach,
MIR. Blount and all others have an
opportunity to tell all they know.
Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, has
been reelected U. s. Senator for the long
term commencing March 4th, 1895. Thus
perishes the ambitions and hopes of
John G. Carlisle. The great mistake of
his life was when he left the Senate last
February in order to take his seat
in the Cabinet in March. From a
sure and certain seat in the Senate, to an
uncertain Cabinet position, is a change
that man ought well to consider. But
he is not the first man that has made the
same mistake. Senator Hunter, of Vir
ginia was also elected Senator by the
Legislature. He has held his seat until
the present time as an appointee of the
Governor of the State, in place of thelate
Senator Barbour. The Iowa Legislature
is about to elect successor to Senator
Wilson. Wilson is in very poor health,
and it is question whether he will stay
here even to complete his present term.
Mr.. Gear, Mr.. Hepburn, James F. Clark
son and some other prominent citizens
of Iowa, are anxious to fill the place.
The nomination of Hon. Galusha A
Grow for Congressman at-large by the
Republican State Convention of Pennsyl-
vania, brings to the front one of the best
known figures in the history of the past.
His record of Speaker of the House
during the Thirty seventh Congress,
which met on the 4th of July, 1861, is
we'll remembered by all who were then
taking an interest in public affairs. He
came from the old Wilmot district in
northern Pennsylvania, and was law stu
dent of David WilmOt, the author of the
famous WilmOt prOvisO of 1916, which
provided that no slavery should exist in
any territory acquired from Mexico. Mr.
Grow stood at the head of affairs in the
House during the most critical period in
our existence as nation. 1t seems emf
nently proper that now in his declining
years he should be again honored by his
native State. His election is of course
mere matter Of form, and next month he
will be welcomed back to a seat in the
House. By-the-way. Francis F. Blair,
Jr., was the candidate who, in July, 1861,
received the next largest number of
votes against Mr.. Grow for Speaker.
Blair was then a Republican, although |
in 1858 he was the Democratic candidate
for Vice President, and after that served
part of torn in the T. s. Senate from
Missouri. Blair has been dead for many |
years.
The expected debate in the Senate on
The repeal of the Federal Elections laws,
which was to come up during the week,
las been again postponed. The Senate
,eems very slow to get down to business
since the recess.
1t seems that the income tax feature
IF the Wilson bill has come up in a sep
.rate measure entirely. If so, there is
,ut little doubt of its defeat. The East
,rn Democrats are against the tax on in
comes almost to man. And the outlook
s that those who are in favor of it will
not be able to rally enough supporters to
larry it through the House.
Judge Long, Of Michigan, has had his