The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-07-07
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, July = 1924.
l. IS putting the case very mildly to
say that the democratic managers have
been in state of fright Tor several days
past. Instead OF trying to drive the
tariff bill to a vote they have actually
been sCheming to prevent It's being
pushed TO a final vote before they were
certain OF having the votes TO pass 1t.
The adjournment OF the Senate from
Friday until today, after the bill had
been reported to the Senate from the
committee of the whole, was to enable
the democratic managers 10 put down
the revolt against the bill. They have
not yet succeeded, but they probably
will, and then they will rush the bill
for all they know how. The populsis
are at the head of this revolt, but
Senators Blanchard, of La. who
accuses the democratic managers OF
breaking the pledges by agreeing TO
no lily the sugar schedule, and Hill
OF Ny. whose plucky fight against the
| ircome tax in the lace of certain defeat
has excited the admiration of his worst
enemies, are both in 1t up to their
ears TINS revolt may delay the final
vote on the bill for two Or three days
and may result in few more con-
cessions being made to get the kickers
back into the traces, but there Is no
good reason to believe that it will
effect the final disposition of the bill.
| The revolt wasn't organized to defeat
| the bill, but merely to obtain further
concessions for those who know that
they are il a position to defeat the bill
if their demands are finally refused,
bat who lack the courage 10 defeat it
even if they fail in getting the Concess-
ions they are after. After all it
matters little III what shape the bill
will pass the Senate. The bill that
will become law, if any does, will be
shaped by the Conference committee,
and it may-probably will differ as
radically from the Senate bill as that
does from the Wilson bill as originally
passed by the House. In view of the
present position of the free traders 10
the House, it will be surprising if the
country knows before the first of
August what the new tariff will be.
Secretary Gresham did his part to
keep the interests of the sugar trust
protected by reporting, in answer to
Senator Hoar's resolution calling for
information on the subject, that the
State department had no official lnfor
nation of the intention of Germany
Gautamale, or any other foreign nation
to place retaliatory duties upon Amer
can products if the present sugar
schedule of the tariff bill becomes
law. 1t is noted as coincidence
that Secretary Gresham's answer made
its appearance just as the democrats
of the Senate Finance committee were
considering the proposed changes in
tine sugar schedule, which would re-
duce the profts of the sugar trust.
Senator Sherman is very much in
earnest in his attack upon the Pullman
Car Company for such his resolution
which was adopted by the Senate,
directing the committee On interstate
commerce to investigate and report
upon the ACCESSIBILITY of law for the
regulation of the charges made by
parlor and sleeping cars, really is. Mr.
Sherman characteriZes the Pullman
Company and the sugar trust as the
two most outrageous monopolies we
have. He thinks that the charges per
mile to be made by the Pullman Co. y,
can be fixed by law, just as the inter
state commerce law fixes the charges
which interstate railroads may make
for carrying passengers, and what is
more to the purpose, he says he doesn't
intend TO stop agitatlng the matter
until bill carrying out that idea
has been reported and passed. To
Judge by the expressions of opinion by
both Senators and Representatives 1t
will not be difficult to get such bill
passed. Senator Sherman saws the
rate could be made just one half OF
what it IS now and that the Pullman
Company would still make enormous
profits.
Secretary Herbert has made a
decision that can only be explained
by considering him to be absolutely
indifferent to the suffering Of others.
He decided that the Congressional
joint resolution extending the approprl
atoms of the last fiscal year beginning
yesterday, on account of the regular
appropriations not having been acted
upon by Congress, does not apply
to the current appropriations for
increase OF the navy and IN conse-
quence orders were issued on Saturday
to suspend 1900 men employed in the
New York, Norfolk and Mare Island
navy yards. Even granting that the
decision was technically legal, which
is doubted, Is this time to deprive
17oo men, majority OF whom have
families, Of employment when they
could just as we'll have been kept at
work? What makes this act seem all
the more heartless is the suspicion, SO
well gounded that it Is practically a
certainty, that partisanshlp of the
rankest kind IS at the bottom of. The
Congressional Campaign is about to
open, and it will doubtless be seen
when work is resumed at those navy
yards that no man will go to work who
cannot be counted upon TO help elect
democratic Congressman.
BEAUTIFUL BAY RIDGE ON THE