Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-01-05

uSWs oShViaC w plCNGuO tHO ulebut
isfied democrats from expressing
their objections to his tariff bill
before the democratic caucus,
which will probably be held this
week. He has issued an order
that the caucus shall decide i'm
mediately after assembling wheth-
er it is advisable for it to pass on
the tariff bill. If he can control
majority of the caucus the tar
iff bill will not be touched. Mean
while some of the dissatisfied
democrats are trying to get the
republicans to promise to vote
with them to recommit the bill to
the Ways and Means committee
when Mr.. Wilson calls 1t up in the
House. The republicans haye not
decided whether they will do this,
but 1t is hardly probable that they
will.
Senator Allison thinks that the
Cleveland tariff bill will be con-
sidered by the entire membership
of the Finance committee when it
gets to the Senate, just as the
Mckinley bill was. 1t will be re-
membered that the republicans of
the Ways and Means committee of
the House were not allowed to take
any part whatever in the making
of the bill.
The New Yesr 8 reception at the
White House to-day recalled sad
memories to many. One year ago
the White House and the resi-
dences of members of the last ad-
ministration were all in mourning
because of the then recent death
of Mrs. Harrison, and no official
receptions were held in Washing
) ton.
There is wide difference of
opinion among democrats about
, authorizing the issue Of bonds re-
commended by Secretary Carlisle.
and it may cause big fight in the
l House as soon as the tariff bill is
, disposed of.
f 1t will cause no surprise among
, Treasury officials should there be
a deficit at the close of the cur.
rent fiscal year, June 80, 1894, of as
: much as S75, 100000. This is more
e than three times wha. the estimate
was of the probable deficiency be
fore schedules of the Cleveland
tariff bill were made public. Tha
: bill is directly responsible for the
: probable trebling of the deficien
cy. Importations are getting
smaller and smaller and will con
tinue to dwindle SO long as there
d is eny probability of that bill be
S coming a law. Importers are no
l. disposed to pay the present du
s ties when there is possibillt.
# that by waiting a few months the,
- can take advantage of the low du
y ties or of the free list of th
Cleveland bill. And that is no
l. the worst of it. The same caus
V is operating to shut down Ameri
can manufactures and it will b
: no better for a long time shoul,
J. that bill become a law. which CO.
G forbid, for as soon as it does on
t, markets will be so flooded wit
,r foreign goods that our own manu-
tacturers will hesitate to start u
u again even at the reduced wage
which everybody Low sees mus
4 follow such law.
The administration democrat
/ in tie House who supposed ths
:. their sharp practice just befor
r the holiday recess would enabl
u them to smother the criticism o
o Mr.. Cleveland's Hawaiian policy
! in the House, will find themselve
u very much mistaken. The repub
@ licans of the House Committee OF
Foreign Affairs have prepared
scorching minority report on th
% McCreary resolution reported thu
e day before the recess and intend
/. ed to screen the administration
!. unconstitutional acts, and that le
- port is going to be made the tex
, for some talk in the same line a
q the redhot speeches of Senate
r, Hosr and Representative Boutell
o made before the recess. The re
n publicans in both House and Sen
ate are fully determined that tn
smotbering act shall not be per
n formed.
S Notwithstanding repeated deni
u ais on the part of those connected
h in one way or another with the ad
Il ministration, there are many peo
y pie, democrats as we'll as republi
r cans, who believe that there i
e good foundation for the report
a which have again become curren
n concerning Secretary Gresham
retirement from the cabinet on &C
count of the failure of the Ha
It waiisn policy OF which he was thu
: originator. it has been known TO
J. some time that Mr.. Cleveland wa
looking for a loop-hole through
y which he could make his own es
E cape, this his friends are foolisl
e enough to think would be provid
q ed should Secretary Gresham