Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-02-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
JsPucrAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
Washington, Feb. 10, 1894.

ed, and he is just as mad with the
cuckoo democrats who voted for con-
firmatiOn as he is with the democrats
who voted for rejection. He is mad
with the cuckoos because he charges
them with having deceived him up to
the time the vote was taken, by claim
ing to have the pledges of majority
of the Senators to vote for cOnfirma-
ton. His first move after Peckham's
amendment favored by any one of
the fifteen democratic Senators who
voted against Peckham being included
in the amended tariff bill, but mas
much as two out of the three men,
bers of the sub committee-Jones of
Ark. and Vest-voted against Peck
ham he did not meet with much sue
cess in that project. What his next
step will be is somewhat doubtful,
but even the cuckoos do not expect
it to be anything calculated to heal
the gaping democratic wounds left by
the rejection of Hornblower and Peck
ham, Nothing would be easier than
for him to nominate a democrat to
the Supreme Court vacancy who
would be at once confirmed without a
single adverse vote, but he prevers
to drag his personal fights into the
Senate in his effort to humiliate Hill.
So far the humiliation has been his
own aud he neither deserves nor gets
any sympathy.
There is a tariff fight going on
among the democratic Senators that
is quite as bitter as that between the
Cleveland and Hill men, although
there is more effort made to keep it a
secret It was this fight which pre-
vented the tariff bill being reported
to the Finance committee last iweek.
A week ago members of the sub
committee stated that the bill was
ready 10 be reported. The reason it
was not reported was the concerted
demand of number of democratic
Senators for additional amendments
giving certain Industries in their
states protection. The fight got SO
warm at one time that the sub COM
mittee informed those Senators that
it would report the bill just as it came
from the House and they could sup
port it or not just as they pleased. Of
course this was merely bluff against
a bluff. Senator Voorhees, has told the
republican members of the Senate
Finance committee that the bill will
be reported to the committee at it's
regular meeting, to- morrow, but it is
not at all certain that it will be. Dem
ocratic senators are beginning to ex-
press doubts among themselves as to
their ability to SO patch up the bill
that it will receive the votes of all the
democrats in the Senate.
Senator Morgan has completed
report on the Hawaiian investigation
made by a sub committee of the SEN
ate committee on Foreign Relations,
but it will not be made public until
the full committee has acted upon it.
1t has been read to the sub commit
tee and the republican members
thereof informed Mr.. Morgan that if
he would make certain changes in
the report they would sign it. 1t is
understood that the tone Of the re
port is antagonistic to the restoration
policy of Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Bland has not yet succeeded in
getting his bill for the coinage Of the
seigniorage passed by the House, ow
ing to the refusal of those opposed to
vote to make a quorum.
For many year the Woman's Stuff
rage Association has held it's annual
conventions in Washington, but at
the one just closed it was decided to
hold the 1895 convention at Atlanta,
Ga. The southern members of Con-
gress appear to regard this decision
as a joke.
Secretary Morton got little roast
ing 90 account of letter written last |
August saying that the Russian thistle |
House committee on Agriculture in
favor of the bill providing for the ex
termination of the weed. Governor
ShorJridge of North Dakota, one of |
the principle speakers, dismissed
Morton's letter by calling it "rot, 'but
Representative Sioley of Pa, demo
GRAFT, declared the letter demonstrated |
Morton's ignorance Of agricultural |
matters and his unfitness to be at the |
head of the Agricultural department.. |
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, |
who cast one of the twenty four re-
ton of Peckham's nomination to the
Supreme Court a humiliating defeat |
for Mr.. Cleveland, say of his reason