The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of IKE RECORD.


Mr.. Cleveland has been bowling mad ever
since Peckham was rejected, and he is just
as mad with the cuckoo Democrats who
voted for confirmation as he is with the
Democrats who 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 claiming to have the
pledges OF majority of the Senators to
vote for confirmation His first move after
Peckham's defeat was to attempt to prevent
any amendment favored by any one of the
fifteen Democratic Senators who voted
against Peckham being included in the
amended tariff bill, but iuasmuch as two
out OF the three members of the sub.com.
mittee-Jones of Arkansas, and Vest
voted, against Peckham he did not meet
with much success in that project. What
his next step will be is somewhat doubtful,
hut even the cuckoos do not expect it to be
anything calculated to heal the gaping
Democratic wounds left by the rejection of
Hornblower and Peckham Nothing would
be easier than for him to nominate u Demo.
crat to the Supreme Court vacancy who
would be at once confirmed without II single
adverse vote but he prefers to drag his per.
sonal fights into the Senate in his effort to
humiliate Hill. So far the humiliation has
been his own and he neither deserves nor
gets any sympathy.
There is tariff fight going on among the
Democratic Senators that is quite as bitter
as that between the Cleveland aud Hill
men, although there is more effort made to
keep it secret. 1t was this fight which pre-.
vented the tariff bill being reported to the
Finance Committee last week. A week ago
members of the subcommittee stated that
the bill was ready to be reported. The rea
son it was not reported was the concerted
demand OF a number of Democratic Senators
for additional amendments giving certain in.
dustries in their states protection. The
hight got 80 warm at one time that the sub.
committee informed those Senators that it
would report the bill just as it came from
the House and they could support it or not
just as they pleased. OF course this was
merely q bluff against bluff Senator
Voorhees, has told the Republican members
of the Senate finance committee the bill will
be reported to the committee at its regular
meeting tomorrow. but it is not at all certain
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beginning to express doubts among them.
selves 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
subcommittee of the Senate 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.com.
mttee 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 report is antagunistc to the restoration
policy of Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Bland has not yet succeeded in
getting his bill for the coinage of the seign.
forage passed by the House, owing to the
refusal of those opposed to vote to make
quorum, but he will probably have quorum
Of the friends of the bill on hand early this
week and the bill will then be passed.
For many years the Woman's Suffrage
Association has held its 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
Congress appear to regard this decision as a
| joke.