The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of THE RECORD.
WASHINGTON. August . |


ing tells another story. Mr.. Cleveland has
discovered that he could not dictate to the
Democratic Senators in matters affecting
the welfare of thousands of citizens of the
states they represent, and he is said to
deeply regret that he allowed the advice of
Don Dickinson, the Michigan rainbow
chaser, to outweigh that of Secretary Carl
isle, who advised him not to send that
letter. He hasn't changed his mind about
free coal for the benefit of the Whitney
syndicate, free iron for the Carnegie crowd,
has found out that he went the wrong way
to get this unique combination of tariff re-
form. He wants them as bad as ever, and
some say he is willing to see all tariff legis-
lation fail rather than not to get them, but
he regrets having jumped on those who
know how, and do not hesitate to fight back
Although the conferees held their first re.
corded meeting since the bill was, on Friday
last, sent back to conference without in
structions by the Senate, the Democratic
conferees spent all day Saturday and Sunday
liz trying to patch up the differences between
the House and Senate, but as no satisfactory
answer has yet been found to the ultmatum
of the Senators take the bill as it is or
you'll get nothing"-the status is unchanged
Some of the shrewdest observers are con-
vinced that victory for the Senate bill is
assured, and that the time of the Democratic
bosses is now principally taken up with ar
ranging series of more or less confusing
changes in the bill, which shall make il seem
that concessions were made on both sides, or
as one man puts it: "fnding a soft place
for Cleveland to fall on. " The House con.
ferees are individually willing to hold out
against the Senate, but the Democrats of
the House generally are not willing to keep
up the fight and they have plainly shown
their disinclnation to fight Mr.. Cleveland s
battle for him.
Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle are doing
that immigrants shall be inspected by U. 5.
Consuls, before being allowed to start for
this country, and which was recently passed
by the House and is now before the Senate
immigration Committee. The principal
ground for their opposition, according tt
their chief spokesman, Mr.. Stump, U. s
Commissioner of immigration, is that the
bill if it became law, would stop all immi
grafton. That argument will hardly defea
the bill, as there are many who believe thai
immigration ought to be stopped, for
time any way. Representative Stone, o
l Pa, the author of the bill, and by who's
shrewd management it was engineered
through the House in spite of the opposi
tion of the chairman of the House com
:. mittee on immigration, thinks it will b
n Just the law that is needed; that it woul
e shut out the undesirable, giving us only tn
# class of immigrants who are always welcom
h in all countries.
7. Mr.. Cleveland seems to have little diff
d Guilty in controlling the actions of Dem
L. cratic members of the House. Only tt
le other day the Democratic members of tn
III House committee on Commerce were IL
I'd ssting upon the necessity for the adoptit
e. of the resolution authorizing that commit
" to make an investigation of the recei
eft strikes, because they did not consider I'll
n law under which Mr.. Cleveland appoint
r' the Investigating Commission broad enou
II | L. M
X Cleveland gave the chairman of that CO.
OF mittee hint that he thought one investil
et ton enough, and straightway the Democr
be on the committee began to talk about
cir olashing that would be caused by two
MS vestigations and to indicate very plalr
ps that the resolution was dead. Mr.
Die would doubtless be willing to pay larg
for recipe that would enable him to c.
ay- troll the Senators as easily.
.ge No finer bit of sarcasm was ever got oil
ee, the floor of the Senate, than when Sena
rd. Manderson sent fan to Senator Villas, ]
ers before his name was called on the vot,
ley instruct the Senate conferees to recede fl
ay the dfierential duty on refined sugar,
hide his face while he voted agalns
F. motion he had originally made himself
lis had only withdrawn after two lengthy
the exciting Democratic caucuses He certai
po- must have felt like hiding his face wher
so voted for the sugar trust after having pc
its before the country as one of its most de
cry mined opponents. Senator Stewart s RET
and to vote prevented the striking out of
liti' dfferential duty.
per. The Senate Investigating committee
dis a standstill because OF its inability to
ces. hold of one Battershall a man who is
lean to have taken the orders of Senators for
purchase of sugar trust stock. AS 500
lgar Battershall found out that he was wa
y in and ascertained that he would be mac
With tell all he knew or 60 to jail, he took
lie at self out of the country; at any rat
lars, cannot be found, and rumor says he
,s Of supplied with money enough, by those
f re, would be injured by his testimony, to l
his trip long and pleasant one
veral T. j. Bell, of Nye county, Is cand
med for nomination for Governor and will al
reek, before the Silver Party Conventio
July. Carson, on September 4th,
ch III The unskilled negro lahorers, it is
the ,..a.,o.5aot h,vs m show wb n
ohus' on the Pacific Coast. as the Chinese
'"'e japanese have q monopoly of that so
as it l.,
r too "o'"'