Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
wAsHINGToS. ID. c.. July 10, leg


very decisively last week. With
only one dissenting voice PETERS
lit adopted Senator Daniels reso-
luton, endorsing the acts Of MIR.
Cleveland and his administration 10
preserve law and order and pledging
the support of all branches Of the
government To ~ maintenance Of the
spne policy. That settled The fate
Of anarchy IN this country. BY 4
vote Of 35 10 II the senate refused
to attach an amendment To the
Daniels resolution declaring in
favor of arbitration Of labor disputes.
That made it certain that the George
bill 10 Withdraw the protection of
the u. =. courts from such railway
corporations as shall refuse 10 arbi-
trate when asked to do so BY their
employees, which is being lobbied
for by three members of the X. Of
l.. executive committee, cannot be
passed At present. This does not
mean that the senate does not favor
arbitration, rs everybody knows
that it does, but that it does not pro-
pose 10 allow itself TO be used by a
lot Of labor leaders 10 climb out of
the unpleasant hole in which they
find themselves. Ii is regarded "a
sufficient for the present TO show
the country that congress is behind
Mr.. Cleveland aud determined that
the q. 5. mails shall BIZ regularly
forwarded and that the authority Of
the government as expressed by its
judicial officers shall be respected,
at all hazards. This whole strike
business will probably be invesli-
gated by congress-a resolution pro-
viding for An investigation is al.
ready before the house.
Every New York republican
who comes to Washington agrees in
saying that the state will certainly
90 republicans this year. Here's the
opinion Of a prominent democrat
Gen. McMahon-"Il's an uphill
fight for the democrats In New York.
The delay in passing tariff bill has
done much harm and the income
tax still more. The latter will work
incalculable injury to the democra-
cy Of New York, and if the state is
lost, it will be the chief factor in
our defeat"
"Ihis house, Notwithstanding the
bold stand and loud talking of us
free trade democrats, is going ID
surrender in the end TO the senate
So said democratic senator to re-
publican friend. Things are Ger.
tainly pointing that way, and the be
lief is becoming more general every
day that whether it takes the con.
ference one week, two weeks, or
4 three weeks TO reach an agreement
on the tariff bill that agreement will
leave the bill substantially as il was
amended BY the senate.
1t remained for the democrats &c
make the deliberations Of confer
ence committee partisan. Never
before have the represeL tatIves oil
the minority party in congress been
ignored in holding meetings of {
conference committee, until it was
done by the democrats on the con
| ference committee now engaged il
1 irving To reconcile the tarlH differ
ences between the democrats of tht
house and those Of the senate. One
of the reasons why the republicans
have been shut out of the confer
ences is said TO be that negotiation,
are on foot whereby the sugar trust
the whisky trust, the cotton seed
oil trust, the standard oil trust anC
kindred trusts propose TO furnish
the democratic party with q biz
campaign fund for use in the con
gressional campaign, IN exchange
/ for tariff favors.
The attempt Of the leaders Of the
labor organizations to have Attorney
General Olney impeached is mo-
taken seriously in Washington, not
withstanding the presence of the
men who claim to see their way
clear to impeachment.
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