Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-04
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE TARIFF BILL WILL CERTAIN.
LY PASS,
Senator Mills Makes q Great Speech
The Press Claims Co. Crooked.
ness--COxey and the PopuIists.

Az last mere Is harmony among TIT
Democratic Senators on the tariff ant
the party presents united front t
the enemy. Concessions have beer
made which will not be satisfactory L
lots of Democrats. but it was only by
concessions that harmony could be Sc
cured. There is one consolation fo
the party. The tariff bill as it will b,
amended will be a decided improve
ment upon the Mckinley law, and i
will receive the vote Of every Democrat
ic Senator. Having secured harmony
the Democratic Senators are now fore
ing the fighting and will continue tt
do 50 until the bill is passed. Every
thing is to be made to give way to one
object-the passing of the bill; ant
there is every reason to believe that il
will be passed in ample time to become
law on the first day of July. If the
Republicans persist 10 the filibuster
tactics they have this week adopted
the Democrats propose to resort te
heroic remedies to stop it, regardless
of rules and precedents.
The great speech made by Senator
Mills, of Texas, (many think the great
est of his lifeD in closing the general
debate on the tariff bill, will probably
be the last long tariff speech made on
the Democratic side of the Senate
The present programme is to compel
longer daily sittings OF the Senate and
to let the Republicans do the most oil
the talking until they have been al.
lowed reasonable time to debate the
bill by items. Then there may be a
continuous day and night session last.
ing until the final vote is reached, un
less the Republicans will agree upon
an early date for taking vote. and al
present there is no indications OF Their
doing that. There are at least four
Republican Senators who will not
fiilibuster to prevent a vote.
Mr.. John Wedderburn, manager oil
the Examiner Bureau of Claims
and the Press Claims Co.," the last
named concern being we'll known 10
newspaper publishers by reason of its
sending out circulars asking big ad.
vertising in exchange for it's stock
which was to have millions in it,
sometime in the future, has had some
ugly charges made against him by Mr.
William X. Hearst, publisher of the
San Francisco Examiner, in bill filed
in court asking that receiver be ap'
pointed and that Wedderburn be re.
strained from intermeddling with its
affairs. Mr.. Hearst says that he was a
partner with Wedderburn in the Ex'
aMiner Bureau, and makes the follow.
ing specific charges against him
That he established the Press Claims
Co." without Hearst's consent; that
he maintained it with money belong
ing to the Examiner Bureau; that he
mismanaged claims, including some
for subscribers OF the Omaha Bee and
the St. Paul Pioneer Press and has re
fused to refund money which the con.
tracts with those papers called for
thdb uC iido SlCatCu u kC lutiCUtCu
ness, including note for 50 900 given
to Mr.. Hearst's mother and signed
without authority with the firms
name; that he has improperly used
money for his personal expenses, and
that he has injured the reputation oil
the San Francisco Examiner by his
Encouragement of cases and by send
ing out circular offering prizes fol
inventions, charging competitors ar
initial fee OF five dollars.
The local authorities have made all
Of their arrangements to receive Coxey's
so,called army, which will arrive in
Washington early next week. Nc
trouble is anticipated, but if any comes
they are fully prepared for it. If the
men who come here with Coxey behave
themselves and violate no law they
will be allowed TO remain as long al
they please, or rather as long as they
can get enough to eat. and you may
be sure that will not be long. 1t they
violate the law they will be treated
just as other criminals are.
By the way, the Populists in Con
gress are, as the saying is, between
the devil and the deep sea" as to Cox
ey's army. When the "army" first
startled they to a man denounced the
movement. Afterwards some of them
tried to hedge, Senators PETER and
Allen introducing resolutions in the
Senate, and Representatives Davis and
Boon bills In the House, in the inter.
est OF tho "srmy." This week they
held caucus on the subject. 1t isn't
the "army" they are worrying about
but the votes of their constituents who
sympathize with the absurd idea that
brings the army" here. 1t isn't like
ly to be much of an "army" after all
as from the best information at present
obtainable, even if all OF the various
bodies of men now headed towards
Washington should get here, which il
not probable, there would only be g.
500 OF them.
The House is steadily pushing its
programme of rapidly disposing Of the
regular appropriation bills. Dem.