Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-15

the democracy to invent phrase or
catch-word which they seek to make
odious iteration, and then to use it as
bugaboo with which to scare timid and
feather-brained republicans - The trick
consists in asking some unsuspicious re-
publican whether the party will re-enact
the Mckinley tariff law, when itreturns
to power. If he answers in substance,
that changed conditions may make some
changes necessary, as most sensible men
are apt to do, he will find his remarks
distorted and published under scare
head that ''McKinleyism is dead" or
something with a similar meaning. The
object is so plain that republicans in
congress smile at the attempts, but this
mention is made to put republicans in
your vicinity on their guard against ac-
cepting as true any interview purport-
ing to have been held with any republi-
can senator or representative, in which
protection is sightingly spoken OF.
There have be no such interviews. If
there is republican in either the SEN
ate or the house who is not protec-
ZIONIST he is not known to the leaders of
the party.
Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle
have apparently captured the democrat
ic members of the house committee on
banking and currency. Ten days ago
Chairman Springer, of the committee,
publicly declared that it would be i'm
possible for the committee to agree upon
any currency pill; to-day, he says the
committee will before the holidays re-
port currency bill to the house, and
that it will be along the line proposed
by Carlisle and endorsed by Mr. Cleve-
land. This week is to be devoted by the
committee to hearings, the list including
Secretary Carlisle, Controller Eckles and
a number of bankers. Secretary Carlisle
has at the request of the committee sub
mitted rough draft of the bill giving
his ideas of what it ought to be in order
to carry out his recommendations.
Whether this bill can pass the house af-
ter it is reported will depend largely
upon the attitude of Speaker Crisp who
dominates the committee on rules,
which must report an order limiting de-
bate thereon, if it is to have any chance
for getting through. Mr. Catchings, of
Mississippi, is the only member of the
committee on rules who has publicly
committed himself to the Carlisle leve-
land plan.
The caucus of democratic senators in
o1T 1nI
tons to the steering committee to pro-
vide an order of business for the session,
but that is a long ways from an indica-
ton that the democratic senators are
ready to accept whatever currency bill
the house may pass and send over.
Those who are disposed to believe that
the senate will pass a house currency
bill without amendment should turn
their memory back to the Wilson tariff
bill for few minutes. But even if the
democrats were willing to accept house
bill that would make no difference in the
result. The decision not to change the
rules of the senate leaves the decision
as to what bills shall pass the senate in
the hands of the republican senators,
who are not likely to favor hurried leg
islation on such an important question
as the currency of the country. The
other bills named by the democratic
caucus were those for the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico; Nicaragua
canal, bankruptcy and the Indian ter
ritory bill.
The administration is pulling all the
wires at its disposal to force the free ship
bill through congress. 1t would throttle
another American ndustry-shipbuil
ing. 1t is claimed by the friends Of the
bill, who consist mostly of misguided
democrats and the paid representatives.
of the English shipbuilders, that it will
certainly be passed by the house at this
session; but that claim is at best very
should get the support of the committee
on rules, which it must have to get pass
ed by the house, there is not the slight
est possibility that it can get through
the senate. Just why Mr.. Cleveland
and his administration should have lent
themselves to the support of this bill is
one of the numerous things which are
difficult to understand, assuming them
to be entitled to the honesty and patriot
ism they claim.
The attorneys of H. L. Preston, pub
Usher of Kansas City paper &C. L.
Trevitt, of Washington, and H. L.
Strohm, of Kansas City, have fled bill
in equity against John Wedderburn,
manager of the "Press Claims Co., of
Washington, and w. R. Hearst, of the
Examiner Claims Bureau" asking for
the cancellation of contract made with
the said ''Press Claims Company" by
Preston, because of misrepresentation,
and that Preston be paid $40 for adver-
Using the concern. The attorneys say
there will be some revelations of inter
est to publishers having similar con.
tracts with the ''Press Claims Com
pany" when the suit is tried.
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