Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-24
Washington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1894.

Senate just now presents striking
confirmation OF this assertion just
as soon as every democratic Senator
in town signed an agreement to re-
main in their seats each day until
Senator Harris move to adjourn the
republicans saw that the fiillibustering
| jig was up, unless they were prepared
! to remain in their seats for an indefi-
mite period to keep it up and there
was little probability of success even
then, as the silver republicans public
| ly gave notices of their intention to
aid the democrats in keeping quorum
and in getting a vote on the bill, and
| there are other republican Senators
who privately expressed the same SER
timents. The fillibustering died hard,
but when Senator Harris's motion for
! the Senate to meet, beginning today,
| at 10 o'clock was made no negative
votes were cast.
This does not of course, mean that
republican opposition to the bill has
been withdrawn. but that it has been
| forced by the united front of the demo.
Gratis down to a legitimate basis and
| that extended debate is no longer ex-
! pended upon minor items in the bill.
The democrats have no desire to stitia
debate on the really important sections
OF the bill and the proposed amend
ments, and they expect that reason
able amount OF time will be consumed
when the sugar schedule, the income
tax and other really important por-
tions of the bill are reached, but they
do not intend that debate merely for
delay shall play any further part in
| the consideration of the bill, and in
that determination they have every
reason to believe that they are support
ed by nine-tenths of the people OF the
country, regardless of politics, who
want this question settled at the ear
hliest possible moment, in the interest
of resumption of business.
The fairness OF Vice President Ste
venson in selecting the committee
which began the investigation, auth
orized by the resolution without dis
senting vote by the Senate last week,
was in marked contrast with the action
of republican presiding officers of the
Senate in selecting similar committees
in the past. Although he would have
been justifiable in putting three demo-
Gratis and two republicans on the COM
mittee, he only selected two democrats
Gray, of Dell, and Lindsay, of KY,
allowing the populists one member
Allen, Nebr. and the republicans two
Lodge of Mass, and Davis of MINI.
The first work of the committee will
be to try to get at all the facts connect
ed with the outrageous attempt to bribe
Senators Kyle. of S. ID. and Hunton,
OF Va, to vote against the tariff bill.
Sensational disclosures are looked for
in this case, but your correspondent
is not over sanguine that they will
pan out; to accomplish anything by
bribery that they seldom leave their
tracks uncovered to sufficient extent
10 have the crime legally fastened up.
on them.
The committee will also investigate
the numerous charges connecting the
Senators who arranged the amend.
ments to the tariff bill with the sugar
trust in q scandalous manner, anC
your correspondent does not hesitate
to predict that the foundation of every
one of these charges will be found the
same-Partisan vindictiveness agains
tariff reform. But whatever the found
ations may be the committee proposes
to get down to them If such thing il
possible. Several well known repub
lican newspaper men will find it diff.
cult to produce authority for charges
they have made against Senators, and
it wiz not be surprising if some oi
the Rctually figures in court as de-
fendents in criminal libel suits. The
first official work Of the committee
was to vote unanimously in favor Of
hearing the testimony in secret This
was not because of any.desire to con.
4 ceal or to cover up anything, but be-
cause it was thought to be- the best way
of getting to the bottom of things.
4 Every word of testimony taken will be
printed and made public at the close
of the investigation, but in the near
time Senator Gray will decide JUS
how much shall d pm 70 day be giver
to the newspapers.
The first big batch Of discharge.
from the Government Printing ofac'
were made Saturday. They will b
eont,nued uAail the foroe i reduced !.