The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-05-17
MANY STORMY DEBATES.
THE FIGHT OVER THE TARIFF
BILL Is STILL ON.
Changes in the Postoffice Department.
State Bank Bill Favored
Scramble for Positions.

State Bank Bill Favored
Scramble for Positions.
Special Correspondence of the Sentinel
WASHINGTON, May I2.-The intro
duction of the four hundred amend
ments to the Wilson tariff bill by the
Senate Finance Committee seems to
have been the signal for acrimonious
and stormy debates in that wing Of
the capitol, SO much so in fact that it
is more of an exception than the rule
when Senator rises to address that
august body that he never closes
without giving his opponent a
thrust in the side" Bad faith and
various acts of discourtesy are daily
imputed to the Democrats by the Re
publicans who in turn rarely ever
mince their words in reply. The gall
leries are crowded daily to hear the
lively s'sparring," anG the fate OF the
+ bill has again become to be a matter
of doubt, SO far as details are con-
cerned.
WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR"
About forty reductions and promo
| tions in the PoStof1ice Department
were made here this week, when
| strange as it may sound to those who
have faithfully followed the Demo-
| cratic colors, several Democrats were
| reduced and an equal number of Re
publicanS promoted and given better
| places over them. At the same time
a respectable number of Democrats
were promoted and as many RepublI-
| cans reduced. Regarding the promo
| ton of Democrats over Republicans !
have only to say: Lay on MacDuff
and damned be he who first cries,
hold, enough" but when it comes to
reducing Democrats and promoting
Republicans, then l recognize the full
force and effect of FIannagon's cele
brated remark, what are we here
for"
| STATE BANK BILL FAVORED.
The concensus of opinion around the
capitol seems just now to be favorable
to the passage of State bank bill Oh
the free coinage of silver as a means
of increasing the volume of money
circulation. Men who have up to this
time rather looked with disdain upor
either measure have been brought
face to face with one or botf
alternative left for extricatinl
themselves from predicamen
which would be dangerous for them t.
appear before their constituents
Either or both, however, will encoun
ter better and stubborn opposition
from the Eastern and New England
States. At the same time all othe
sections of the country are clamorins
for emancipation from this plutocrat
ic thralldom and regard such legisla
tion as the first step in that direction
A few faint echoes o. joy and glad
! ness can still be audibly heard reverb
Grating throughout the capitol owe
recent Democratic victory in tn
third Ohio district.
RUMoR ABOUT MR.. KING.
Pendleton Kings name is now cor
nected with rumOr here that he vii
2 be given a s., 250 berth in the Stat
Department., as the supply of foreig
consulates for North Carolina la
} about become exhausted. He is M
: | tive of Guilford.
SCRAMBLE FOR JOBS.
: Public Printer Benedict has take
charge of the Government Printin
c Office and begun already the work {
{ reorganiZing that department by tn
appointment of nearly or quite all til
: chiefs. The scramble for places
: something wonderful.
q NORTH CAROLINA VISITORS.
h Among the late North Carolina a
rivals in this city / notice J. Z. Calt
well, of the Charlotte Observer; E.
8 Edmunds and Lindsay Patterson,
4 Winston; L. G. Waugh, Dobson: e. {
Beddingfield, Raleigh; J. w. Wilson
d Morganton; R. L. Patterson, Durham
]. George III. Smothers, Waynesvill
Marion Butler, Goldsboro; L.
| Wheeler Lexington