Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 20, '94.

Republican Senators are good natur-
eddy serving notice upon Democrats
that no tariff tinkering will be allowed
at the approaching session of Congress,
no matter what Mr.. Cleveland may or
may not recommend in his message.
That the notice is jocularly served does
not indicate that it is intended for a
joke. On the contrary, the Republican
Senators were never more in earnest.
They are fully determined that the
country shall have the rest which was
promised by Republicans ON the stump,
if a Republican Congress was elected.
They would, of course, prefer that Dem
ocratic Senators a~micably allow this
rest, but are determined that the coun.
try shall have it even if they have to
fight every hour of the remainder of
the life of the Fifty Third Congress.
The Democrats can not by neglecting
this notice secure the passage of any
pop gun tariff bills, but such action on
their part will re suit in forcing an early
extra session of the Fifty Fourth Con-
gress, to pass the appropriation bills
which will be left Enacted upon by the
present Congress. 1t is left for the
Democratic Senators to choose. They
know that under the present rules of
the Senate it will be an easy matter for
the Republicans to block the Senate
during the entire short session, if they
consider it necessary to do SO, and they
know also that those rules are not 60
ing to be changed.
Another foreign fuke must be charg
ed up against the administration. ia
pan has automatically, but positively
refused Mr.. Cleveland 3 offer to mediate
between it and China, which was made
without q shadow of q Constitutional
right to do so, solely because China,
instigated by England, asked him to do
so. Mr.. Cleveland ought to rejoice that
Japan refused his offer. The refusal
saves him from a p~redicament that
would have been decidedly disagree
able, and might have been worse, for
Congress might have interposed its
authority to prevent his carrying out
his offer had it been accepted.
Judge Robinson, of Goldsboro, N. c.,
n of the six members of the State
Supreme Court elected on the Fusion
ticket, is in Washington, partly on
business and partly to rest. Speaking
of the political revolution in his State
he said: 1.-THE break in the solid South
is, in my opinion, permanent. have
always been a Republican, and am
proud to see the grand old party max
ing Roadway in the South, for l think
it will be the best thing in the world
for the prosperity Of the South that it's
citizens should divide politically, as
they do in other sections of the coun-
try. Although the triumph I'VE De.
mocracy was won this time by fusion,
my belief is that hereafter there will be
a clean square fight in North Carolina
between the Democrats and Republic
cans. The newly elected Legislature
will repeal the present unjust election
laws PLAN" Judge Robinson thinks
that Marion Butler ID sure of being
elected to the full term in the Senate
and that Vance's unexpired term will
be filled by M of the half dozen Re-
publicans whose candidacy has been
announced.
How any man with a normal supply
OF self respect u remain in Mr.. Cleve-
lands cabinet is one of those things
which no fellow can find out. He does
not treat the members of his Official
family with half the respect that the
average head of a big business enter
prise does his ~lieutenants. In fact, he
does not treat them with any respect
at all at times. There is not a single
member of the cabinet who has not
been severely snubbed by Mr.. Cleve-
land, and the snubbing has in every
case been done in such a that
others have known of It. This week he
gave the entire cabinet a snubbing, by
not coming in from his country resi-
dence to attend the regular cabinet
meeting, at which the members of the
cabinet remained for more than two