The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-02
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1S9

Mr.. Cleveland has been howlin
mad ever since Peckham was rejected
and he is just as mad with the cucko
democrats who voted for confirmation
as he is with the democrats who votet
for rejection. He is mad with the
cuckoos because he charges them will
having deceived him up to the tim,
the vote was taken by claiming t.
have the pledges of a majority of the
Senators to vote for confirmation. Hi
first move after Peckham's defeat wa.
to attempt to prevent any amend
ment favored by any one of the fif
teen democratic Senators who voted
against Peckham being included in
the amended tariff bill, but inasmuch
as two out of the three members of
the sub-committee-Jon OF Ark.
and Vest-voted against Peckham he
did not meet with much success in
that project. What his next step will
be is somewhat doubtful, but even the
cuckoos do not expect it to be any
thing calculated to heal the gaping
democratic wounds left by the rejec-
ton of Hornblower and Peckham.
Nothing would be easier than for him
to nominate a democrat to the Su-
preme Court vacancy who would be at
once confirmed without single ad-
verse vote, but he prefers to drag his
personal fights into the Senate in his
effort to humiliate Hill. So far the
humiliation has been his own and he
neither deserves nor gets any SYM
pathy.
There is a tariff fight going on
among the democratic Senators that
is quite as bitter as that between the
Cleveland and Hill men, although
there is more effort to keep it secret.
1t was this fight which prevented the
tariff bill being reported to the FL
nance committee last week. A week
ago members of the subcommittee
stated that the bill was ready to be re-
ported. The reason it was not re-
ported was the concerted demand of a
number of democratic Senators for
additional amendments giving ce rtain
industries in their states protection.
The fight got so warm at one time
that the subcommittee informed
those Senators that they would re-
port the bill just as it come from the
House and they could support it or
not just as they pleased. Of course
this was merely bluff against bluff.
Senator VOORHEES, has told the republi-
can members of the Senate Finance
comittee that the bill will be reported
to the committee at its regular meet
ing, tomorrow; but it is not at all GER
certain that it will be. Democratic
Senators are beginning to express
doubs among themselves as to their
ability to so patch up the bill that it
will receive the votes of all the demo-
Gratis in the Senate.
Senator Morgan has completed a
report on the Hawaiian investigation
made by subcommittee of the Sen
ate committee on Foreign Relations,
but it will not be made public until
the full committee has acted upon it..
It has been read to the subcommittee
and the republican members thereof
informed Mr.. Morgan that if he would
make certain changes in the report
they would sign 1t. 1t is understood
that the tone of the report is antag
onistic to the restoration policy of
Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Bland has not yet succeeded in
getting his bill for the coinage of the
seigniorage passed by the House,
owing to the refusal of those opposed
to vote to make quorum, but he
will probably have quorum of the
friends of the bill on hand early this
week and the bill will then be passed.
For many years the Woman's Suf-
frage Association has held its annual
conventions in Washington, but at
the one just closed it was decided to
hold the 1895 convention at Atlanta,
Ga. The southern members of Con-
gress appear to regard this decision as
a joke.
Secretary Morton got little roast
ing on account of letter written last
August saying that the Russian this
tie was blessing, at hearing before
the House committee on Agriculture
in favor OF the bill providing for the
determination of the weed. Governor
Shortridge, of North Dakota, one Of
the principle speakers dismissed Nor
tons letter by calling it "rot," but
Representative Sibley, of Pa. demo-
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