The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-07-21

disagreement between The house and |
Senate on pendiug legislation il vas
not with the intention thai In" aeE-
bsrs Of the majority party should de
vote days and weeks 10 bargaining and
dickerng with each other il order to
arrive at cut and dricd agreement
which should then be sprung on the
minority and solldly supported by the
majoritv. Ga the contrary, It was IN.
tended that the conferences should be
all that the term implies fill and
free discussion of the points of difI-r
ence between the House and Senate
by all OF the representatives OF the
House and Senate, and not By re
representatives. OF only the political
parties that happen to be in control OF
those bodies, and never until now has
that intention been deliberately VIC
lated, although there have been hun
dreds of conferences held. Senator
Voorhees, admitted that mistake was
made by not Inviting the republicans
to be present at the first meeting reid
but so far as known he has taken no
step 10 correct that mistake. Strictly
speaking those eight democrats have
no legal right TO tinker with that tariff
bill IN the forced absence Of the six
republican members Of the conference
committee and their attempting to Go
so may make trouble for them and
their party. This tariff business is q
long way from being settled.
Some of the democrats have sud-
denly discovered that Utah will prob
ably 60 republican and SO greatly are
they exercised over it that they are
actually trying 10 get Mr.. Cleveland
to veto the bill for the admission Of
that territory to the union. Mr.
Cleveland did not want the Utah bill!
passed at this session of Congress.
but from the best obtainable infor
nation it Is not probable that he will
veto the bill now that it has passed,
as it would be difficult 10 find good
reason for so doing.
The commission which Mr.. Eisve
land has agreed to appoint under the
act OF 1888, 10 investigate the railway
strike, is not likely TO secure any very
valuable information, inasmuch as it
will have no authority to get 10 the
bottom OF the trouble by investigating
the causes of the strike against the
Pullman company. which was response
bic for all the rest. l. can only deal
with interstate railways and their en-
ploYees. 1t S difficult TO understand
how the labor organization got the idea
that this commission would have
authority 10 arbitrate. One section of
the law under which Mr.. Cleveland
will appoint the two additional com
missloners to serve with the U. S.
Commissioner of Lab'r il making TINS
investigation does authorize arbitr-
alton by such a commission, but only
after application has been made by
both parties to the controversy for
arbitration.
lust to show the country that 1t can
do business rapidly when So minded
the Senate has IN one week passed ne
less than nine OF the regular appropri
alton bills, and the programme for
the present week includes the passing
of the other five. With all the aprropir
alton bills out of the way only the
tariff bill will stand in the way of
adjournment.
There is feeling Of relief in Con
gress and in administration circles at
the failure of the strike, which by rec r
son of the non action Of the half
anarchist democratic governor Of
Illinois, al one time TO become very
serious matter. The Attorney Cen
eral has asked for an Appropriation OF
S255,ooo to pay the extra expenses
incurred by reason of the strike by
the department of Justice. The war
department estimates have not been
made up.
Senator Allen of Nebraska, is the
latest victim of the personal explain
alton. He told the Senate Saturday
that It was not true as published few
days previously that he had made 4
monkey of himself while ID glorious
state OF intoxIcqtioa. The least sale
about the matter, the better.