The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-07-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of TEE RECORD.
WAsHINGToS, July l9,

"HlCu ueiIduu pTotectlOu Vi tnelT interests
in payment for past and future contributions
to the Democratic corruption fund, is still
going on, and from what has leaked out
there has been some very lively word
battles in the committee room in which the
meetings are held. Little Mr.. Wilson, who
by order of Mr. Cleveland was put at the
head of House Ways and Means committee
got so worked up at one of these meetings at
the various demands made on behalf of the
trusts by the Senators that he left the room
in huff and swore he would have nothing
more to do with it, However, after con.
sultaton with boss Cleveland he thought
better of it and is again regular attendant
closed will probably vote as meekly fer
what the trusts want as any Of his collea-
CUES, No indications of when the legal
conference, which will be attended as by
law provided by the entire committees ap.
pointed by the Vice President and Speaker
of the House respectively, will begin, has
been given to the six Republicans who are
members of those committees.
Senator Hale's resolution calling attention
to the regular and illegal status of the meet
ings now being held may be heard from
again in way that will be both unexpected
and unpleasant to the Democrats and the
trusts. When conference committees were
by law provided for in cases of disagree
ment between the House and the Senate on
pending legislation it was not with the in
tention that the members of the majority
party should devote days and weeks to bar
gaining and dickering with each other in
order to arrive at a cut and dried agreement
which should then be sprung on the minor
ity and soldly supported by the majority.
On the contrary it was intended that the
conference should be all that the term i'm.
plies--a full and free discussion of the points
OF difference between the House and Senate
by all of the Representatives of the House
and Senate, and not by representatives of
only the political parties that happen to be
now has that intention been deliberately
violated, although there have been hundreds
of conferences held. Senator voorhees, ad-
mitted that mistake was made by not in
viting the Republicans to be present at the
first meeting held but so far as known he
has taken ne step to correct that mistake.
| tIu Iii ofs
have no legal right to tinker with that tariff
bill in the forced absence of the six Republi-
can members of the conference committee,
and their attempting to do so may make
trouble for them and their party. This
tariff business is long way from being
settled.
Some of the Democrats have suddenly dis
covered that Utah will probably go Repub.
lican and SO greatly are they exercised over
it that they are actually trying to get Mr..
Cleveland to veto the bill for the admission
of that territory to the Union. Mr.. Ceve
land did not want the Utah bill passed al
this session of Congress, but from the bes
that he will veto the bill now that it ha
passed, as it would be difficult to find goot
reason for so doing,
The commission which Mr.. Cleveland ha
agreed to appoint under the act OF 1888, t.
investigate the railway strike, is not likel
to secure any very valuable information, in
asmuch as it will have no authority to get t
the bottom of the trouble by investigating
the causes of the strike against the Pullman
, Company, which was responsible for all tn
, rest. 1t can only deal with interstate raj
ways and their employees. 1t is difficult
a understand how the labor organization go
! the idea that this commission would hav
authority to arbitrate. One section OF tn
: law under " hich Mr. Cleveland will appoir
j, two additional commissioners to serve wit
4 the u S. Commissioner of Labor in maxim
, this investigation does authorize arbitration
q by such commission, but only after appl
a cation has been made by both parties to tt
controversy for arbitration,
II Just to show the country that 1t can {
d business rapidly when so minded, the sena
II has in one week passed no less than nine
o the regular appropriation bills, and the pr
d gramme for the present week includes Il
i. passing of the other FIVE With all the a
preparation bills out of the way only Il
y tariff bill will stand in the way of adjour
d ment.
,r There is feeling of relief in Congress al
1r in administration circles at the failure of t
at strike, which by reason of the non action
IN the half anarchist Democratic governor
of Illinois, at one time threatened to become
very serious matter. The Attorney Genel
r. has asked for an appropriation of $225,O
of to pay the extra expenses incurred by rsaa
he of the strike by the department of Just
us The War department estimates have !
H. been made up
ed Senator Allen of Nebraska, is the lat
p, victim of the personal explanation.
or told the Senate Saturday that it was
d. true as published few days previou
IN. that he had made a monkey of himself wi
an in glorious state Of intoxication.
is least said about the matter, the better.
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