The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-09
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POSTS Regular Correspondent
WAsH1ssros, Ave. 6, 1894.
Editor Post:
severa! times within the last three
or four days it looked as though the
kew to the tariff deadlock had been
found by tho conference committee mi
and for that reason, and in difference
to the wishes Of President Cleveland
the caucus of the Democrats OF the
House, which was to have been held
last week, was deferred for d time.
Still the key is unbound. AS fast as
one obstacle is removed new one
presents itself. After much consul
tation sugar schedule was drawn
that was acceptable alike to the
House. to the President and the"con-
sentative Senator'S, and the sugar
had been tho principle obstacle to an
agreement the contest was thought
to be about over. Not so- however,
for before the conferses had fully de-
cided upon that schedule they were
informed that Senators Gallery and
Blanchard, of Louisiana, and Allen,
of Nebraska, and Kyle, of South Da-
kota. demanded an amendment pro-
viding for the payment of the sugar
bounty for the remaider of this year,
and that failing to get it they would
cast their votes against the bill,whlch
added to the vote Of Senator Hill
would mean defeat This continual
ton of the sugar bounty was refused
by both House and Senate while the
bill was under consideration, and the
demand for it at this time has tor
the ti,no absolutely blocked agree
ment.
While the House Committee on
Commerce has taken no formal &C
ton on the subject, opinions express
ed by its membora indicate that a
bill along the line of that introduced
by Representative Brickner, of Wis
consin, providing that all interstate
railroads shall own and control by
lease all sleeping cars run over their
lines, will, sonner or later, be favora-
bly reported to the House. If such a
bill be reported an attempt will be
made to add an amendment regulat-
ing sleeping car charges.
People smile every timo the re-
ports Of the Senate sugar scandal in
vestigating committee is mentioned.
The white wash was put on too thick,
and as consequence it is already
pcoling off in spots, leaving the dirt
underneath in full view. One gen
tleman-a member of the House, ex-
pressed the opinion held by many
when he said: "While the reports
are alright as far as they 60, like
investigation, they do not 90 far
enough, particularly in their dealing
with political contributions by the
sugar trust and with specializing in
sugar stock by Senators. Besides
that deficiency there is running all
through thereports a-Senator-can-do
wrong tone that l do not fancy,
and which should alone be sufficient
to shake the confidence of the public
in Them
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. PETER and in theHouss
by representative Baker, Of Kansas,
authorizing the Secretary Of Agricul.
ture to establish reservoirs for the
storage of rain water in the semi-arid
States west of the Goth meridian, and
appropriating 100000 therefor.
Nobody takes Representative
BANDS resolution, instructing the
committee on Ways and Means to
report bill for an income tax that
will produce revenue of 100000
90 year, although it may yet play
an important part in the legislation
of the session. While Mr.. BANDS
object in introducing the resolution
was probably merely to give tho Sen
ators who have been preventing an
agreement on the tariff. bill, hit of
what the House can do if no agree
ment is reached, there is no doubt of
his intentionto push the resolution
should the conference committee fail
to reach an agreement on the tariff
bill or should an agreement be reach
| ed by the committee and not be ac-
copied by the Senate. Bills on the
line suggested could probably get
nearly a two-thirds vote in the House,
but their getting through the Senate
would be doubtful, as no one can tell
in advance whether Senators would
vote in accordance with their person
al convictions or the orders of their
party leaders.
Among the numerous fights be-
tween the House and Senate
over the bill providing for printing,
binding and distribution of public
documents is deserving of special
mention because of the principle in
volved. This bill was passed the
House early in the session and it was
recently passed by the Senate with
numerous amendments, among them
two giving the joint committee on
Printing of the Senate and House