Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-01-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Cleveland and Hill at Loggerheads-
Stevens on Hawaii-The Bond Issue.
from our regular correspondent

From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. %, 1894.
The Cleveland Hill feud has taken fresh
start, and now promises to turn into war
of determination. Hill appeared to be
quietly allowing himself to be snubbed by
acquiescing In the confirmation of the
nominations of his personal enemies to
federal offices until Hornblower's nomna-
ton to the supreme court. Then he began
to prepare to fight back, ending with a
knockdown blow for Mr.. Cleveland by
securing the rejection of the Horublower
nomination. While Hill was receiving the
congratulations of his followers, in and
out of the Senate, Mr.. Cleveland saw his
opportunity for revenge, and promptly
took advantage of 1t by vetoing the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill. a measure
in which Senator HIN and many of his
most prominent New York hencbmen were
known to be deeply Interested, some peo-
pie say, in a financial as well as a political
way.
Hin and his senatorial supporters are
not doing any talking for publication,
about their plans, but when the Cleveland
tariff bill energies from the Senate the
effect of their next blow will be visible to
all the world without the use Of a micro
scope. Republicans are enjoying the com
bat, and are perfectly willing to shout "go
1t, Cleveland; go IT, Hll' with sufficient
energy TO keep EN- fighting.
The democratic tariff "kickers" have one
more week In which to try TO amend the
Cleveland tariff bill, and 1t will include the
sugar, iron and coal clauses, to say moth
| ing of the income tax, which they will try
to attach to the tariff bill as an amend
ment; hut if the result of their efforts dur
ing the last week is an Indication of their
voting strength their efforts will only re-
suit in talk they have succeeded Ia Sc
curing only one amendment that was OPP
/ posed by the democrats of the ways and
means committee-that making the free
wool clause 20 into effect on the passage
! of the bill.
| teresting testimony to the senate com
mittee on foreign relations. on Saturday
concerning happenings in Hawaii during
| his period in Office as minister. He went
over the whole business, frankly stating
that he favored annexation, and showing
/ that for that very reason he WAS so par
| tlcuar ia sll his Official acts up to the
formation Of the provisional government
| that the annexstionists thought him op-
1 posed to them.
1t Is almost amusing To hear Of the
anger felt by Mr.. Cleveland sni The cuck %
/ democrats because of President Dole'~ plain
language to Minister Will, concerning hi.
tntrigucs with the ex qu-rn and his lack OF
4 frsnknes~ in desl.ug with the provisional
/ govsrnm"-:. II Mr.. Willis had not De
/ serve receiving such letter it would per
J laps never have been written.
/ The bond issue announced by Secretary
/ Carlisle has turned the populi>ts and a
SHORTY Of the southern and western
/ democrats in Congress into howliug
: Its t>iit~- h-A " iaAl anu Ia h
/ j. INDUCED in by them. some Of which
! will ne gilcn an escape valve hy the re>o-
. luton o! Senators PETER and Ale which
will be INSIDE the text for some speeches
/ in the Senate this week.
/ Whether the action Of Secretary Carlisle
was proper one is question tHst your
/ correspondent will not deal with at pres
emit, hu; there il no doubt of its legality.
even putting the strictest construction
/ upon the authority conferred hy the act Of
/ ls75 That act authorizes the Issue OF
bonds FIR the purchase OF gold for the re-
demplipn OF treasury notes. or course
everybody knows that this bond issue j.
reslly 10 yet money u meet current Obliga-
tions, the democratic tariff policy having
resulted In causing the revenues to fall
below the amount needed. but 1t must b.
plain tn the humbl-st student Of finance
that 1t viii be very easy matter for Mr..
Carlisle to comply with the letter of that
act by having his friends, the Wall stree,
bankers, present treasury notes for re-
dempton 10 sufficient amouIts TO require
all the gold received from the sale OF
bonds, thus leaving him the treasury notes
to pay the expenses of the government.
True. there viii be little trickery about
such plan, but that will be nothing new
from the democratic administration.
Representative Tom Johnson, OF Ohio
who glories in being democrat free trad
er monopolist is still very much in ..;;,,i
of protecting the ne!SS0nal interests OF
lom 1Gnnson. He makes steel rails, anC
in arsattempt TO monopolize the manufac,
in the courts by other steel rail manufact
urers. Having substantial protection fol
the rails made by his company, through
the ownership OF number of patents h,
tried 10 destroy the business of his rival,
by offering an amendment to the Cieve
land tariff bill, to put steel rails on tn,
free list, an attempt in which he failed
thanks to the exposure made by Represent
alive Dalzell of Pennsylvania. and to the
solid republican vote in the House.
The House committee on pensions ha.
made favorable report on bill repeating
the law that prohibits the payment Of (
pension 70 any person who voluntarily en-
gagged in or aided the rebellion against tn.
Uuited States.
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