The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-02-10
Senator Voorhees, Promise TO
Republican Senators.
HE is TRIED AND FOUND WANTING.
Republicans Will Make a Mem
orable Fight.
Tho Tariff Bill VIII Probably Go
TO the Senate as II Was
Passed by the House.
DEMOCRATIC DuPLIcITv.

| Correspondence - Republican senator
are met with "a piece 81 Democratic du
plicity at the beginning OF the considera
ton 81 the Cleveland tariff bill 10y tn
senate finance committee that IL far iron
encouraging. Previous 10 the passing u
the bill 10y the House, Senator Noohces
chairman al the finance committee
| promised the Republican senators tina
the committee would grant full hearing
To industries affected 10y the bill. Now
those promises are ignored and MIR
VOORHEES, says the committee will graft
few, II any hearings. alleging M nm eAcus'
Tor breaking his word that the iniorma
tion which will be- received from tlC
circular letters sent out by the commit.
tee will he all that Is needed. This IL n
mere subterfugc, and no one knows IL
better thnn Mr.. Voorhees, II is perfectly
true that the answers Ia tie questions in
that circular letter would furnish all the
information necessary; but IL is also
true that this information will never be
put in shupc to be used by the commit
tee, and that also is known 10 Mr.. VooI-
hees. II answers are received from only
one.half OF the one million circular LET tels
sent out it would require the services al
fifty clerks at least six months 10 tabr-
late the answers and put them in nm
Understandable shape. The committee
hasn't the clerks nor the disposition to
wait for the work to be done il il had
them. Tie plain, umvnrnished truth IL
that Mr. Voorhees, has received the
order Of his master in the White House
and he will break his word TO his
colleagues who have nothing To give
him in preference to disobcying his
master who has offices at his disposal.
IL begins TO look M though Mr.. Cleveland
has sufficient control OF the Democrats
ON the finance committee tocompel them
to report the bill To the senate practical
~ ms IL was passed by the House, leaving
the fight To be made on the floor by the
senate. The Republican senator's pro-
pose making fight that will he memoir
able in the tariff history Of the country.
The most notable feature OF the Demo
cratic side OF the Hawaiian discussion in
the House was the unblushing affrontry
OF representative McCreary, Of KY, in
standing up and gravcly informing the
House and the country that Mr. Cevc-
land had never decided upon the rcstora-
ton OF the queen. This il one Of the re-
suits OF cnckooism upon man who has
always been considered in spite OF his
intense craftsmanship fnir.minded and
patriotic. When II man becomes the de-
lender Of Mr.. Clevcland's policy he neces-
sarily has to drop the role OF patriotic
statesman and assume that al petit
logging special pleadcr who cndeavors to
make good case for his clients regard.
less al law or ihcts. Such men are com.
mon enough in every community, but il
~ little short Of Il national calamity
TINT So many Of them should occupy
seats in Congress. The only con ISOLATION
~ TINT people have fully acquainted
themselves with the facts in this cnse
and cannot bc bnmboozled hy misstate-
ments or cuckoo resolutions.
Mr.. Cleveland il doing more 10 beat
senator Hill and secure thecuniirmation
OF Mr. Peckham 90 the Supreme court
vacancy to lower the dignity attached To
the Office OF president OF the u. s. than
any other man has ever done, and the
result appears To he contrary TO his ex.
pcctations. Some senator's who were
AT first disposed to vote for Peckhams
confirmation will vote against il az a
rebuke To MIR Cleveland Tor his peculiar
and undgniiied tactics and il may he
That enough al them will 80 vote as 10
reject the nomination. There il another
feature TINT Is not considered creditable
To NJ. {. The financial condition Of the
government il such that it wonld seem
To demand the entire attention and the
best ability Of the president, but instead
he IL giving his entire time to conducting
a personal tight, leaving the finances TO
get along ns they may.
The patriotism Of the Republicans in
Congress has never been more strikinqly
'xempliIled than by their conduct con
,crning the sale Of $50 900 900 Of bonds
by Secretary Carlisle. They preferred
the credit 81 the government
10 taking advantage Of tho numerous
opportunities given them by the admin.
stration and its indiscrect friends in
congress to make party capital. The
Dnly men who tried and who are still
trying TO injure the credit ~ the govern
nent are Democrats and Populists. The
bonds have been forwarded 10 their pnr-
'hasers this week and the payments are
III made IN gold adding sos. 600. 900
- the SG5,000.OO0 Of gold in tho
treasury.
The hardest fight that will be made
ipon any one section 81 the tariii bin
MI he nude against the income tax.
Recording to the latest poll forty-ono