The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
oUe WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGToN, July ;. 1894.

trying to drive the tarltt bill to a
vote they have actually been scheme
ing 10 prevent It's being pushed to
a final vote before they were GER
tain Of having the votes to pass it.
The adjournment Of the Senate
from Friday until to-day, after the
bill had been reported to the Senate
from the committee Of the whole,
was ia enable the Democratic man
ayers 10 put down revolt against
the bill They have not yet sue
ceeded, but they probably viii, and
then they will rush the bill for all
they know how. The PopuliSts are
at the head Of this revolt, but Sen
ator Blanchard, OF Louisiana, who
accuses the Democratic managers
of breaking their pledges to mod
ify the sugar schedule, and Hill, of
New York, whose pIucky fight
againSo the income tax in the face
Of certain defeat has excited the
admiration of his worst enemies,
are both in it up to their ears.
This revolt may delay the final vote
on The Dill for two or three days and
may result in a few more c0uce5-
sions beng made to get the kickers
back into the traces, but there is no
good reason to believe that it will
affect the final disposition Of the
bill. The revolt wasn't organized
to defeat the bill, but merely to OBJ
tain further concessions for those
who know that they are in d posi-
ton to defeat the bill if their de-
mands are finally refused, but who
lack the courage to defeat it even if
they fail in getting the concessions
they are after. After all it matters
little in what shape the bill will
pass the Senate. The bill that will
become q law, il any does, will be
shaped by the Conference commit
tee, and it maY-probably will
differ as radically from the Senate
bill as that does from the Wilson
bill as originally passed by the
House. In view of the present posi-
ton Of the free traders in the
House, it wiii be surprising if the
country knows before the first Of
August what the new tariff ILL will
be.
Secretary Gresham did his part
to keep the interests Of tie sugar
trust protected by reporting, in an
swer to Senator Hoar's resolution
calling for information on the sub
ject, that the State department lad
no official information of the inten-
ton of Germany, Gautamala, or
anv other foreign nation to place re-
taliatory duties upon American pro-
duets if the present sugar schedule
OF the tariff bill becomes a law. 1t
Is noted as Il coincident that Sec
rotary Gresham's answer made its
appearance just as the Democrats
of the Senate Finance committee
we asidering the proposed .
cha ~ the sugar schedule,
whI,i a@td reduce the profits of |
tt. sugar rust.
S.a Sherman is very much in
carr 8, In MS attack upon the Pull
MAJ 'u Company. for such his
~ceo.auau which was adopted by |
th5 Senate, directing the committee |
OIL ia,arsrate commerce to investi-
ga 4d report upon the advisable
ity II 4 law for the regulation of the |
charges made by parlor and sleep
ing cars, really is. Mr.. Sherman |
charaot eriles the Pullman Company
and the sugar trust as the two most |
outrages monopolies we have. He
thinks that the charges per mile to
be maue W the Pullman Company, |
can be fixed by law, just Us the
interstate commerce law fixes the
charges oaioh interstate railroads
may make for carrying passengers,
and what is more to the purpose,
he says he doesn't intend to stop
the matter until a bill |
carrying out that idea has been re-
ported and passed. TO Judge by |
the expressions of opinion by both
Senators and Representatives it will !
not be difficult to get such a bill
psa,ai. Senator Sh IMAM says the
rate could be made Just one-half of |
what it is now and that the Pull
man Company would still make
enormous profits.
Secretary Herbert has made de
cision that can only be explained |
by considering him to be absolutely |
indifferent to the suffering Of 9TH
ers. lie has decided that the Con-
gressional joint resolution extend
ing the appropriations Of the last
fsoa.i - Tor thirty lays into the
new fiscal wear beginning yester-
day, on account Of the regular APP
pro"r'"t,oos not having been acted |
upon by Congress, does not apply |
to the current appropriations for
"increase OF the Navy" and in con-