Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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Washington, D. c., June 20, 1894.
President Cleveland has decided to
remain in Washington until the confer
ence committee disposes of the tariff
bill. So says Private Secretary Thurs
ton, who ought to know if nybody does.
The president thinks the conference
will complete its work within ten days
after it gets the bill, and that the bill
will be sent to him for his signature by
the middle of July. Other Democrats
think it will require more than ten DAYS
to argue away the radical differences be-
tween the original Wilson bill and the
numerous senate amendments that have
been made thereto, or to find by COM
promise some common ground upon
which both senate and house will be
willing to stand. 1t is difficult for a per-
son who has not had experience with a
congressional conference committee to
realize the time it takes to reconcile i'm
portant differences. 1t isn't only the
personal opinions of the conferees that
must be overcome. The iealously be-
tween the house and senate, which is as
old as congress, is always an important
factor in the deliberations of a confer
ence committee. In this case those who
are disposed to be impatient should bear
in mind that the senate amendments
number more than four hundred, each
of which to a certain extent must be
discussed by the conference committee,
and voted upon, and the Republicans on
the committee will be certain to do all
they can to retard an agreement, just as
they have unnecessarily prolonged the
debate upon the bill in the senate, al
though they knew from the first, Just as
well as today, that the bill would be
passed.
1t is well known that there are hun
dreds of employees of the government
who are credited to Democratic congress
sional districts without the consent or
knowledge of any Democrat residing in
the district and that many of them have
never been within 500 miles of places
which are given upon the department
books as their homes. OF course this is
unjust to the residents of those districts
who want to enter the government SER
vice. They are met at the start with |
the statement that the quota of their
state is full, while as matter of fact it |
isn't full, that is, not of bona-fide resi- |
dents. Democratic congressman have
long been trying to get this wrong right
ed, and now success is in sight. Lists of |
all government employees credited to
each of the states are to be furnished
the congressional delegations of those
states, so that those who are improperly
credited can be pointed out and removed
from Office, making room for an actual
citizen of the state.
President Cleveand's nomination of |
Charles DeKay, literary editor of the
New York Times, to be cousul general at
Berlin, was disappointing to consider
able number of Democrats in both SEN
ate and house who had endorsed work
ing Democrats for the place. But as
Mr.. DeKay is competent to fill the
place and is said by his friends to have
voted for President Cleveland it is not
probable that any attempt will be made
to prevent his confirmation. Mr.. DeKay |
is brotherlin-law of r. w. Glider, edi-
of the Century magazine, and it is sup
posed that it was Mr.. Glider who secur-
ed the place for him.
The Democrats of the house redeemed
the last of their pledges to the territories
by passing, this week, the bill for the
admission of New Mexico as a state, the
bills for the admission of Arizona and
Utah having been passed months ago
There isn't much probability that either
of these bills will be passed by the senate
at this session. as the regular appropria-
ton bills have all to be acted upon, and
everybody is anxious to adjourn at the
earliest possible moment.
Coxey says he expects the Democratic
convention in his district
to endorse his candidacy for congress.
Democrats here find this difficult to
believe and if the Democrats in that
district ask the advice of the Democratic
campaign committee, and
heed it, they will let Coxey and his
severely alone.
The president has approved the bill
making the first Monday of September
Of each year national holiday, to be
known as Labor Day. Some of the
states have other dates for this holiday,
and if they want to keep in line with
he national one, they will have to
change. Some have Labor Day on the
irst Saturday, others the first Monday
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