Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD

lucy are duAlOuo W e''J
that is the real reason for the
rapid gait the Senate has struck.
This week itexpects to pass the
rest of the appropriation bills, and
that will throw the responsibility
for continuing the session upon the
shoulders of the democrats VINO
are members of the Conference
committee on the tariff bill.
The first week of the tariff con-
ference brought forth no definite
results. RumOrs are plenty, out
it is /, ported from the conference
that the House and Senate Will
have to act upon, and no report is
vet IN sight, and If any be made
this week it will probably be
merelya dummy to test the senti'
meDt of either the House or Senate
There is lots of talk about the
Senate weakening, but the impress
sion your correspondent gets
doesn't bear 1t out.
The House Judlclar y committee
has faYorably reported the bill IN
troduced by Representative Lime,
of Illinois, providing that all con-
tracts for the payment of any sum
of money, whether stipulated to be
pad in gold, silver or coin, may
be discharged by any money
which Is by law legal teDder Tor
the payment of debts when the
contrast natures. This bill IS so
palpabIy in line with common
sense that one would suppose 1t
would have no opposition, but
there are already indications that
it will be opposed by the lenders
who insist upon the "payment ID
gold "clsuse being in every mort
gage upon which they loan money
There are rumors of an intention
on the part OF President Cleveland
to veto the bill for the admission
of Utah as a state, which by some
very clever management was put
through the Senate in advance OF
the bill for the admission OF
Arazoua and New Mexico; but,
from a conversation l have Just
had with an official whose relations
with the President are close, l
have no hesitation in predicting
that the bill will be signed.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has
no love for President Cleveland,
because of his financial opinion.
knowing that, a democratic
Senator who strongly opposed
President Cleveland's position on
the strike sat down beside Mr.
Stewart and poured a broadslde
of abusive adjectives, some of them
unprlntable in a family newspaper,
into his ear, and wound up by
asking if he did not think all the
epithets deserved 10y Mr.. g. Il
should like to agree with yOu,
said Senator Stewart with great
elaboration; "blt have already
reserved all those adjectives for
John Sherman"
There isn't so much sailstac
ton expressed by the members OF
labor organizations since the full
significance of the appointment OF
that commission by President
Cleveland is understood. The
commission has no authority to do
ANYTHING more than to investigate
aud it cannot even 90 that, In the
place where investigation Is most
reeded-at Pullman, ILL.,, The
ONelll law, under which the COM
mission is appointed, only author
ICES arbitration when it is asked
for by both parties to a controversy.
The only investigation that can be
made under this Law is OF the
sympathy strikes on Interstate
railroads. The commission cannot
touch the original strike at the
Pullman company's works, which
was the cause of all the other
strikes. 1t is because OF this I'M
fortunate limitation that the House
resolution authorizing the CON-
mittee on interstate commerce to
investigate the whole business will
be pushed to adoption regardless
of the action of the President.
The House Commerce committee
IS trying to arrange to have the
committee on Rules set apart
several days for the Nicaragua
canal bill, but so many other com
mittees are struggling to secure
time for bills IN which they are
especially interested that success
Is uncertain. The element which
is opposed to the canal bill will do
all they can to prevent action at
this session.
Senator Allen made a personal
-iouot,on Saturday. denViDQ toto