The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-11

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Of The RECORD.

Correspondence OF The RECORD.
WASHINGTON, January 2, 1894.
Mr.. Cleveland has evolved new scheme
to prevent the dissatisfied Democrats from
even expressing their objections to his tariff
bill before the Democratic caucus, which
Will probably be held this week. He has
issued an order that the caucus shall decide
immediately after assembling whether it is
advisable for it to pass on the tariff bill If
he can control a majority of the caucus the
tariff bill will not be touched. Meanwhile
some of the dissatisfied Democrats are irving
to get the Republicans to promise to vote
with them to recommit the bill to the Ways
and Means Committe when Mr.. Wilson
calls it up in the House. The Republicans
have not decided whether they will do this.
but it is hardly probable that they will
Senator Allison thinks that the Cleveland
tariff bill will be considered by the entire
membership of the Finance Committee when
it gets to the Senate. just as the Mckinley
bill was 1t will be remembered that the
Republicans of the Ways and Means Com.
mttee of the House were not allowed to
take any part whatever in the making of
the bill.
The New Years reception at the White
HOUSE recalled sad memories to many. One
year ago the White House and the resi-.
dences of members of the last administra.
ton were all in mourning because Of the
then recent death of Mrs. Harrison, and no
official receptions were held in Washington.
There is wide difference of opinion
among Democrats about authorizing the
issue of bonds recommended by Secretary
Carlisle, and it may cause big fight in the
House as soon as the tariff bill is disposed
of.
1t Will cause no surprise among treasury
officials should there be deficit at the close
OF the Current fiscal year, June 80, 1894, of
as much as $75, 200, 900. This is more than
three times what the estimate was of the
probable deficiency before the schedules of
the Cleveland tariff bill were made public,
That bill is directly responsible for the
probable trebbliug of the deficiency I'm.
portations are getting smaller and smaller
and will continue to dwindle so long as
there is any probability of that bill becom.
ing law. Importers are not disposed to
pay the present duties when there is posi-.
bility that by waiting few months they
can take advantage of the low duties or the
free list of the Cleveland bill And that is
not the worst of it. The same cause is
operating to shut down American manufac.
tories and it will be no better for long
time should that bill become law. which
God forbid, for as soon as it does our
markets will be so flooded with foreign
goods that our own manufacturers will hesi.
tate to start up again oven at the reduced
wages which everybody now sees must fol-
low such law.
The administration Democrats in the
House who supposed that their sharp prac.
tice just before the holiday recess would en-.
able them to smother the criticism of Mr..
Cieveland's Hawaiian policy, in the House
will find themselves very much mistaken.
The Republicans of the House Committee
on Foreign affairs have prepared scorch-
ing minority report on the McCreary resolu.
tion reported the day before the recess and
intended to screen the Administrations un.
constitutional acts, and that report is going
to be made the text for some talk in the
same line as the red hot speeches of Senator
hoar and Representative Boutslle made be.
fore the recess. The Republicans in both
House and Senate are fully determined that
the smothering act shall not be performed.
The Nevada fund for an exhibition at the
MidWinter Fair now axceeds q 6nn ona 4;