Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-05-03

city, which claims to be under the man
agement of number Of big newspapers
has had its claim upset by bill which
Mr.. VIM. R. Hearst, publisher of the
San Francisco Examiner, has filed in
court against Mr.. John Wedderburn
manager of the "Press Claims Compa-
n.y." and also of the EXAMINER Claims
Bureau" which it seems to have sue
ceeded, and in which Mr.. Hearst was a
partner, asking for the appointment OF
receiver for both concerns. Accord
ing to the charges in Mr.. Hearst's bill
there has been no management, only
Encouragement both Of the business Of
the concerns named and of that of the
people who sent their business to them
because of their supposed connection
with prominent newspapers. This man
agement, together with a questionable
scheme offering prizes for inventions,
has, Mr.. Hearst says, injured the repu-
tation of the San Francisco Examiner
hence his desire to put Wedderburn out
ard receiver in. to wind up the bust
ness. He charges Wtdderburn with
having Incorporated money;creatlng
large indebtedness; signing without
authority the firms name to note for
$4,000, long over due and not paid land
with general Encouragement.
Representative Meyer, of La, does
not take kindly to the turning down OF
his combination bill-to coin the seign
forage and to issue bonds-bY the
House committee on coinage. He
claims that a majority of the House
fayors his bill and he proposes to put
1t to the test by Offering the bill either
as an amendment to or as substitute
for the coinage bill that Is expected to
be reported to the House from the coin
age committee in the near future. 1t
will greatly surprise me If the House
passes this or any other bill providing
for the issue of bonds,
Senator PETER believes, of source, as
a populists that government ownership
of rail roads would be a good thing.
He has introduced bill that will, if it
ever becomes law, probably lead to
government ownership Of at least one
big rail road and it's branches. The bill
iastructs the Attorney General to begin
proceedings at once for the collection
of the money the Union Pacific rail road
and it's branches owe the government,
and it it can't be gotten in any other
way to haye the road sold, and IN the
absence of bid high enough to pay the
government debtedness to bid it in
and sue the stock holders for any bal.
ance that may remain. The Secretary
OF the Interior is directed to take charge
of and operate the road should it be
purchased.
The democrats and the republicans in
the Senate were blufflng each other for
several days about taking vote on the
tariff bill, but as matter of cold, hard
fact neither side is ready to take vote,
The republicans will never be ready,
although there are a number Of them
who have said that they viii take no
part in flibustering to prevent vote.
The democrats are not ready because
the bill is not ready. Il cannot be
passed until the amendments covering
the concessions now being made to OBJ
jectlng Senators to get enough demo-
cratic votes to pass it are completed
That may be be this week or next.
There Is probability that the bill can
be voted upon early in June, but it is
far from being certain.
Mr.. Harris tull exposition in the
Senate of the attitude of the managers
Of the tariff bill was the most sensation
al episode thus far In the weary debate.
Prodded to it by pointed questions by
Mr.. Hald, the Democratic leader an
nounced that if it were necessary in
order to pass the tariff bill, an amend
ment drawn in the interest of the sugar
trust, and even other amendments OBJ
iectionable to him, had to be adopted
he would accept the situation and take
the amendments. Thus the position
IN which the ADVOCATES of tariff reform
find themselves at present was disclosed.
They will accept certain amendments in
order to pass the bill. They concede
that much must be yielded IN order to
get little, and the spirit of accept
ing the inevitable with temporary res
ignation has become general under the
crack Of the party whip. Following
the sensational announcement of Mr..
Harris, Senator Sherman foreshadowed
the purpose of part Of the republicans
to delay action Oh the bill as long as
possible. He said that the republicans