Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-02-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
No Tariff Hearings Cleveland in Con-
trol-Hawaii In the House.
from our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Feb. 5. 1894


WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 5, 1894.
Republican senators are met with a piece |
Of democratic duplicity at the beginning Of |
the consideration of the Cleveland tariff |
bill by the Senate finance committee that |
is far from encouraging. Previous to the |
passing Of the bill by the House, Senator
Voorhees,, chairman of the finance commit
tee, promised republican senators that the |
committee would grant full hearings to in |
dustries sfectcd by the BILL
Now. tn ,se promises are ignored and
Mr.. VOORHEES, says the committee will
grant few, il any, hearings. alleging as an
excuse for breaking his word that the in
formation which will be received from
the circular letters sent ont by the com.
mittee viii be all that is needed. This is a
mere subterfuge, and no one knows It any
better than Mr.. VOORHEES, II i perfectly
true that the answers to the questions in
that circular letter would furnish all the
Information necessary; out 1t is also true
that this information never will be put in
shape to be used by the committee. and
that also Is known to Mr.. VOORHEES,.
II answers are received from only one
half of the 900 900 circular letters sent
out, it would require the continual ser
vices Of tfty clerks for at least six months
To tahulate the answers. aud put them in
An understandable shape. The committee
hasn't the clerks nor the disposition To
wait for the work TO be done If IT had
them, The plain unvarnished truth is
thst Mr. Voorhees, has received the or
ders Of big master 10 the White House
and he will break his word to his col
leagues who have nothing to give him. IN
preference 20 dsobeying his master who
has Offices at his disposal.
1t begins 10 look as though Mr.. Cleyc-
lant has sufficient control OF the demo
Gratis "a the finance committee TO compel
/ tlcm t. report the bill to the Senate prac-
tically a. it was passed by the House,
leaving the fight 10 be made on the floor
Of the Senate. The republican senators
propo>a making it light that will he
| memorable IN the tariff history of The
| country
/ re most notable feature % The demo
/ 'riiC >iir - the Hawaiian discussion w
the House was III nnhIu>hitg f.nntrry If
/ Representative McCrrary If Kentucky in
standing ~ and gravely Informing the
| House and the country that Mr. Cleveland
| ha never decided up "a the restoration Or
~
cuckcooi>m upon man who has always
| been considered in spite Of h~ eu>r
| partiz .n-hip fairmiudcd and patriotic
When man becomes ,he drfcn Ter Of Mr.
Cle,clsud'> policy he necessarily has to
! drop the role Of patriotic statesman. aud
a-~um Tia: OF peitlfoEg NJ pee al
I p rader ~ho cudeavor, 10 m ike good ase
/ for hi- ctsrut~ regardless II AN or facts
| SlcA mcn are common enough in every
| Community hut ii j. lit;r Short ~
national calamity thai > many o. them
should occupy eats ID Congress
1 The IAN cpn,olatipn /, that 'ho people
have fully acquainted themselves si.h the
/ fas.~ Id THIS case. aud cannot ~ h,m-
bpozlei ~ m;>st4temrn,~ Or cuckoo rr,o-
luton
I Mr. Cleveland i doing more IN hi> ri,rt
| to beat Seustor Hi and secure the con
/ hrmsti1n II Mr.. Peckham 90 the .Hpre,n.
court vacancy 20 lower The di=ni,r attached
1 to the tlice Il President of the United
/ Stat, than any other man has ever done;
! tae result appeals 10 be e. lnirAry To his ex-