Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
sWashington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON, June 4. 1894.

enlng the sittings OF the Senate. 1t is
not probable that he will keep the
Senate in session later than s or 9
o'clock at night for the first few days,
provided reasonable progress be made
with the tariff bill. but he is prepared
to put the screws on even to the ex-
tent of a continuous session, if 1t be
necessary to doso. 1t is the general
belief that the last fight of the repub-
licans will be made on the sugar
schedule, and after that is adopted as
it is certain to be, they will probably
agree to set a date for the final vote
1t is expected that the sugar schedule
| will be voted upon tomorrow, or the
next day at the latest
Senator Gray was right when he
said that the Senate investigating COM
mittee, of which he is chairman, had
been misrepresented. 1t certainly has
been. The committee has been at
work right along trying to get at the
bottom of the scandalous charges
made against Senators and members
of the cabinet, although the impress
sion has gone out, through Senator
Hill's speech and newspaper publica-
tions, tnat after the committee repor-
ted the two correspondents to the Son
ate for having refused to give their
authority for charges, and requested
the Vice President to certify, in accor-
dance with the law, their cases to the
U. S. District Attorney for present
ment to the Grand Jury. the commit
tee had folded its arms and sat down
to await the punishment of the recall
citrant witnesses. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The commit
tee has taken the testimony of every
democratic member of the Senate FL
nance committee, of Secretary Carlisle
| and of Representative Warner, of New
York, and several others and has been
diligent in its efforts to secure the at
tendance and testimony Of other wit
| nesses who they haye reason to sup
| pose can throw some light on the
matters being investigated. Senator
Hill is making fight to get the Sem
ate to adopt a resolution instructing
the committee to open its doors during
the remainder OF the investigation,
but there isn't mnch probability of
his success, 1t is customary for the
committees of the Senate to regulate
their own sittings, the only case re-
membered by any Senator where a
contrary course was pursued being
when the Senate directed the commit
tee that was Investigating the Credit
Mobilier scandal to do it openly, in
stead Of secretly as the committee had
! began.
The scandal mongers made very
bad break several days ago when
they started q story that President
Cleveland and secretary Carlisle were
at loggerheads over the Senate tariff a.
mendments. They were wide of the
mark. From the beginning of the tar
iff legislation, President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle have been in per-
feet accord. Had the aforesaid scan
dal mongers said that President Cleve-
land and Sec. Carlisle were both very
sorry that some of the Senate amend
ments had been made to the tariff bill
they would have been in close prox-
unity to the truth.
The fight over the repeal of the taS
on state bank currency is growing
very warm in the House. Those who
favor repeal have been from the first
confident of succeeding, and their con.
| fidencS was strengthened by the ease
with which they defeated motion &c
switch off repeal by taking up other
business. The vote is going to be
close on this question and tho result
will in your correspondent opinion,
be in doubt until the vote is officially
announced.
If the western silver men in Con-
gress know the sentiments of their con-
st'ts ex-Speaker Reed has gained
ssappert for his presidents
''ss his proclamation,
| via Los vor OF silver, provid
! ed, that tHeS snds Of silver will joir
him in favoring high tariff. Mr.
Reeds attempt to combine the silver
and tariff questions was a very clever
bit Of political jugglery, but it has no
helped him along even little bit to
wards the Presidential nomination o
his party, although it has removed th'
mesh he has heretofore worn and pla
ced him squarely before the countr,
as candidate for the nomination.
Mrs. Cleveland and the children viii