The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-06
NO. %.
Washington Letter.
IFrom.our. regular Correspondent


! WASHINGTON, June 18th, 1884.
That Senator Chandler knew what
he was talking about when he stated
| his belief, few days ago, that the
Whitney syndicate, in which it is
known that Ex-Governor Russell, Of
Mass, who was lately guest of the
White House, is interested, and
believed by many that See. Dan
Lamont is also interested, had an un-
derstanding with somebody by which
free coal was to be secured in the
tariff bill from the House and Senate
confe1ence committee, is now appar-
ent to everybody who is familiar with
the under-currents of democratic
waters. And the understanding is
with no less a parsonage than Mr..
Cleveland himself, and it includes
free iron ore, which syndicate head
ed by Andrew Carnigie wishes to pro-
fit by, the idea being to establish a
great steel making plant somewhere
on the tide-water, probably in Mary
land, which will be supplied with
Nova Scotia coal by the Whitney syn
dicate and Cuban iron ore by another
syndicate, thus taking bread from the
mouths of thousands Americans en-
gagged in the production of coal and
iron ore. Can such an understanding
be carried out? That it is contem-
plated is shown by the declinatiOn OF
Senators Jones ard Vest, who a~e
certain to be members OF the confer
ence committee, to promise the Ala
bama and West Virginia Senators
when asked to do so that they would
stand out to the last against putting
coal and iron on the free list. The
House is, of course, ready to vote for
| free coal and iron, as it did IN passing
the original Wilson Bill, and unless
the democratic Senators from the
states interested shall positively re-
fuse their votes for the bill agreed
upon by the conference committee, if
coal and iron are put upon the free
list, it looks as though the understand
| ing might materialize into y solid
fact, the democratic party in Con-
gress being so largely dominated by
trusts and syndicates.
The spirited debate in the Senate
on the income tax, while it did not
change the foreordained result, did
one thing for which the country
should be grateful. 1t removed the
mask and exposed the populists, show
ing them to all men as they have long
been known to a few, as socialists.
The populist Senators stated in plain
words that they did not favor the III
come tax because they regarded it as
the first step towards the erection Of
the machinery which shall eventually
bring about the distribution and the
redistribution Of wealth, the keystone
of the socialist arch, if an ism which
teaches to tear down everything and
to build up nothing can be said to
nave an arch.
Senator Hill, did not succeed either
in defeating or getting amendment
modifying the income tax adopted,
but he had lots of fun with the demo-
Gratis and the populists. He taunted
Senator Harris until the old gentle
man was wild with rage and he held
Senator Allen, of Nebr., and the popu-
lists up to ridicule in manner that
will not be forgotten by the pops.
Hill did get one amendment adopted,
and that was sarcastically-to exempt
the Salary Of the president of the
United States from the income tax.
The cases Havemeyer and Searles,
of the sugar trust, have been duly GER
titled to the Grand Jury for Indictment
for refusing to tell the Senate inveSti
eating committee about the trusts
political contributions. although the
democratic Senators on that commit
tee voted against it and tried to get
Senate to prevent it. There isn't the
slightest danger, however that either
of them will be punished they stand
too we'll with the powers that be-
Well. the tariff bill is likely to reach
| final vote in the Senate this week and
to pass, sugar trust schedule and all.
What will be done with the sugar
schedule in conference is a matter of
some doubt, but the "pull" OF the su-
gar trust is strong enough with the
democrats to make the chances in its
favor.
KTIY CHEAP LOT IN ANGLE