The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-22
From our Regular Corresp ondent.

WASHINGTON, June IS.-President
Cleveland's health is once more the
text upon which the Washington ex.
aggerators are preaching the same old
sermons. He called in doctor this
week because of a little trouble with
his stomach, such as most of us are
liable to have at this season, and the
doctor told him to keep quiet few
days. That is the whole unadorned
story. He has not stopped transac.
ting business for single day. He
only cut down the amount of work he
usually does for day or two, in order
to comply with the doctors orders,
and he is now all right again; but the
sermons will be kept up until a new
text is found.
Recognizing the fact that the Dem.
ocratic Senators had about exhausted
their stock of patience and were about
to force matters, Senator Aldrich, on
behalf Of the Republican Senators,
proposed to Senator Harris that Mon.
day, June IS, be set as the date for
taking the final vote on the tariff bill.
Senator Harris declined to accept, be-
cause he is satisfied that vote can
be reached before that date, or GER
tainly not later, without any agree.
ment. The income tax is the only
thing remaining to be disposed of that
is likely to consume much time. Sena.
tor Hill will make a long speech
against it, but, like the rest Of the bill,
it cannot be defeated, because the
votes TO pass it have been pledged.
The delay Of the Senate in rassing
the tariff bill will make it necessary 10
pass a Joint resolution extending the
Appropriation bills for the current fs-
cal year into the new one that begins
July I, as not a Single one OF the reg
ular appropriation bills has been
touched by the Senate, although eight
Of them Rave been passed by the
House and the rest of them could be
disposed of in the next two weeks if
the Senate was ready for them.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin, of the
Treasury department, has gone to the
Pacific coast upon a somewhat pecu-
liar errand. For some years there
have been constant scandals in con-
nection with the administration of the
customs service in that section, and
according to the reports of special
agents sent out by the Treasury de-
partment, SO powerful have the COM
binations engaged in smuggling opium,
Chinese, etc, become that persons
who dare oppose them are sued for
libel in the local courts and practi-
cally driven from their homes by the
influence of the smugglers upon the
workings of the legal machinery. The
reports OF the special agents have been
Of such an extraordinary nature that
Secretary Carlisle, who was unable be-
cause of pressure of other business to
go himself, requested Mr.. Hamlin 70
go and make thorough investigation.
Should he find things as they have
been reported to be steps will be
taken that will teach some people a
never to be forgotten lesson.
81 never exchanged word with
Mr.. Cleveland or in his company
in my life, and l have never
seen the man" These were the
words used by MIR. Havemeyer, the
president of the sugar trust when
asked by Senator Gray, chairman Of
the Senate investigating committee,
whether he had held conversation
on Mr.. Benedict's yacht, in the sum
mer of So2, with President Cleveland,
as alleged by one of the newspaper
correspondents who has been indicted
by the Grand Jury. No denial could
possibly be more convincing than
that, although no denial was needed
to convince the American people that
Grover Cleveland had never been a
party to bargain with the sugar trust
or any other trust or person. He
owes to the fact that he never would
make bargains in politics some of the
most persistent personal enemies he
has.
Mr.. Havemeyer made another state
ment that Democrats ought to paste
in their hats to spring on Republicans
who accuse the Democrats of favor
ing the sugar trust. He was asked
what profit the sugar trust would make
if the sugar schedule became a law
His reply was: "About one fourth
of what we make under the Mckinley
law" If taking away three -fourths o.
its profits can be called favoring the
sugar trust the Democratic party
should not object to pleading guilty te
the charge.
A sub. committee of five members
of the House committee on Banking
and Currency began work to day, nn
der special instructions from that com
mittee, upon a bill providing for
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