Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAanIHnToH. d. C.. July 9Th 1874

ators really believe with Senator
Hill that the tariff bill they helped
TO pass and which he voted against
is "a rg-bag production, q crazy
quilt patchwork, a splendid 10th
ing" may never be known, but the
mere one talks with democratic
senators on the subject the greater
becomes the surprise that 80 OF them
should have voted for bill which
each and every one Of them declares
privately to be az a whole personally
unsatisfactory. Senators Allen and
Kyle delivered their votes accord.
ing to contract, although Allen
came near openly repudiating the
bargain when part Of it was upset
by lhe shrewdnees Of Senator Pal
mer, who secured protection for the
barbed wire manufacturers Of his
state. PETER and Stewart voted with
the republicans against the bill.
There il some talk about the con.
ference committee completing It's
work ii week, but it doesn't come
from those whose opinions are en-
tilted To weight. II the committee
can yet through inside Of four weeks
It VIII lie surprising 10 the old stag
err. Any attempt TO predict the
outcome at this time would be only
guess work, as there is absolutely
nothing il sight upou which to base
prediction, the democratic sena'
tors claiming that they intend TO in
stat upon the senate amendments
and the democratic members of the
house that nothing short Of the orig
inal Wilson bill will satisfy them.
The probabilities are, OF course, that
concessions will be made on both
sides, aud that the bill as finally
agreed upon will be compromise
between the house and senate bills.
Representative Bahcock, chair.
man 1T HE republican congressional
campaign committee, Is a man who
never allows his wishes 10 run away
with bis judgment. He recognizes
the fact that so long rs the demo-
Gratis have the solid south to start
with, and no federal election laws
To hamper them, the republicans
have no walk.over in electlng ma
jority Of the house, but he calcu lates
that by hard work the republican
majority in the next house will be
at least twenty. He thinks that few
democrats will be elected outside
of the solid south, although they
may hold their own on the Pacific
coast and in the Rocky Mountain
country. He takes no stock in the
idea that the popplists will increase.
On the contrary, he calculates that
the two populists from Colorado will
be succeeded by republicans aud
that Kansas will have q solid re-
publican delegation in the next no use
Chairman Sayers, of the house
committee on appropriations, says
the Joint resolution extending tn Q
appropriations of the last fiscal year
until the first Of August was pre-,
pared at the Treasury departm ent,
because it was intended that il
should cover every kind of expendl-
ture under the government and keep
everything going just az il was I'M
I'll the new appropriation bills could
become laws. Yet See. Herbert or
dered the suspension of hundreds
Of navy yard employees, alleging
that the joint resolution would not
furnish the money " pay them. II
there was a political reason for get
ting rid Of some Of the navy yard
employees to make vacancies to be
utilized in the congressional cam.
paign the end might have been az
compllshed Ill more manly way.
What makes the thing look all the
the worse for Secretary Herbert Is
that the joint resolution is lden teal
in wording with the one that WAS
passed two Years age, under " hieh
work Was continued III the navy
yards,
Congress may Or may not take
action III connection with the rail-
way strikes, but il il certain than II
viii not pass either the anarchist