Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-03-15
Washington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent.

sonally opposed tos some OF the charges
made, are glad that the Senate FL
nance committee has at last got the
tariff bill in shape to make its pas
sage by the Senate certain. 1t is real
ly surprising, in view of the radical
change made by taking sugar, iron
ore, coal and lead ore from the free
list and putting a duty upon them.
that the democrats OF the House are
not louder in their objections. But
! they regard the matter from common
sense point of view, knowing that the
democrats of the Seate finance COM
mittee yielded nothing that 1T was not
absolutely necessary to yield in order
to get the votes necessary to pass the
bill, and also that they will have a
mother chance at the changes when
the bill goes to conference after its
| passage by the Senate.
The republicans Of the Finance COM
mittee would like to waste month or
so keeping tariff bill in committee, but
the democrats will not allow auy such
time. If they will agree to have the
bill reported in a week the democrats
will allow them that much time; II not
the bill will be reported sooner with
out their consent.
Secretary Herbert's answer to the
House resolution asking by what auth
ority he ordered Admiral S6errett to
obey Mr.. Blount when ho went to
Hawaii as Special Commissioner, was,
ia shot, that it came from the Com
commander-in-C Chief of the army and
Navy the President OF the United
States; and he cited seven precedents
for the action, dating from 1928 to 1881.
Senator Blanchard assumed his new
duties today and Justice White, his
predecessor, was sworn in as a MEM
ber of the Supreme court If Mr..
Blanchard makes as good a reputation
in the Senate as he leaves behind him
in the House the people of Louisiana
will doubtless ratify the selection of
the governor by keeping him there.
representative Kilgore, of Texas,
was not altogether wrong, although
rather too general. when he said in
the course of the debate on the District
of Columbia appropriation bill, con-
corning the newspapers of Washing
ton havo never failed to advocate any
scheme. / don't care how infamous it
was, that looked to the expenditure OF
the public money in the interest Of
spectators in and around the city. |
never knew of an instance in which
they did not advocate such schemes.
In reply to protest from Representa-
tive Blair of N. H., Mr.. Kilgere con-
tinued: "Well. make the distinct
charge that the newspapers are cor
rupt and that they advocate every cor
rupt scheme that has been introduced
into congress to plunder the Treasury
in the interest OF private interests"
Democrats in congress are in thorough
sympathy with the Departmental Con-
gression Commission which has been
engaged for many months in looking
into the business methods of the gov
ernment department, with q view tc
: recommending changes looking to g
reduction of unnecessary red tape and
of unnecessary officials. Every recon.
mendation of the Commission has beer
promptly acted upon by congress, the
last one-for abolishing the Bureau Of
Customs of the Treasury department
! having been passed by the House with
} out an hours discussion. Slowly but
surely the leaven of reform IS work
ing The results of thirty years of ex'
travagance and favoritism cannot be
overthrown in day, or year. but
they will be overthrown in the end.
Senator Mcpherson has this to say
about the charge that the sugar clause
OF the revised tariff bill gives the SUI
gar trust an undue advantage: "As
drew the sugar schedule, l ought tc
know what it means, and certainly
know what it was intended to mean,
The entire discriminating duty, ac
cording to my calculations. that refln-
ed sugar is accorded by the bill is six
teen-hundredths of one cent. Now
when you take into account the boun-
ty paid by Germany for its exported
sugar. and the fact that German sugar
is shipped in bags which are not duti
able, which can be used over and ovei
again, it will be seen that the Ameri
can refner is given no Advantage over
his German competitors. In truth, the
German exporter has one-hundredtl
OF a per cent per pound advantage
over the American refiner after be ha:
paid our import duty. Now if any
one disputes these figures Of mine, and
can show me where the American
. reiincr receives any greater protection