Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-06
7REELAND, PA, AUGUST 6, 1894.
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHING ON LIE Err.
Washington, D. c., Aug 3, 1894.
The so-called conservative" Demo-
cratic senators haye it in their power to
end the tariff deadlock in an hour, but
they have so far declined to make use of
their power. 1t is now apparent that
the Democratic conferees on the tariff
bill can easily reach an agreement on
the bill if they could be assured that the
agreement would receive the votes of
the forty-three senators necessary. The
lack of that assurance is the only STUN
bling block at this writing. They natur-
ally hesitate to report an agreement
when they are in doubt whether it
would would be accepted or rejected by
the senate, knowing that is rejection
would mean the failure Of all tariff legis-
lation. However, the pressure is be-
coming so strong on the rule-or-ruin
Democratic senators from the outside
that it is the general belief that they
will soon consent to give in to a sufficient
extent to get bill through that can be
accepted by all good Democrats. So
strong is this belief that the house Demo
cratic caucus, which was to have been
held on Thursday, has been deferred
for few days. when it is hoped that an
agreement will render it unnecessary.
The members the strike commission
Hon. Carroll d. Wright, United States
labor commissioner; John D. Herman, of
New York, and n. E. Worthington, of
Illinois, called on President Cleveland,
after they held a preliminary meeting
and decided to begin their investigation
of the recent strike in Chicago on the
10th of last month, and had an extended
talk on the scope of the investigation
and the authority given by the law
under which the commission was
appointed. The president impressed
upon the minds of his callers his desire
that the investigation should lie thorugh
and without fear or favor.
President Cleyeland very properly de-
clined to officially receive the commits
sion sent to Washington by the ex-queen
of Hawaii for the purpose of trying to
prevent the recognition of the Hawiian
republic. They saw Secretary Gresham,
but merely as individuals. This whole
Hawaiian business will probably be left
in the hands of congress, where Presi-
dent Cleveland placed it many months
ago, and when congress directs the for
NAL recognition of the republic-a reso-
luton to that effect is now pending in
the house-it will be done and not be-
fore.
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska,
has received a letter from the executive
committee of the Democratic Free Coin
age League Of that state, asking him to
announce his candidacy for the United
States senate and to make a personal can
yass of the state. While Mr.. BRYAN has
not himself yet so announced, there is
little doubt among his friends that he
will in few days accede to the requests
of the committee.
Senator Voorhees,, who has been too
ill to take part in the tariff conference,
is now much better, although not well
enough to resume his duties.
Representative Hutheson, who is a
lawyer of high standing in addition to
being Texas Democrat of deserved
prominence in the house, has grown
tired of seeing every attempt to control
or abolish trusts, by a national law,
wrecked by collision with the constitu-
tion, and has offered a joint resolution
proposing this amendment to the con-
stitution: "Trusts and monopolies deal
ing in agricultural products, or other ar
ticles of prime necessity, shall not exist
in the United States, and congress shall
have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation" This is short,
but there is no doubt of its covering the
ground, but, in view of recent exhibi-
tions of the influence of trusts in con-
gress, there is much doubt of it receiving
the necessary two-thirds vote of congress.
There is one reform that should be
forced on congress by public opinion, and
is the absolute prohibition of the at
tachment of new legislation as amend
ments to the general appropriation bills.
No better example of the viciousness of
the system need be sought for than was
presented by the senate this week when
an amendment to the sundry civil