Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-26
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1894.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
wAsHIsGroN. D. c., July %, lse

being responsible for the action OF
the senate conferees in standing out
stubbornly for the retention Of the
senate amendments 10 the tariff bill,
and forcing the disagreement report
that has been made to the house, IN
the face Of tire influence Of Mr..
Cleveland his ADMINISTRATION, which
has been openly used 70 bring about
surrender upon the part Of the
senate uonferees on all OF the inpor-
tant senate amendments, and partlc
ularly upon those putting Il duty on
sugar, iron ore and coal. Doubtless
Senator German is perfectly wiling
10 accept this responsibility, bpt a.
matter Of fact lie and few demo-
cratic senators who aided him in
pnlting duty on iron ore and coal,
thus saving two of our greatest in
duslrIes from the utter DISTINCTION
intended by Mr.. Cleveland and the
free traders, are in this matter mere
~ tie Representatives Of the great
business and industrial interests Of
the country, which have plainly in
dcatcd that AS 3 choice Of two evils
tie tariff bill as amended by the
senate is far preferable 10 the orig
ipai Wilson bill, % which the demo
ctalie couferees pf the house wish
to tetbre. As the matter looks at
tins wiling, the free traders, Of the
house will have 70 choose between
aceeptii 4 The most important Of the
senate amendments and no tariff
legislation nj this session, and it is
mol vet certain which they will take.
Tie Bailey bankruptcy bill which
pissed tie house early last wees il
not f<ely 10 be popular with credl-
tors, a. 40 matter how hopelessly a
n.an's business may be involved he
cannot be- compelled by creditors to
take any action. He must do SO
voluntarily or not at all. This may
be and Improvement on no national
bankruptcy law at all, but it is such
small improvement that II II
doubtful whether the senate will
ever pass the bill in its present
shape.
Ii il easy 70 tell that this Is con
gressional election year by the bur
combe resolutions and bills intro
dueed in congress solely for vote
catching purposes. To this class
belongs the joint resolution offered
by Senator George, of Mississippi,
providing for an amendment to the
constitution of the L. 5. making
eight hours constitute d legal days
work for ali persons doing manual
labor. How Mr.. Georges Missis'
sippi planter friends, who work their
hands from "sun up to sun down
all the year, must appreciate his
alleged efforts 10 tighten the burden
of those engaged in manual labor.
Senators Grey and Lindsay, the
democratic members Of the commit
tee that investigated the sugar trust
scandal, placed themselves in very
unenyiable positions, when they
voted against reopening Of the in.
vestlgatIon, 70 ascertain the truth
tulnpss of statement asserting that
an original order given by Senator
Camden, Of West Virginia, for the
purchase Of a block of sugar trust
stock was IN existence; also q photo
graph 81 that order. II bur proved
the charge that the democratic
members of the committee never
bad any desire TO uncover anything
rejecting upon democratic senators,
although il did not prevent 4 re-
opening of DEMONSTRATION. Sena-
tor Camden swore that he had new
er purchased any sugar stock, and
il i can be proven that he did the
committee should lose no time in
placing the facts before the Z. 5.
district attorney IN order TINT the
grand jury may ind ~ Indictment
for perjury.
Tuning and Repairing.
james &. Remfrey, late Of the