The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Jan: 1, 1893.

Mr.. Cleveland has evolved new
scheme to prevent the dissatisfied
democrats from even expressing their
objections to his tariff bill before the
democratic caucus, which will prob
ably be held this week. He has
issued an order that the caucus shall
decide Immediately after assembling
whether it is advisable for it to pass on
the tariff bill. If he can control a
majority of the caucus the tariff will
not be touched. Meanwhile some of
the dissatisfied democrats are trying to
ge5 the republicans to promise to vote
with them to recommit the bill to the
ways and means committee when Mr..
Wilson calls it up in the house. The
republicans have not decided whether
they will do this, but it is hardly prob
able that they will.
Senator cailison thinks that the
Cleveland tariff bill will be considered
by the entire membership of the
finance committee when it gets to the
senate, just as the Mckinley bill was
1t will remembered that the repub-
licans of the ways and means com
mittee of the house were not allowed
to take any part whatever in the max
ing of the bill.
The New Years reception at the
white house today recalled sad
memories to many. One year ago the
white house and the residences of
members of-the last administration
were all in mourning because of the
then recent death of Mrs. Harrison,
and no official receptions were held
in Washington.
There is a wide difference of opln-
ion among democrats about authoriz-
ing the issue of bonds recommended by
Secretary Carlisle, and it may cause a
big fight in the house as soon as the
tariff bill is disposed of.
1t will cause no surprise among
treasury officials should there be de-
ficit at the close of the current fiscal
year-June 30, 1894, of as much as
S75,OOO,OOO. This is more than three
times what fthe estimate was of the
probable deficiency before the sched-
ules of the Cleveland tariff bill were
made public. That bill is directly re-
sponsible for the probable trebelling of
the deficiency. Importations are get
ing smaller and smaller and will con-
tinue to dwindle SO long'as there is any
probability of tat bill becoming law.
limp osts;s az 9t disposed to pay, the
preseht duties when there lis posi-
bility that by waiting few months
they can take advantage of the low
duties or of the free list of the Cleve-
land bill. And that is not the worst of
it. The same cause is operating to
shut down American manufactures
and itiwill be no better for long time
should that bill become a law, which
God forbid, for as soon as it does, our
markets will be so flooded with foreign
goods that our own manufacturers
will hesitate to start up again, even at
the reduced wages which everybody
now sees must follow such law.
The administration democrats in
the house who supposed that their
sharp practice just before. the holiday
recess would enable them to smother
the criticisms of Mr.. ICleveland'sl Ha-
waiian policy, in the house, will find
very much mistaken. The
of the house committee on
foreign affairs have prepared IA schorch-
ing minority report on the McCreary
resolution reported the day before the
recess and intended to screen the ad-
unconstitutional acts,
and that report is going to be made
the text for some talk in the same line
as the .red-hot speeches of Senator
Hoar and Representative Boutelle
made before the recess. The republi-
cans in both house and senate are fully
that the smothering act shall
not be performed.
Notwithstanding repeated denials on
the part of those connected in one way
or another with the administration,
there are many people, democrats as
we'll as republicans, who kbelieve that
there is good foundation for the re
ports which have again become cur
rent concerning Secretary Gresham's
retirement from the cabinet on account
of the failure of the Hawaiian policy
of which he was the originator. 1t
has been known for some time that
Mr.. Cleveland was looking for loop
hole throuoh which he could make his