The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-07-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
GFrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 20, '94.

Ieree oh tne wilson Dill, out ne is creo.
tied by the cuckoos with being respons
ible for the action OF the Senate confer.
ees in standing out stubbornly for the
retention of the Senate amendments to
the tariff bill and forcing the disagree
ment report that has been made to the
House, in the face of the influence OF
Mr.. Cleveland and his administration,
which has been openly used to bring
about a surrender upon the part of the
Senate conferees on all of the important
Senate amendments, and particularly
upon those putting duty on sugar, iron
ore and coal.
Doubtless Senator German is perfectly
willing to accept this responsibility, but
as matter of fact, he and the few Dem.
ocratic Senators who aided him in put.
ting duty on iron ore and coal, thus
saving two of our greatest industries
from the utter destruction intended by
Mr.. Cleveland and the free traders, are
in this matter merely the representatives
of the great business and industrial in.
terests of the country, which have plain.
ly indicated that az choice of two evils
the tariff bill as amended by the Senate
is preferable to the original Wilson bill
to which the Democratic conferees of the
House wish to return. As the matter
looks at this writing the free traders of
the House will have to choose between
accepting the most important of the
Senate amendments or no tariff legis.
lation at this session, and it is not yet
certain which they will take. The Re.
publicans are wide awake and will take
advantage Of the situation if an oppor.
tunity be given them. What they wish
most to do is, of course, to kill the tariff
bill outright, but failing in that they
stand ready to help keep every Senate
amendment which puts duty on arti.
cles made free by the Wilson bill, or
raises the duty named in the Wilson
bill. Things leok very favorable to their
succeeding in the last if they fail in the
first.
The Bailey bankruptcy bill which
passed the House early this week is not
likely to be popular with creditors, as
no matter how hopelessly mans busi.
ness may be involved he cannot be com.
PEELED by creditors to take any action.
He must do so voluntarily or not all.
This may be an improvement on no
national bankruptcy law at all, but it is
such small improvement that it is
doubtful whether the Senate will ever
pass the bill in it's present shape.
The Demoratic bosses are considerably
alarmed at the probable detection of q
number of Democratic Congressman
from the South. There has been con.
siderable talk on the subject, but it was
not until this week that the revolt really
showed its head. Representative Dem
son, of Alabama, who has been in his
district for week or ten days, has writ.
ten letter formally announcing his in.
tention to leave the Democratic party
and to affiliate with the Populists, and
others are expected to follow suit. Re.
publicans are not greatly interested in
the revolt, as the solid south has not
been allowed to play any part in their
Congressional calculations, although
they would not object to anything that
promised even remotely to bring about
fairer election methods in the south
which can only come after the overthrow
of the autocratic authority of the Demo
cratic party in that section.
1t is easy to tell that this is Congress
ional year by the buncombe resolutions
and bills introduced 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 u S. making eight hours consti
tute legal days work for all persons
doing manual labor. How Mr.. George.
Mississippi planter friends, who work
their "hands" from ''sun up to sur
down" all the year, must appreciate his
, alleged efforts to tighten the burden O
, those engaged in manual labor.
, Senators Gray and Lindsey, the Dem
ocratic members of the committee tha
investigated the sugar trust scandal
placed themselves in very unenviablt
, positions, when they voted against {
reopening of the investigation, to ascer
tain the truthiulness OF statement as
5 serting that an original order given by
Senator Camden, of West Virginia, fo
the purchase of block of sugar trus
stock, was in existence; also a photo
graph Of that order. 1t but proved thu
charge that the Democratic members O
, the committee had never had any desir,
: to uncover anything rejecting upoI
, Democratic Senators, although it die
3 not prevent reopening of the investi
!, CATION. Senator Camden swore that b,
had never purchased any sugar stock