Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-31
Washington Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent. }
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1894.

tor Harris by their leaders that if he
would not carry out his announced in.
tention of compelling long night ses-
slons this week an agreement might
De reached upon a date for the taking
OF a final vote upon the bill. As the
easiest way is always the best way
Senator Harris will defer for few
days the holding of night sessions, to
see whether an amicable arrangement
can be reached with the republicans.
Ii so, all right and good; if not, the
democrats are all prepared to endure
any amount OF personal hardship that
may be necessary to force a vote. 1t
Is the expectation of the democratic
Senators that the bill will be passed in
time for the conference committee to
act and get their work endorsed by
both House and Senate and the bill
signed by President Cleveland before
the first of July. Only one democratic
vote is in doubt that OF Senator Hill,
and after he fails to get the income
tax struck out of the bill it is believed
he will fall into line and vote for the
bill.
The Senate investigation committee
found Buttz guilty of having attempt
ed to bride Senators Hunton and KYLE.
but no steps have been taken towards
crlmlnally prosecuting him. The COM
mlttee Is now engaged in investigating
the charges OF crookedness on the part
OF the sugar trust and Senators in con-
nection with the preparation of the
sugar schedule of the tariff bill, and
judging from the evidence already ia
ken. those charges are likely to he
shown up as outright fakes. For in
stance. it was charged that the sugar
schedule was prepared in the hand
writing of Secretary Carlisle, who car
ried it to a meeting of the finance COM
and demanded that it be
adopted because of obligations the par
ty owed to the sugar trust, and the
man who made the charge declined to
give his authority. The story was
read to Senator Jones. of Ark, who
was chairman of the subcommittee
that arranged the amendments to the
tariff bill. which included the sugar
schedule. and he was asked by Senator
Gray. chairman of the Investigating
)mmittee, what truth there was in it.
Mono, whatever" hereplied emphat-
ically; II think have attended every
meeting of the tariff subcommittee
this session but no such scene was eyer
enacted. nor demand made by Mr.
Carlisle for the protection OF sugar
With reference to the charge that Sec
retary Carlisle prepared the sugar
schedule. | would say that my recol-
lection is that / prepared the sugar
schedule in the bill as first reported:
the schedule in the last bill reported
was put in shape at the Treasury de-
partment at my request, in order th,
the administrative features of tn q
schedule should be in correct form.
Tne suggestion of the rate and all Of
the essential details of the schedule
were from me-" There is about the
amount OF truth in the charges men
toned as all the rest. The schedule
was prepared at the Treasury depart
ment at Senator Jones's request. and
some republican clerk employed there
in probably told it outside; the rest
was imagined. The committee NAV
ask the senate to order the arrest of
the correspondents who refused to give
their authority for the charges, but
that will accomplish nothing, as they
would be certain to continue to refuse.
The Senate has several times tried,
but never successfully, to compel cor
respondents to tell where they got in
from. Every senator whose
lame has been connected with these
charges has expressed willingness to
appear before the investigating con-
nittee without the formality ef a sum-
mons.
Itseems hardly necessary to say that
,he stores printed in republican pa
pers about the great cost to the gov
ernment OF the little vacation trip Of
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle and Gresham. on the light
house tender Violet, were entirely
talse. The presence OF those gentle-
Non on the little boat did not cost
The government one cent. The Violet
made her regular trip. supplying the
light houses with oil. ETC., and the
passengers table was supplied at Presi-
lent Cleveland's personal expense.
The Violet was not even delayed. MIR.