The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-04-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence OF TIE RECORD.
WASHINGTON, April I

w HASHlNGIoN, April &, 1894.
The Damocratic Senators privately admit
that they are not confident of passing the
tariff bill, and the widest man no longer
talks Of passing it by the fr,t of May
There is much gossip OF an attempt being
made to attach freo coinage amendment TO
the bill but even ii the attempt is to be
made, which Is not certain, it cannot be
done until the bill reached the amendment
stage, which Is some time off.
Democratic Senators positively refused to
grant hearing to a delegation Of New
England women mill.workers, who came to
Washington to protest against the injustice
of the tariff bill in dealing with matters in
which the mill workers are vitally interested
but they got hearing Republican Senators
gave it to them-and their objections to the
bill will be stated to the Senate and TO the
country by Republican Senator'S during the
debate on the tariff bill, which opened to.
day, according to programme.
Those Democratic Congressmen who have
been backing other applicants for the posi-.
tion are as mad over the announcement that
the ''eX" rule is again to be olated, and
Mr.. Thomas E. Benedict, who was public
| printer under the first Cleveland admins
tration, is to again have that office, as they
have been all along because Hon. Frank W.
Palmer, admittedly one OF the best public
printers the country ever had, has not only
been allowed to keep the office but was
actually begged to keep it until MIR. Cleve.
land got ready to select his Democratic sue.
cessor.
The fight in the House to give the seat
now held by Representative Joy of Mo-, to
Democratic contestant who was not elect.
ed, which has been waged for more than a
week without success, notwithstanding
some very autoorat acta OF Speaker Crisp
has brought out the fact that there are q
score or more Of Democrats in the House
who are TOO conscientious to take part in
the theft OF the seat merely to add one more
to Democratic majority of ninety But
the act will doubtless be consummated this
week, in spite Of the protests Of Republi-
cans aud the non.yotng of conscientious
Democrats, as the absentees are being
arrested and brought in and voting Demo.
cratic quorum will probably be obtained.
1t is just now little puzzling to know
why Secretary Carlisle should have cou.id
cred it necessary t. ~ to New York to
assure the banker. OF that city that Mr.
Cleveland would make no concessions to tht
free silver men in Congress Why wasn't
the veto uHsaage considered assurance
enough? Some of the silver men express
the fear that the administration i, maxim.
arrangements for an9sher bond issue, sini
lar to the last one. Be that as it will, i
may be set down as reasonably certain tina
Congress Will not follow Mr. Cleveland
recommendation by authorizing Il bond
issue
Senator Norhees vas little staggered thr
other day when confronted by the Demo
cratic Governor Of Indiana, and his staff
who had cons IT, Washington to protes
against the tariff bill as il now stands II
couldn't tura them down, like he did tn,
New England womeo, 50 they had ahor
hut sharp word battle, the Senator and tn
Governor being the chief fighters Cover
nor Matthews, who is understol ID to be
candidate tJr Senator Vorhees's seat in tn
Senate, told the Senator that the Indian