Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-14

Of hearing those who dare not refuse to
answsre questions-Senators. Their
latest dumb witness is Mr.. Chapman, q
member of New York firm Of brokers,
who refuse to tell anything or reproduce
the books of his firm. The committee
will turn him over to the Grand Jury.
although nothing was SAID about pun
ishlng or trying to punish two mem
bers OF the House who refused to ans
wer questions.
The big strikes in various sections Of
che country have brought the question
Of Congressional legislation providing
for some form of arbitration between
employer and employee to the front,
and several bills on the subject have
been introduced in the House, one each
by Representative Kiefer, Of MINI. !;
Houk, Of Tenn, and Lawney, Of Mlnn.
The first two provide for national
board Of arbitration, author ized to act
in MI disputes between employee and
employers, but the last one proposes to
utilize the us. CircuitCourts as arbitra.
ton boards, combining their authority
to controversies between railroad COM
panies doing an interstate business and
their employees. Mr.. Tawney says his
object IS to make q railroad strike or
lockout an impossibility.
The House Commerce committee
doesn't like any Of the Nicaragua canal
bills, although it fayors the building Of
the canal by this government. 1t has
instructed a subcommittee to prepare
a new bill, taking care that it shall
shut greedy spectators out Of the
scheme; provide for issuing gteenbacks
instead Of bonds to pay for the con-
struction of the canal: prevent an ex-
cessive amount being paid to the pres
ent company for what has been done
and its concessions, and securing COM
plets and permanent control by the
United States. 1t bill of that sort
can be prepared 1t will receive the sup.
port Of many members Of the House
who haye been either Indifferent or
opposed to all Of the other bills that
haye been introduced.
Represea tatiye Breckenridge. Of Ky.
will not have charge of the general
deficiency appropriation bill when 1t
is reported to theHouse,as he announced
weeks ago that he would. So many
protests were recelyed from members
that chairman Savers Of the Approprl-
alton committee decided to take charge
of the deficiency bill himself, and Mr.
Breckenridge was so informed. This is
said to worry Mr.. Breckenridge more
than anything that has occurred since
the jury found verdict for Miss Pol
lard. although he tries to make light of
it by saying that his campaign will take
up so much of his time he will have
none to devote to the bill IN question.
Coxey, Brown and Jones are again
with the army of the commonweal, hav-
ing been released from Jail yesterday.
The army intended to haye escorted
them from the Jail to the camp, parad-
ing through the city, but the authorl-
ties refused to issue permit for Sup.
day parade. The men at the Coxey
camp as we'll as those at the CALVIN
camp are just now being quite we'll fed.
the donations haying been liberal dur
ing the last few days. The Galyinites
have promised to leave as soon as they
get their petitions presented to Con-
gress.
Senator Villas, chairman of the newly
created Senate committee charged with
granting hearings to the representatives
of the various industrial armies, has
not announced when his committee
would get down to work, but it Is sup
posed that the hearings will begin this
week.
The scheme of Senator Walsh Of Ga,
to establish a permanent industrial ex-
hibition in this city where each state
will have proper space to exhibit Its
industries has been received with a
great deal of favour in and out of Con-
gress.
The extreme heat Of Monday last
occasioned some indisposltion with
President Cleveland.