Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28
THAT CLOSE VOTE
An Impression That It Was a Piece
Of Theatrical Business
10 BRIGHTEN THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS:
The Real Cause Of tie. Devotion;
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TO the Senate. Bib:
TO D0WNt-CLEVELAND
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TO DOWNt-CLEV,ELAND

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There is . very strong impression on the
House side of Congress that the close vote
In the Senate yesterday was a piece Of
theatrical business intended to frishten,
the House inte. submission. In. other wordS,
those men who accass The Senate. or Eathsr
the German faction Of the Senate, Of trying
to bunco the President when the eempsu-,
mise amen4sneatss were xsreed- to IN The,
Senate believe that -yesterday'a eplscde
was ano<hs! Move n the. ''bsneS:, game. II.
is not bsnsSed BY sasSe gentlemen shat
there wasH4S rsAi dAssEer m sse .ftuatsen..
On the cohtz.rx- tAey beassye shat any tissse;.
a vote necessary to prevent defeat coam
have been had: Tnis. Of: eeur.esS 10 q thing,
that canaot be proven, but he knpss Ssssa
that 1t is: time n very4ssrs.g. It 10 beaieyed
Mr. Irsy, In piifing asainst Ms party, DID.
so with the conn0snce |tk6t hss, pair wsuld:
not effect the. result, and. that II It Md
been found to do so the pafr could kiyR
been disreU1rded under Its terms The SEN,
ate Is 1nndAast>tas,.s tlnSfsis n.
Of the sftuaAtsn,- and r. this was merely q
eatrfeak,Yafforuancst was very eaSySFlS.
done. II - thought sh1S3ly -prohaha<S how
ever. that the democrats had tefs ts,xt
there was snS rod danger Of aefsat. havmS
had long ehough-tine 70 eonstfer the NAT
ter. they would have. failed to telegraph
for the Vice, PresideAt whose. vote would
have have set sstssea tie . m fs.9r e HI. PARTY
to get Nj. Stevenson here and the bnI was
saved by an fmpressiveIy close vote. .;
-. - 70, Settle Gid scores. :, -,
There seems to be a purpose on the Part
of a number Of the denecFats IN. CONGRESS
10 settle oil Scores, TO make q -feekopkns
Oh past grievances with Mr.. Cleveland, n
this time. This Is Being made mose.ssnsi1
more manifest as things progress 1t i
believed not only to be true as to German
SPOKEN in their, . # acks siacs the Wilson.
letter appeared, but the sentiment b
thought to run pretty well up and dawn
the list In both houses. There are MANY
who have b grievance of some sort, great
eF small. against the executive, and the
number Of real friends he has In -eonsress
Is small. AIost Of the desnoerats have. a. n
I common foundation upon which the Feposf-
tory Of their woes are cunstructed, small
or sreat dfsappOin tments and affronts on
Account Of patronage distributes or with
held TO their dissatisfaetfeR. Beside this,
many have failed to receive the recognition,
social and onlciai which they had expected
from an executive of their own party.
These expected to have FIRE access to the.
sEnctum Of the White House. TO enjoy the
confidence Of the President. to be consulted
by him. having their advice sought and re-
garded-and. in fact. to form sert of,
Kitchen cabinet. having things run more or
joyed any of these honors. On the con.
trary. they have found 1t >difficuh to get
close enough to the President to make re-
quests. and those they have made have
been often -disregarded From their ex-
perience with Cleveland before they really
had no reason to expect anything different
from what; they have found but hope
springs eternal, and they argued that he
was new before and would do better this
time. ~ '- r.. ..-...'-
To Get Even with Cleveland. ..
Ever since they discovered their mis-
take they have been waiting to get even
with Cleveland. He has given them oppor-
tunities enough, but up to this time they
have not had the courage to avail thent-'
selves of the opportunities have been
unable to combine their forces. In the
matter of Confirma tons they have for the
most part been afraid Of hurting them
selves by entering into a fight with the
appointing power. and where they have had
such a fight. as in the Supreme Court case,
the responsibility for resistance has been
fixed on one man, and the appointment con-
frmed in the end has been not more sat
isfactory than those rejected. Besides it
was very hard to get even with Cleveland
by rejecting his appointments, since he
was more willing to stop sending in NOM
nations than they were to have him do so.
In the silver fight the opportunity was
offered. but those most thirsting for re-
venge were in the worst position to oppose
him in that matter, ana besides there were
many who thought il would be better to
curry favor than to seek revenge Many
concluded, with what they regarded at the
time as rare cunning. that those who stood
by Cleveland in that fight would be fixed
forever in his favor Thus the best oppor-
tUnity TO combine practically his whole
party in Congress against him and to
down" him was allowed to go by. The
purpose to down" him was not, however
abandoned but the desire to get even was
on the contrary, increased when it was
fOnn1 10 fa hoy oh ,,
soon forgotten.
Yet when his Hawaiian policy again laid
him open to their attack their courage was
still feeble and they failed to do what they
at one time contemplated. So when the
tariff fight began ne was still bearing down
his end of the balance and their resent
ment and revenge was still unsatisfied
And SO 1t might nave gone on to the end
just what 1t was he most wanted done in
the settlement Of that question.
Before the Wilson Letter.
Before his letter to Wilson was published
nne-tenths Of the democrats in the Senate
characterized the Senate bill as unsatis-
factory, and the finance committee openly
said that they yielded to amendments I'M
der compulsion-that they were held up on
the highway and compelled to surrender
because the road agents had the drop on
them. Mr.. Harris himself. after he had
been forced by Mr.. Aldrfch to confess that
there was such thing as a compromise
agreement. declared on the floor of the
Senate that he knew of no agreement
which went beyond the walls of the Sem
ate chamber; that he was not and would
not be party to any agreement which
would bind the conference. None declared
greater distaste for the Gormau Smith
Brice combination amendments than those
Gown whose threats they were stuffed in
the Senate. But the very instant Cleve-
land took position with regard to the
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