The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-10
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 1894.

"dSnlDSl ION LctOfF.
WASHINGTON, Feb. s. 1894
Republican Senators are met with
piece of democratic duplicity at the
beginning OF the consideration OF the
Cleveland tariff bill by the Senate
Finance committee that is far from en-
couraging. Previous to the passing Of
the bill by the House Senator Voorhees,
chairman Of the Finance committee,
promised Republican Senator'S that the
committee would grant full hearings to
industries affected by the bill. Now,
those promises are ignored and Mr..
Voorhees, says the committee Uill grant
few, if any hearings, alleging as an
excuse for breaking his word that the
information which will be received
from the circular letters sent out BY
the committee will be all that is
needed. This is mere subterfuge,
and no one knows it any better than
Mr.. Voorhees,. 1t is perfectly true
that the answers to the questions in
that circular letter would furnish all
the information necessary but it is also
| true that this Information never will be
put in shape to be used by the com
| mittee, and that also is known to Mr..
Voorhees,. If answers are received
from only one half of the one million
circular letters sent out it would require
the continual services of fifty clerks for
at least six months to tabulate the
answers and put them in an understand
able shape. The committee hasn't
the clerks nor the disposition TO wait
for the work to be done if it had them.
| The plain unvarnlshed truth Is that
| Mr.. VOORHEES, has received the orders
of his master In the White House and
he will break his word to his colleagues
who have nothing to give him in pre-
ference to disobeying his master who
i has Offices at bis disposal. 1t begins
to look as though MIR. Cleveland has
sufficient control of the Democrats on
the Finance committee to compel them
to report the bill TO the Senate practi-
cally as it was passed by the House
leaving the fight to be made on the
floor of the Senate. The Republican
Senators propose making it fight that
will be memorable in the tariff history
OF the country.
Tne most notable feature of the
| Democratic side OF the Hawaiian
discussion in the House was the I'M
blusbing offrontry of Representative
McCreary, of KY, in standing up and
gravely informing the House and the
country that Mr.. Cleveland had never
decided upon the restoration OF the
queen. This is one of the results of
cuckooism upon man who has always
been considered in spite of his intense
partisanship fair minded and patriotic.
When man becomes the defender of
Mr.. Cleveland's policy he necessarily
has to drop the role of patriotic states
man and assume that OF pettlfogging
special pleader who endeavors to make
a good case for his clients regardless
of law or facts. Such men are commoa
enough in every community, but it is
little short OF a national calamity that
so many of them should occupy seats
in Congress. The only consolation Is
that the people have fully acquainted
themselves with the facts in this case
and cannot be bamboozled by misstate
ments or cuckoo resolutions.
Mr.. Cleveland is doing more iu his
effort 10 beat Senator Hill and secure
the continuation of Mr.. Peckham to
the Supreme Court vacancy to lower
the dignity attached to the office of
President of the U. S. than any other
man has ever done, and the result
appears to be contrary to his expect
ations. Some Senators who were at
first disposed to vote for Mr.. Peckham's
confirmation will vote against it as
rebuke to MIR. Cleveland for his
peculiar ald undignlied tactics and t
may be that enough of them will SO
vote to reject the nomination. There
is another feature that is not considered
credltable to Mr.. I. The financial
condition of the government Is such
that it would seem to demand the
entire attention and the best ablt es
of the President, but instead ne is
giving his entire time to conducting
personal fight, leaving the finances to
get along as they may.
the patriotism of the Republicans in
Congress has never been more slrikingly
exemplified than by their conduct
concerning the sale of S5o,ooo,oo OF
bonds BY Secretary Carlisle They pre-
ferred maintaining the credit of the
government to taking advantage of the
numerous opportunities given them by
the administration and its indiscreet
friends in Congress to make party
capital. The only men who tried and
who are still trying to iDjure the credit
of the government are Democrats and
PopulIsts. The bonds will be forwarded
to their purchasers this week and if the
payments are all made IN gold $685.
600, 900 will be added to the SOS, ooo,.
coo of gold now in the Treasury.
The hardest fight that will be made
upon any one section of the tariff bill
will be that against the income tax.
According to the latest poll Al Senators
two less than majonty-are
against 1t, 81 for it and 6 in doubt. OF
the six in doubt three are Republicans
and three democrats. Mr.. Cleveland
who was for long time opposed to
this tax has now assumed non
committaI position towards it. ?
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