The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
our regular correspondent).

| ClOSc OuScINtIS hdNC iitoio "Ouuo 'h"V he is playing one of some sort. Aman doesn't advise his own defeat, as he did when he had his party in the House throw up the sponge and accept the Senate tariff bill which he had pre- viously denounced as everything that was bad and vicious, without having some object in view. It has always been difficult to get at Mir. Clevelands intentions m advance of his acts, and, notwithstanding the many positive as- sertions that are daily printed as to what he intends doing, l doubt whether there are three men in Washington who actually know. Quite by acci- dent. I learned that Senator Villas, who was a member of Mir. Cleveland's cabinet in his first administration and who is supposed to be in his confidence to as great an extent as anybody is, is entirely in the dark as to what is to be done with the tariff bill, now in the Presidents hands.
 If he would follow the wishes of nine people out of every ten to be met here there would be no doubt of his action--he would sign the bill, let Congress adjourn, and give the people chance to see how much of factor in the hard times" the tariff really is. There is one curious thing about this tariff bill. The Democrats publicly defend it as good one, and privately swear at it as a bad one, while the Re- publicans just reverse it by publicly abusing the bin and privately congrat- ulating each other on getting so good a measure. Meanwhile the sugar trust and the administration are working shoulder to shoulder to prevent the Senate passing the bill for free sugar, the only one of the House bills passed as conscience -easers that could possibly pass the Senate. Secretary Carlisle has written letter to Senator Harris which, while not saying so in so many words, is against those bills, notwith- standing the suppostion that Mir Cleveland wants free coal and iron.
 The conference of the American Bimetallic League, which began here yesterday, is fairly well attended and its members seem to think that the outlook for silver has greatly improved since their last Washington meeting. While no official action has been or will be taken, there are reasons for be- lieving that friends of Senator Cameron in the League have been quietly sound ing other members to ascertain how the candidacy of Mir. Cameron for the presidency would be received by the silver people in their States. The prin- cipal business of the conference is
 
 secret and relates to the congressional campaign.
 Speaking of Cameron, a Maryland politician made the prediction here this week that the Republican Ma tiOnal convention would adopt plank for the free coinage of silver and would nominate Cameron, and that his Dem. ocratic opponent would be Adlai Stew enson. There's no tariff on predictions; everybody is free to indulge in the lux ury of making them.
 If there is truth in a current rumor, Senator Voorhees, may discover in the near future that consistency is thing of value. even in politics. Mir. VoOr- hees has never been forgiven by many of his party colleagues for his somer. sault on the financial question during the silver fight at the extra session last year, but his present trouble, if it really exists, has no direct connection with the silver question, but is all on account of the taliff. MT. Voorhees, is charged not only with having agreed to the attack made on President Cleve. land by Senators German, Jones, Vest and Harris, in connection with MT. Cleveland's letter to Chairman Wilson, but with having prepared speech much more bitter than the one deliv. cred by Mir. German. Instead of de. livering that speech MT. Voorhees, went to bed, and it was given out that he was very i'll. Later, he gave out an authorized interview, taking sides witL Mir. Cleveland and advocating the sur. render of the Senate and the accept ance of the Wilson bill. Had he changed to the winning side, as he did in the l ,wI,t ,.otI,:,,r ,pa,,IJ ho,rn o.,,>x