The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-08-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington. Aug. 20. 1894.

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While the action of the Senate in a.
doptitg the resolution offered by Senator
Murphy, of New York, declaring it to
be the sense of the Senate that no fur
thur tariff legislation should be consid-
cred at this session, and that it was al
visable to adjourn at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, was disappointing to MEM
bers OF the House who claim that they
would never have accepted the Senate
tariff bill If they had not been assured
by Senators that the seperate bills, Tor
free sugar, iron ore, coal, and barbed
wire, which were passed by the House,
should be passed b. the Senate before
which since have been pouring into
Washington show that it was highly
gratifying to the business men of the
country, who do not rare so much about
the nature of the tariff as they do about
Ats stability. All they ask is that the
subject be let alone now a general bill
has been passed.
Secretary Carlisle is proceeding just
as though the tariff bill were certain to
become a law, and the official acts have
had no little 10 do with solidifying the
general belief to that effect. He has
forwarded by mail to every U. s. Col
lector OF Customs "a certified copy of the
new tariff bill, especially prepared and
printed at the Treasury department, and
on :he dag it becomes a law-midnight
of the 9th inst, il not signed or vetoed
by President Cleveland before that time
he will merely have to notify the col
lectors by wire, 10 put it into effect sim
ultaneously in every custom house.
There are rumors to the effect that Sec
rotary Carlisle is doing all this for effect
and without knowing whether the bill
is TO become a law or not, but they do
not appear to have any more substantial
foundation than the twin rumor alleging
that The relations between the President
and his Secretary OF Treasury are 70
badly strained that the latter may re-
sign, and that is very slight, indeed. So
slight hat few believe either.
The conference of the Executive COM
mittee OF the American bimetallic
league, which was held here last week,
adopted "a report recommending that sill
yer be made the predominating issue in
the coming campaign advising that no
man be voted for by silver men who had
not been true to silver in the present
Congress. One OF the significant features
OF the conference was the failure Of
Chairman Tauvceneek, of the Peoples
party national committee, to get "A reaf-
firmation of the endorsement given by
the league, last December, to the Peo-
ple's party. 1t was prevented by the
Democratic and Republican members
who insisted that the league must be
kept free from party politics or it would
never accomplished anything for silver.
If the members of the Labor organi-
zations who sign the petitions, now com
ing in SO freely, asking for the %impeach-
ment of Attorney General Olney for the
part he took in suppressing the late
railroad strikes, could know how little
attention Congress is paying or intend
ing to pay to them they would at once
stop signing and sending them To Wash
~ington. The ballot box is away ahead Of
the petition box as a Congressional per-
suader, but some people do not seem
able to grasp that idea.