The Opelousas courier., 1894-07-07
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
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WASHINGTON, July 2, 1894.
Chairman Wilson, of the House
Ways and Means committee, is on
hand, apparently completely restored to
health, ready to take charge of the
tariff bill as 500 RS it gets back to the
House. Like the skillful commander
he has shown himself to be Mr.. Will
sou declines to publicly express his own
opinion of the Senate amendments to
the bill or to say what he thinks will be
the result of the conference on those
amendments. Whatever position taken
by the conterees on the part of the
House, who will, of course, be headed
by Chairman Wilson, will be the result
of mature consideration on the part of
Speaker Crisp and the leading demo.
Gratis of the House, with whom Mr..
Wilson has been in almost constant
consultation since his return to WASH
ingtou. The one prominent democrat
who has been entirely left out of these
consultations is President Cleveland,
and he has been left out in accordance
with his own wishes. He does not
wish to have it said that he took sides
with either the House or Senate in
what may be a quickly settled friendly
controversy or may develop into a Bit
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at all familiar with President Cleye-
lands public utterances, not to mention
his private conversations, on the tariff
question, can have any doubt as to
which of the two-the original Wilson
bill or the amended Senate bill-he pre-
feis. There are good reasons for the
belief that the democrats of the House
will! stand up for the original Wilson
bill. aud il can be set down as certain
that the protection amendments of the
Senate will neve be accepted in their
present shape. There is no longer any
talk of even an ATTEMPT being made to
have the House agree to all of the
Senate amendments in bulk. There
never was any foundation for such talk,
beyond the i~maginations of some peo-
pie who would like to see the matter
disposed Of in that way.
The Gtorgians in Congress are begin
ming to get somewhat worked up over
the election of IA Senator to succeed Mr..
Walsh. When Speaker Crisp declined
the proffered appointment to fill the
%unexpired term of the late Senator Col
thereby secured what the boys call
"a lead pipe cinch" on the full term,
although it was then known that Rep
.resentative Turner wouid probably hc
a candidate. Several days ago, how
ever, Senator Walsh made a manly
announcement of his candidacy.
Speaker Crisp has not indicated wheth-
er he will be a candidate or not, and
one of his closest personal friends has
Just assured me that Mr.. Crisp has not
yet decided the matter.
Two New York bankers Of promi-
hence had an experience in Washing
ton several days ago that will probably
make them more careful in the future
about believing every statement they
see in the newspapers of the class
which make a practice of printing the
sensation first and ascertalning its
truthfulness afterwards. A newspaper
of this class had a story to the effect
that the President would gladly issue
another $50, 900, 900. of bonds if he were
certain they could be placed without
trouble. These two bankers filled with
patriotism and a desire to profitahly
invest the money of their customers
came at once to Washington and went
to the White House, where they pro-
by noffering to take that entire bond
issue. Mr.. Cleveland assured them
that there was not the slightest founda-
ton for the bond issue story that the
administration had not contemplated
any further issue Of bonds and that
there was no reason in anything now
known to expect that there would be
any necessity for the question to be
considered at any time in the future
| Surely that ought to be sufficient tt
settle the matter. but all the same thai
bond issue story wilh continue to be
printed in one form or ianother, as it has
been from time to time, by those wht
know its faisity.