The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-05-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of TxE RECORD.

Correspondence of TIE RECORD.
WASHINGTON. April 27, 1894.
The free traders in the Senate have be-
come so discouraged. because of the revolt |
in their own party, the broad sides poured |
into them by the Republicans during the
general debate on the tariff bill, and the un-
mistskable trend of public sentiment against |
the present bill, that they have opened |
negotiations with the revolving Democratic
Senators, which, it is believed. will end 10
their complete and ahjeot surrender. Re-
publicans have not, of course, been made
acquainted with the exact nature of these
negotiations, but enough has leaked out to
cause many to believe that the income tax
is to be dropped and the present tariff bill
practically abandoned, something like the
old Mills bill bsing sub bs titutsd therefor.
The impression left by the representatives
of the National Workingmen's Protective
Tariff League-more than 1000 in number
who met in convention here, has been deci-
dedly good. The Democrats of the Senate
Finance Committee refused to hear their
personol protests against the tariff bill, but
they were compelled to hear them read on
the floor OF the Senate by Senator Quay, and
the members of the league occupied the
galleries of the Senate as pleased listeners.
These men and women did not come here to
attempt to coerce Congress by threatening
to remain in Washington until some absurd
demands were complied with, as Coxeys
army proposes to do, but merely in the
/ to protest against being deprived Of their
bread and butter by vicious legislation. aud
having fled their protcst they quietly re-
turned to their homes They neither walk
ed nor came on free railroad transportation,
but on tickets purchased with the money of
the laborers they came to represent. Nor
did they ask donations of food; they paid
for everything they got, as self'respecting
people usually do. Washington people will
be glad to see them again under happier
circumstances.
There are times when nothing but plain
talk will fill the BILL and Senator Hawley
though. one OF these times was at hand
when he replied to the extraordinary speech
of Senator Allen, Of Nebraska, in favor of
the PETER resolution, which provides for the
formation of q new Senate Committee to
hear the petitions OF Coxeys army and
similar organizations. Senator Hawley paid
particular attention to Mr.. Aliens denunci-
alton of the law which prohibit parades in
Washington without permission of the au,
thorities, and the marching of any organized
body of men across any portion of the Capt.
tol grounds, laws which Mr.. Hawley de.
clared to be right aud proper and said
would be enforced to the letter. But the
most striking part of Mr.. Hawley's speech
was the conclusion in these words, calmly
D and deliberately uttered: 81 am sorry tt
t say, but feel bound to say, that the speecl
D OF the Senator from Nebraska was one tina
would have been received with tumultou
o applause in meeting OF anarchists. 1t ha'
/, in it, not requiring a microscope, but visbl
t to the naked eye, the bacteria and bacilla
d of anarchy"
" The Populists in Congress. while pretend
: ing to be opposed to the absurd idea whic
l. is causing so many ill.advised men to NOV
L. towards Washington are in reality dom
Is everything in their power to encourage til
l. movement Representative Boen of MINI
q esota, has introduced a resolution in II
: House directing the Secretary of War
furnish camping grounds and tents for all
l. the organized bodies of "labouring people
lie who may come to Washington to obta
T. "redress from Congress" The adoption
a resolution like that would invite evel
tramp in the country to spend the SUNNI
le encsmped in the suburbs of Washlngto
rs and what the result of bringing such 4
o. enormous body of men together, whose r
~ spect for law and order are not their me
IN striking traits, would be no man can te
1t would certainly be nothing good. B
ed there isn't even a possibility that NJ
les Boens resolution will get even score
I'm votes in the House, if it ever comes tt
ne vote at all Those who are coming
les Washington expecting to be taken care
&c by Congress would better turn back.
'" '" Senator Gallnger's declaration that
u, tariff bill is:
=, Hating on crutches of unequal size,
No One leg by truth supported, one by i
W ". Thus sidle to the goal with awkward pa
'' Secure of nothing but to lose the race,
-, can hardly be called classic poetry; but a
'"' truthful description of the present condit
W, ,N' OF the bill it would be difficult TO surpas
A' in the same number of words
a,,, The Democrats of the House profess tc
ats greatly surprised because the Republic
nth are making the regular appropriation
-. the basis for showing up the absurd bl
..o. ders of this laundering administration,
NJ they sre actually talking of having
IN commiste on Rules bring in a rule '
each appropriation bill to limit debate tn
oht on. 1t is not surprising that the Democ
,on. should object to having their untitness t.
,,r. in charge of the Government continually
,o., ferred to, but it would certainly be SURF
tb;, ing if the Republicans Of the House neg
rou ed any opportunity for keeping that
before the country.
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TIA Senator Voorhees, in long letter repl
. tn ,o,na critirisms fran his own State
the 10 'o''e e'''e'''''S '''''' ".' Wv" ''"'e
ar.d regard to the pending tariff BILL says