Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-19


nittee IN favor of his bills, and that he
has no utilization with other so-called
''Commonweal armies" now on the way
to Washington. Coxey afterward denied
that Hudson was authorized to say SO
much. 1t is nip and tuck between hun
ger and the health officials as to which
shall succeed in scattering the Coxey-
ties. The falling off in contributions
has brought the men still IN camp down
to two rather scanty meals day, and
the health officials want the camp broken
up as a sanitary measure, and have given
Coxey 4S hour notice, which expires
tonight to put the camp in sanitary
condition-an impossibility-or remove
the men therefrom. Desertions by the
wholesale are going on and unless the
food supply is increased the "army"
cannot be held together another week.
Coxey got short hearing before the
house committee on labor, but only sue
ceeded in making an ass of himself.
Senator Aldrich, of R, l., thus sums
up the result of the democratic tariff
concessions: "rhere are 400 amend
ments to the tariff bill, and an analysis
of them shows some curious results.
328 of them show an increase in the
rates, ranging from 10 to 300 per cent.
But SIX of these amendments reduce
duties and two of these are on rice and
two on opium. The remaining changes
are chiefly in the phraseology of the bill
or the transfer from the free to the du-
table list. Another notable fact is that
in nearly every case where these IN
creases we're made the change was also
made from ad valorem to specific duties.
II these increas had been made with
regard to the requirements of the differ
ent industries from protective stand
point, the bill would have been compar
atiyely good, but they were evidently
made in response to pressure from GER
tain senators, and no such purpose gov
eruej those who prepared the measure.
The height of the rate was evidently
fixed by the extent of the pressure
brought to bear by rebellous senators,
and the result is that the inequalities
aud ANOMALIES of the bill as originally
reported are magnlfied and made prom
lnent in the new bill formulated by the
mysterious conference, whose member
ship is uncertain"
The democrats of the senate have con-
ciliaten the so-calied conservative
senators, except Hill, of N. Y, by the
amendments to tariff bill, but they have
stirred up regular hornets nest of
opposition among the extreme free trade
senators from the south, and the final
result is as much in doubt as ever. SEN
ator Mills, who probably comes as near
voicing the sentiment of the free trade
element as any one senator, was goaded
into making few remarks hat created
a sensation on the democratic side of
the senate. by a reference to his recent
speech by Senator Aldrich. He started
ont by saying that he was now little
nearer the devil on the subject of the
tariff bill than he was between the devil
and the deep sea. He said that the bill
was no |, niger the Wilson bill, but should
be called the German bill or the Brice
bill, and declared, waving his arms in In
tense excitement, that the senators who
framed the compromise amendments
should not shlrk their responsibility,
but should stand out in the open sun
light and assume tie responsibility for
every amendment. all of which he in
tended to vote against. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Cleveland has undertaken
tie Job of quieting the free trade OPP
position to the amendments.
Senator Allen has apparently been try
ing to see how many kinds of fool he
can make himself appear to be in con-
nection with Coxeyism. While loudly
declaring his lack of sympathy with the
movement he went into the police court
as Coxey's counsel and showed how
little of a lawyer he was. Then he tried
to get a resolution passed in the senate