The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-16
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON ID. c. Feb. 9th, 1S94.-
Ii is gratifying to note that the Demo
Gratis in congress have at last realized
the benefit of united party action. No
man in congress has a rlght 10
expect that every measure ne
;s called on to support will be entirely
in accord with his personal idea If
every member OF congress should adopt
| that idea legislation OF any sort would
be impossible. Long years of power in
| Congress taught the Republicans the
value. of organization and unity, ahd the
| lesson will have to be learned by any
party that hopes to accomplish import
| ant legislation. The Democrats in the
| House made good start 10y passing the
| Wilson tariff bill and followed it up this
week by the adoption of the McCreary |
I Hawaiian resolution which con
demns the acts of exMinister Stevens |
and endorses President Cleveland S poll |
cy. The Democrats in the senate are
not entitled to graduate in unity, but
they got together this week and passed
the House bill for the repeal of the odl
Gus federal election laws. If they
would get together on everything and
stay together it would he greatly to their
credit and to the advantage of the Dem
ocratic party.
Representative BANDS bill for the
coinage of the seigniorage is now before
the House, but as it has no order from
the committee on rules behind it and
D the anti silver men are refusing to vote
to make a quorum there is some doubt
: as to whether ii will be able to maintain
4 the right of way until disposed Of.
Countless misrepresentation have been
l. made of the attitude of President Cleve-
: land and Secretary Carlisle towards this
measure. Neither of them have pub
licly spoken one word either for or
/ against the bill, although Secretary Car
l. Isle did point out one particularly Oh
lie jectionable feature in the bill To MI.
,r Bland-that providing for the issue of
silver certificates in advance of the coin
age of the seigniorage-and Mr.. Bland
81 expressed his willingness to change the
H. bill so as to make the certitic ties lsuable
I'd on the Coinage of the silver
"A In deciding not to grant hearings on
the tariff bill the senate committee on
y finance deeply offended few gentlemen
at who had come to Washington to in
ri struct the committee and air their views
m but the Democrats on that committee II
so voting were acting As they believe
-N from the information they have received
ne the entire country wished them to act
'p- From north, south, east and west come
,at In chorus whatever Is To be done let 1
nd bedone quickly" " and the denial OF fur
tber hearings on the tariff means th'
's' saving of several weeks time in the con
NJ sideration of the bill in the senate
Ter Senator VorheeS sized up the situation
ais correctly when he said: prompt ant
,a- speedy action on pending tarlif leglsia
N ton is required at this time by ever,
patriotic and business consideration.
he This being a fact acknOwled by busInes
era men who oppose as well as those VIII
will favor the Wilson tariff bill, the Repuh
ma Hcan senators will do well to conslde
the matter carefully before the attemp
W To carry out the obstructive programme
red which is now being prepared by thel
vo- ablest parliamentarlans IN the senate
The capitalists of the country are onl
waiting definite settlement of the tarIi
as question to invest their money and IN
M augurate a period of prosperity for every
en- body, not for a comparatively few tol
tunate individuals, and woe be unto tn
J.. Republican party if its representative
in the senate postpone that prosperity b
oh factiOuS opposition to measure thf
ian they know they cannot in the end d'
ley feat.
Ipt, The sub colnhllttee vi tile eona s'
os committee on foreign relations has COZ
Vi cluded its Hawaiian investigation, :
ne far as the taking of testimony Is col
cerned The reports of the sub con
the mittee will shortly be submitted to tt
-; full committee for action thereon
'''' though there is some talk about three r
lass ports there is no real foundation for Il
nee belief that there will be more than two
leet a majority report signed by Democrat
MIS-. and minority report signed by Repu
~: licans There is no reason to dou
" which of these reports will be adopte
clai notwithstanding publications to the co
per- trary in Republican and anti admin
ugh tration papers.
o President Cleveland must enjoy rea
ing the contradictory fairy stories tn
vi are daily printed in the metropolit,
lder papers concerning his alleged actions
bal secure the confirmation of the nomln
edv ton of Mr.. Peckham to the Supren
| court What Mr.. Cleveland is really d
ing in that connection can be authen
TAR cally stated without any violation
MIA, | confidence in one word-nothIng.
,ock the supreme court has adjourned for
=, ., month there is no special occasion
90 haste in disposing of the nomlnatlo
~ Mr. Anslem J. McLauren, the m
OF senator from Mississippi, is not wide
racy known in Washington, but If he is
uov- able man as the MiSsissippians in &C
gress saw he is he will make a fit Succ
'he sor to Senator Walthall Like ''Privat
John Allen, the popular congressm
from the same state, he carried mi
ket in the late unpleasantness. NJ.