Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ssPBcIAL coRRRspoNDENcR OF THE MONITOR J
Wushsnqton, Jan. 90, 1894.

nO1SlU. 1urcdtS VI DOltluS OuC odI1i
bill on account of the income tai
amendment are heard on all sides, bu
the party whip is being vigorously
welded and by Thursday, when thu
final vote is to be taken, it is proba
BILE that sufficient number of "kick'
ers" will be whipped into line to get
the monstrosity, income tax and all
through the House. The vote that is
dreaded most Of all by the democratic
managers, if there can be said to be
any managers of the inharmonious
majority of the House, is that on the
motion to re- commit the bill. The
republicans of the House have not
fully decided how they will vote on
that motion, but they have been i'm
portuned by many influential mem
bers of the party to support it, if it
can be shown that sufficient number
of democrats will vote for it to pass
it with the aid of the solid republican
vote, and they may do SO, although
many of them have expressed them
selves against it because the result
would prolong the uncertainty as to
tariff legislation which has already
been so disastrous to the business in
terests OF the country.
The steering committee of republi-
can Senators has fully decided not to
oppose the bill for the admission of
Utah to statehood, and from the talk
at the conference it may be stated
upon good ground chat there will be
no general opposition from republi-
cans to the admission of any of the
territories.
The Senate Judiciary committee at
it's regular meeting to-day took mp
the nomination of Mr.. Peckham, of
New York, to the Supreme Court va
cancy. Senator Hill claims that the
nomination will be rejected by a
larger majority than was cast against
Hornblower, notwithstanding the al
legged attempt OF boss Croker, of Tam
many, during his presence in Wash
ington. to make deal that would al
low the nomination to be confirmed.
The support of the republicans on
the Senate committee on Foreign Re
waiian resolution, which was favora
bly, reported to the Senate last week,
through a nderstanding-some |
do not hesitate to say misrepresenta-
ton. Senator Gray opened the eyes |
of the Senate when he interpreted the
resolution to mean that the Senate
endorsed the Cleveland policy towards
Hawaii. He not only opened the eyes
of the Senators, but he made it i'm
possible for his resolution to be pass
ed until it has been amended SO as to
leave no doubt of it's exact meaning
Senator DOlph has stirred up the
cuckoos by proposing the addition of
the following as an amendments: "and
with a view of restoring amicable re-
Iations between the u. S. to Hawaii,
the present minister of the u. S. to
Hawaii should be Immediately re-
called"
Representative Bourke Cochran, Of
New York, was charged by his demo
cratic colleague from the same state,
Amos Cummin s, with having, as the
attorney for clique of diamond i'm
porters, used his position as a mem
Der Of the Ways and Means commit
tee to get that committee to recon
mend an amendment TO the tariff bill,
reducing the duty on diamonds to 10
per cent. That charge, which was
backed by documentary evidence, and
the shaming which republicans gave
the democrats for desiring to lower
the tariff on diamonds in behalf of
the toiling masses, resulted in the de-
feat of the committee amendment {
and the adoption of one making the
duty so per cent.
The most unique tariff protest yet J
seen was that presented by Senator {
signed by 50 citizens of {
Streeter, ILL.,, and reading as follows: '
1--WE cannot feed, clothe and educate s
our families and compete against the
poorer paid labor of Europe. We are
proud and don't want to be Inundated
by asking for charity. How would
any of you like to go to soup house q
and sit down to free soup? We have
pride as well as you. We ask you to n
defeat the Wilson bill, and we will
take care of ourselves v
For some reason the free trade
democrats who have stood together e
for free coal, free iron, and numerous
other free things split upon the vote
On breckenridge amendment I
Breckenridge favors numerous free q
things, as the country doubtless re-
providing for putting tin =