The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-15
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to information from trustworthy
source, positively refused to act as
mediator between the democrats of
the Finance committee and the demo.
cratic senators who have been fight.
ing for radical changes in the tariff
bill, in order to protect certain indus.
tries III their states. When asked to
do SO he is said to have indulgcd in
some very vigorous language concern
ing criticisms which democratic sena
tors have made upon the floor of the
senate and elsewhere about his al
legged interference with the Legislative
branch OF the government, and to
have expressed surprise that he
should have been asked to have any
thing to do with the matter. This is
IN accord with my understanding of
one Of the reasons for the presidents
hunting trip. '!r wished to be away
from NashinGlun while the demo
cratic senators we're agreeing upon
the tariff bill, a." wns both surprised
and disappointe, when he returned
| to find that an agreement had not
been renchcd, feelings probably shared
by nincty.iive pel cent. of the demo.
cratic party.
1t seems difficult TO convince the
republican senator's that they do not
possess oil the parliamentary knowl-
edge and skill in that body, but they
were very cleverly outwittcd by the
dcnocrats this weoll in scheme of
their own putting up. A republican
caucus decided to spring the inmedi.
ate consideration of the Bland bill for
the coinage OF the seigniorage, which
passed the House last week, on the
senate, counting upon the votes OF
populists, and upon forcing the silver
democrats to choose between tarit
and silver, their idea being to keeI
the Bluud bill before the senate fo
an indefinite period, in order to pre-
vent consideration Of the tariff bill
The democrats learned of this pic
gramnc and gave tho republicans
$ surprise they have not yet recovered
f from, 10y taking the initiative in got
y ting tho Bland bill before the senate
:, Senator Voorhees, stating that as i
10 would probably be about ten days be
J fore the tariff bill, now before the ful
q FINANCE committee, would be read
for tho consideration Of the senate
and that that time was ample for tn
!. disposition of the Bill. Senator Sher
man made an intellectual effort t,
have the Bland bill sent to committee
Senators Vest and McPhorsol
+ made personal explanations in th
SENATE this week concerning charge
made against them, in n New Yorl
paper, of having speculated in tn,
stock of tho sugar trust on theiI
knowledge of what the sugar claus,
of the tariff bill was to be. Senate,
Vest said: 81 may as we'll say now
once for NIL, that such publication as
this is vile slander, and the MAJ,
who repeats it is willful and malici
Gus liar" Senator Mcpherson said
that he did sometimes buy stocks fol
investment, not speculation, and that
when he was in the South some weeks
ago his brokers, acting under stand
ing order to buy certain stocks when
they could he had at certain prices,
bought 1000 shares Of sugar stock
for him. AS soon as he returned
and learned Of the purchase he in
structcd his brokers to sell the stock
and to buy no more, as no did not
wish to hold it while sugar was being
discussed by the Finance committee
The ueual bids for the soldier vote
were made by the republican mem.
ners OF the House during the debate
on the pension appropriation bill. 1t
was tho old, old story.
The House democratic caucus held
TINS week to consider the advisubility
" VI making some change in the rules.
g iooking towards On easier way of Get
= ing ana keeping a quorum, accom-.
pushed nothing because it was NOT Il
self attended by II quorum. There ia
one way in which the democratic r. r.
the House could largely inorease
their popularity, help the party, and
always have quorum by simply
; attending the sessions of tho House,