Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-07-07
Correspondence.
Wa SHINGTON LETTER.
Nearing the Final Disposition Of the
Tariff BiIl-17OO Men Suspended.

tut DiSDOSlllOU OF the
Tariff Bill-17OO Men Suspended.
From Our Regular Correspondencel
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 2 1894.
1t Ia putting the case very mildly
to say that the democratic mana
gers have been In n state of fright
for several days. Instead of irving
TO drive the tariff bill to a vote they
have actually been scheming TO pre-
vent its being pushed to a final vote
before they were certain of having the
votes TO pass 1t. The a 'iournmeat
of the Senate from Friday until to
day, after the bill had bsen reported
to the Senate from the committee of
the whole, was TO enable the demo-
cratic managers TO put down the re-
volt against the bill They have
not yet succeeded, but they proba-
bly, will, and then they will rush. the
bill for all they know how. The pop
ulists are at the head of this revolt.
but senator Blanchard, OF La, who
accuses the democratic managers of
breaking their pledges by agreeing
90 modify the sugar schedule, and
Bill, OF New York, whose plucky
Sight against the income tax I'm the
face of certsin defeat has excited the
administration of his worst enemies.
are both in it up to their ears.
This revolt may delay the final
vote on the bin for two or three
days and may result In few more
concessions being made TO get the
kickers back into the traces. but
there IL 40 good reason TO believe
that it will affect the final dispose
ton of the bill.
This revolt wasn't organized TO dc
feet the bin, but merely TO obtain
: further concessions for those who
know that they are in position tc
defeat the bill II their demands are
finally refused, but who lack the
courage TO defeat Ii even If they fai
in getting the concessions they are
after. After all Ii matters little II
what shape the bill will pass the Sen
ate. The bill that will become law
il any does, will be shaped by th,
Conference committee, aud 1t may
y probably will-differ as radically
from the Senate bill as that does
from the Wilson bill as Originally
passed by the House. La view o
the present position of free trader
in the House, 1T will be surprising
the country knows before the first q
August what the new tariff bill VII
be.
secretary Gresham did his part t,
keep the interests of the sugar trus
protected by reporting, In answer t
Senator HO6r's resolution callin
for information on the subject, tina
the State dI partment had no otiicie
q information of the intention of Ger
many, Guatemala, or any other fol
eign nation to place retaliatory dI
ties upon American products if tn
present sugar schedule of the tart
bill becomes a law. 1t is noted as
coincidence that Secretary Ores
hams answer made It's appearance
inst as the democrats of the Senat
Finance committee were considerin
the proposed changes IN the sugs
schedule, which would reduce til
profits of the sugar trust.
Senator Sherman is very much
earnest in his attack upon the Pull
man Car Company, for such Ia b
resolution, which was adopted b
the Senate, directing the committt
on Interstate commerce to investi-
gate and report upon the advisabi
ity of law for the regulation of I'll
charges made by parlor and sleepin
cars, really is. Mr.. Sherman char
acterizes the Pullman Co and tt
sugar trust as the two most out
rageous monopolies we have. +
nthttSks that the charges per nilt
ade by the Pailmaa ES., can
s law, Just as the intersta
commerce law fixes sths charg
which interstate railroads me
make for carrying passengers, al
what is more to the purpose,
says he doesn't intend to stop Sc
tating the matter until bill carr
ing out that idea has been report'
and passed. To Judge by the expr
sions of opinion by both Senate
and Representatives it will not
difficult to get such a bill passe
Senator Sherman Gays the ra
could be made Just one-half OF VIII
1t is now and that the Pullman Co
pany would still make enormo
profits.
Secretary Herbert has made a {
cislOn UnaC can only be explained
considering him to be absolutely
different to the suffering of Other
He has decided that the Congrt
sional Joint resolution extending t
appropriations of the last fiscal We
for thirty days into the new fis'
year beginning yesterday, on a
count of the regular appropriate
not having been acted upon by &c
gress, does not apply to the cure
appropriations for Increase of
Navy. and In consequence ord
we're issued on Saturday to suspe
MOO men employed In the n
York, Norfolk and Mare Island ma
yards. Even granting that the
cis!on was technically legal, which
doubted, is this time to deprl