The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WARRINGTON. July Is. 1894

tSCS liOnl TIE IlOuSF oillu oChet'I Oii 'f>
tariff bill, which is actually only con
ference between eight democrats and
the various trusts which demand pro-
lection of their interests III payment
for past and future ntiibut:Uns to
the democratic corruption fund, is still
going on. and from what has lodk ed
out there has been some very live'y
word battles in the committee room IN
which Tie meetings are held. Little
Mr.. Wilson, who bv order of Mr.
Cleveland was put at the head of the
house way and mcans committee, got
so worked up at one Of these meetings
at the various demands made on te
half Of the trusts by the senators that
he left the roou in huff and Sw"re he
would have nothing more to do with
it. However, alter a consultation
with Boss Cleveland he thought better
Of it and is again d regular attendant
of the meetings, and betore the thing
is closed will probably vote as meckiy
for what the trusts want as any of his
colleagues No Indications Of when
the legal conference, which will he at
tended as by law provided by the en-
tire committees appointed by the vice
president and speaker of the house
respectively, will begin, has been given
to the six republicans who are members
of those committees.
Senator Hail's resolution calling at
tention to the irregular and illegal
status o. the meetings now being held
may be heard from again in way
that will be both unexpected and I'M
pleasant to the democrats and the
trusts. When conference committees
were by law provided for in cases of
disagreement between the house and
senate on pending legislation it was
not with the intention that the mem
ltrs oi the ma nritv party should de,
vote days and weeks to bargaining and
dickeriug with each other in order to
arrive at a cut and dried agreement
Which should then be sprung on the
minority and soiidIy supported by the
majority. On The contrary, it WAS III
tended that the conference should be
all that the term implies--a full and
free discussion of the points of dlff-r-
ence between the house and senpte, by
all of the representatives Of the house
and senate-and not by representa-
tives of only the political parties that
happen to he in control Of those bodies,
and never until now has that intention
been deliberately violated, although
there have been hundreds of confer
enCes held. Senator Voorhees, ad-
mitted that a mistake was made 10y
not inviting the republicans to he
present at the first meeting held, but
so far as known he has taken no step
to correct that mistake. Strictly
speaking those eight democrats have
no legal right to tinker with that tariff
bill in the forced absence of the six
republican members of the conference
committee, and their attempting to do
so may make trouble for them and
their party. This tariff business is a
long way from being settled.
Some of the democrats have sud.
denly discovered that Utah VIII prob
ably go republican and SO greatly are
they exercised over it that they are
actually trying to get Mr.. Cleveland tc
veto the bill for the admission of that
territory to the Union. Mr. Cleveland
did not want the Utah bill passed at
this session of congress. but from the
best obtaina ble information it is not
probable that lie will veto the bill now
that it has passed, as it would be diff
cult to find good reason for so doing
Just to show the country that it can
do business rapidly when SO minded
the senate has in one week passed nc
less than nine Of the regular approprl
atlons bills and the programme for the
present includes the passing Of the
other FIVE. With all the appropriation
bills out of the way only the tariff bill
will stand in the way of adjournment
Senator Alen of Nebraska, is the
latest victim of personal explanation
He told the senate Saturday that it wal
not true as published few days pre-
viously that he had made monkey o
of himself while in glorious state O
intoxication. The least said about th,
matter the better.
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