The Washington times., 1894-04-08
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The ruling of the United States court at
Chicago, that the whisky trust Is an unlaw-
ful organization, will prove anything but COM
forting to Senator Voorhees,, its great cham
pion in Congress. The Senator has always
declared the whisky trust to be the one
great charitable combine In the country.
seeking only the country's good. The sugar
trust is the wicked combine.
Senators Vest and Jones are disposed to re-
sent the talk of Senator Brice that they, rep
resenting two unimportant states. had taken
the Wilson bill of into secret chamber,
where they set about the work OF doctoring
the bill to suit their own notions without re-
gard to the interests Of the great states of
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and that
he, after o consultation with the President,
proceeded to smoke them out. Had the Ohio
Senator made this talk before the Ohio ap-
pointments were confirmed at least two OF
his Democratic colleagues would have been
found obiecting to their consideration. Sen
ator Brice says he will vote against the in
come tax feature, but declines to give any
positive assurance as to what he will do in
case the tax is retained in the bill. He does
not like the outlook in Ohio since the recent
elections, aud among his intimate friends is
endeavoring to put the blame on the Presi-
dent. He freely admits that Ohio can no
longer be classed as doubtful, and very much
fears that none OF the other northern states
can be classed that way.
Several Democratic members OF the House
were yesterday discussing the recent elections
and making calculations as to how the par
ties would stand in the next House. As they
discussed probabilities. one of them took PEN
ell and paper and figured up that the Repub-
licans would control, over Democrats and
Populists combined. by at least fifty-five ma
jority, and that the Populists would hold the
Democrats very close race for second place.
As to the revision of the tariff, they felt sure
it would be impossible to get the bill finally
passed so as to become operative before the
LIST of August, and that the change in busi-
ness methods made necessary to adjust busi-
ness to the new order OF things would tempo
rarily increase the hard times. and the people
would not be able to realize any benefi: from
the law until too late to have any influence
on the election.
Speaker Crisp has been showing consider
able ascerbity Of temper during the last few
days, and Reed, Boutelle, and others on the
Republican side of the chamber are likely to
have the reins drawn tighter on them than
ever The Republicans do not like the out
look. and as some OF them have pet measures
pending they are beginning to consider if it
would not be wiser to get on better terms
with Mr.. Crisp.
The Republicans are expecting rare fun
next Monday, when Senator Hill takes a tilt
at the tariff bill. They anticipate thet the
New York Senator will tell some ugly facts as
to how some of the amendments made by the
Finance Committee were brought about. 1t
is not thought he will attack the administra-
tion directly, but as tariff measure is
necessity for the success OF Mr.. Cleveland's
administration. by attaching it he will dam
age the administration in its most vulnerable
point. He will attack the Finance Committee
for turning the work OF revising the bill over
to three men who do not represent manufact-
uring states, and will pay his respects to the
whisky ring.
number Of Congressman who are anxious
to retain their seats in the halls Of legislation
are finding that post offices are most dan
gerous thing to handle. One who has been
studying the field says that there are at least
Democratic members who will be
defeated for denomination because of dissat-
isfaction over the distribution of the patron
age in their districts. Their troubles call to
mind the remark on that subject made by
Gen. Harrison when he was member of the
Senate. He said there was no explosive sub
stance known TO science half as destructive as
a few country post offices to politician; that
more than half the politicians who had sue
ceeded in getting into Congress had eventually
been destroyed by conflicts over the post
offices. The Democratic Congressman who
are now in trouble over the matter lay much
of the blame at the door of Mr.. Cleveland and
his Postmaster General. saying there would
have been little trouble had they acted
promptly on reco lamentations made TO them.
The Republicans of Indiana will hold
convention within a week or two to nominate
ernor. and the list of candidates includes
nearly all the able-bodied Republicans be-
tween the ages of q aEd 60 in the state. This
is looked upon by some as an evidence of the
great faith the party has of success this Fall,
while it simply shows the greed after Office
that is taking possession Of the American
people. In speaking of this large number of
candidates an old campaigner remarked there
was something peculiar i'll the nature of e
man when he once began hungering after
office that made him believe he could be
elected, no matter what the party majority
against him might be. Mr.. Cleveland has
made Republican success possible in In
diana this year by returning to the bosom of
the state few hundred followers Of that party
who had lived of the loayes and fishes OF the
government during Mr.. Harrisons term. In
those days Washington city was little more
than Hoosier colony, while other patriots
of that state were cared for abroad or in the
territories. They are all at home now, and if
Indiana goes Republican next Fall the Demo-
Gratis may blame Mr.. Cleveland.
think on the whole, says a writer in the
New York Press, that the most bitter enemy
of the President in the Senate is Senator Nc
Pherson, of New Jersey. He is an able fnan-
cier, an astute politician. and a clever man of
the world. and he long ago sized up Mr..
Cleveland quite to his own satisfaction.
When Mr.. Villas was Postmaster General he
carried out Mr.. Cievelands policy of exclud-
ing prominent Democrats from participation
in departmental matters to the top of his
bent happened to be in the private Office
of Mr.. Villas in the Post Office building in
Washington one day when Mr.. Mcpherson
entered in a hurry. He had been cooling his
heels for some time outside, and the day be-
fore he had cooled his heels in Col. Lamont's
room at the White House waiting for the
President. 1 suppose. the Senator was about
as mad a man es anybody of his tenpera-
ment. makeup. and general character could
possibly be. And he expressed himself with
a visor and directncss that would have done
credit 10 Senator Ingalls,. Although he is
forced to agree with the Presidents policy he
is secretly one OF the bitterest foes Of the ad-
The intentions of Senator Hill, says William
E. Curtis, toward the tariff bill may be judged
from one remark. When he found a copy Of
that measure upon his desk he said: ",rhis
hill is nlacel here yAu notice nefnra tina