The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-08-31

From our regular rrcsrondent.l
WASHINGTON. Aug 25th, 1884

1 From our regular Co CorrcsIondeEt.l
WASHINGTON, Aug 25th, 1894.
| Mr.. Cleveland was fig uratively given
a slap in the face when the senate
adopted the resolution offered by Muir
ply, of New York, declaring it to be
the sense of the senate that no further
| tariff legislation should be considered
at this session, and that it was adyisa-
ble to adjourn at the earliest possible
moment, and the free traders of the
house are accusing the democratic
steering committee of the senate of
having buncoed them by making
promises concerning the passage of the
popgun tariff bill which the adoption
of this resolution makes it impossible
for them to carry out. All OF the re-
publicans present, Peffer, Kyle and
Stuart, and the following democrats
voted for the Murphy resolution:
Blanchard and Caffery, of Louisiana;
Gibson and German, of Maryland;
Murphy OF New York; Roach of n
Dakota, and Smith of New Jersey.
Senator Sherman took the floor after
the adoption of the Murphy resolution
to make a few remarks, which he cor
rectly characterized as 'plain talk"
He told the democrats of their numer-
Gus blunders which included from so
to 100 important errors in the tariff
bill, now in the hands of Mr.. Cleve-
land, one of which-that for the free
entry of alcohol used in the arts
would, if uncorrected, cost the gov
ernment from twenty to thirty mil
lions of dollars in lost revenue annual
ly. He also had a sharp word or two
to say about the unusual extent to
which the encroachments of the eXecu-
tive upon the legislative branches of
the government had been pushed dur
ing the present session of congress,
and in conclusion expressed his belief
that the best thing to be done was to
go home and await the verdict of the
voters before further meddling with
the tariff To show that he was in
earnest Mr. Sherman has himself gone
home not to return until the opening
of the next session of congress.
While it is generally regarded as
certain that Mr.. Cleveland is going to
swallow his big dish of crow and al
low the senate tariff bill, which he so
roundly abused IN the Wilson letter,
to become a law, either with or with
out his signature, there are men
prominent men, tOo-who believe that
he is still in doubt, and that his pres
ent visit to BuzZards' Bay was not be-
cause of his illness, but because he
could better hold secret conferences
there with certain individuals than he
could at the White House, and that
those conferences Will settle whether
the bill shall 6e allowed to become a
law or be vetoed. These men say fur
ther that Secretary Carlisle is fully
committed to the senate bill and has
been ever since he wrote its sugar
schedule, and that his actions, in send
ing copies of the bill to all collectors
of customs and otherwise preparing to
execute the provisions of the new law,
is merely shrewd move to allow the
public to suppose that the administra-
tion accepts the bill and thus to aid in
co-ercing Nh. Cleveland into allowing
it to become a law
Congress can do nothing more for
lack of a quorum in both branches,
but it will be kept in session until
next Monday, unless Mr.. Cleveland
acts upon the tariff bill before then,
and it may even then have trouble to
adjourn If some member takes a notion
to raise the point of "no quorum"
when the motion is made However,
it is probable that enough of the mem
bers might be got to return for the
purpose of making quorum to ad-
journ when it can be done without
jeopardizing the tariff bill