Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-23
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Special Corrospor dencr.

democratic members OF the finance COM
mittee re mad because they have not
succeeded in keeping secret the fact
that they are doing nothing ut their
meetings, and the committee has
adopted resolution OF secrecy. The
reason that they are doingnothing is be-
cause they are afraid to grant the adj
tional concessions demanded by HILL
Bruce, German, and the other demo-
cratic CHECKERS and equally afraid to
decile to report the tariff bill withou.
granting them. While the democrats
on that committee are trying to leave
the public under the impression thai
they are trying to reach an agreement
with the republican members Of tie
committee they are in reality trying to
reach an agreement with the kicking
democrats. The republican members
OF the committee care very little when
the bill is reported, as they propose
making their principal fight ON the floor
OF the senate. All that they have
asked in committee is that the bill be
allowed to lie upon the table ten days or
two weeks after being reported, SO as to
give them time to gather data and pre-
pare their speeches against it. The re-
publican Senators will command the sit
uation ii the democratic "kickcrs' are
not pIacated. While they may not be
able to defeat the bill they can secure
many notifications of It, ii they decide
to vote with the democratic "kickers"
who have publicly announced their IN
tention to offer their amendments on
the floor of the senate il the committee
doesn't put them in the bill. They
have not arrived at that decision yet.
They are awaiting the result OF the
democratic fight before finally deciding
upon their plans. The bill may be re-
ported next week or it may be later,
but no matter when it is reported there
is little or no probability that the tariff
bill will get to the White House on its
road to become a law Leiore the reign OF
the dog star sets IN, Notwithstanding
democratic talk about the new law taxi
ing effect July /.
Ii the talk OF prominent democrats
counts for anything Mr.. Cleveland has
at last been oyerruled in something.
Although it is known that he is violently
opposed to the Bland coinage bill it is
now stated that he has promised to al
low the bill to become a law without his
signature instead OF vetoiug i rs he first
intended to do. The cause Of this
change is nothing more nor less than
fear. He knows the loss OF the House
this fall will be accepted by the country
as condemnation Of his administration,
and that the larger the republican
majority in the next House the greater
that condemnation will appear to be in
the yes OF everybody. He was told by
1eading democrats that if he vetoed the
Bland bill the party might rs well with
draw from the congressional campaign,
80 lar as the south and west are con-
cerned. That is said to have obtained
his promise that the bill should become
a law. Ii the bill could muster as large
vote relatiye in the House as it got
in the senate it could become law over
a presidential veto.
Democratic stupidity was never more
strikingly displayed than i'll the treat
ment OF sugar in the tariff bill, As at
present constructed the duty OF one
cent pound imposed on raw sugar viii
merely enable the sugar trust to make
the consumers pay one cent pound
more for their sugar without largely in
creasing the revenues OF the government,
as about two-thrds OF the sugar which
comes to this country is by treaty en-
titled to free entry. The sugar men did
not make the discovery until Senator
Voorhees, let the cat out OF the bag
by stating that the repeal Of the re-
ciprocity clause OF the Mckinley law,
as provided in the new tariff bill, will
not abrogate any OF the treaties made
under that law. This in connection
with the knowledge that the clause of
the new tariff bill which abrogates the
commercial treaty with Hawaii is al
most certain to be struck out in the
senate has stirred the augar men up
amazingly, and they are stirring the
democrats up.
Senator Sherman has gone to AshyiIle,
N. c. to get rid OF cold and to gather
strength for the tariff fight in the
senate, in which he will take a
conspicuous part. There is no truth in
the rumors saying that Mr.. shermau's
health is breaking down and JAat he is
seriously contemplating retirement
from the senate. He simply has cold
which has hung on to him for "a couple
oi weeks and his physician thought it
adysa bic for him to seek a dryer