Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-02-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Feb. 5, 1894.

nance committee that is far from en-
couraging. Previous to the passing
of the bill by the House Senator Voor-
hees, chairman of the finance com
mittee, promised republican senators
that the committee would grant full
hearings to industries affected by the
bill Now, those promises are ignor-
ed and Mr. Voorhees, says the COM
mittee will grant few if any hearings,
alleging as an excuse for breaking his
word that the information which will
be received from the circular letters
sent out by the committee will be all
that is needed. This is a mere subter-
fuge, and no one knows it any better
than Mr.. VOORHEES,. 1t is perfectly
true that the answers to the questions
in that circular letter would furnish
all the information necessary; but 1T
is also true that this information new
er will be put in shape to be used by
the committee, and that also is known
by Mr.. Voorhees,. II answers are re-
ceived from only half of the one mil
lion circular letters sent out it would
require the continual services Of fifty
clerks for at least six months to tabu
late the answers and put them in an
understandable shape. The committee
hasn't the clerks nor the disposition
to wait for the work to be done if it
had them. The plain unvarnished
truth is that Mr.. Voorhees, has receiv
ed the orders of his master in the
White House and he will break his
word to his colleagues who have moth
ing to give him in preference to DISC
beying his master who has offices at
his disposal. 1t begins to look as tho
Mr. Cleveland has sufficient control
of the democrats on the finance COM
mittee to compel them to report the
bill to the senate practically as it
was passed by the House, leaving the
fight to be made on the floor of the |
senate The republican senators pro-
pose making it a fight that will be
memorable in the tariff history of the
country.
The most notable feature Of the
democratic side of the Hawaiian dis
cussion in the House was the unblush-
ing affrontery of Representative Nc
Creary of KY, in standing up and
gravely informing the House and the
country that Mr.. Cleveland had never
decided upon the restoration of the
queen This is one of the results of
cuckooism upon a man who has al
ways been considered in spite of his
intense partisanship fair minded and
patriotic. When man becomes the
defender Of Mr.. Cleveland's policy he
necessarily has to drop the role ofpat-
riotic statesman and assume that Of a
pettifogging special pleader who en-
deavors to make a good case for his
clients regardless of law or facts. Such
men are common enough in every
comm unity, but iJ is little short of
national calamity that SO many of
them should occupy seats in congress.
The only consolation is that the peo
pie have fully acquainted themselves
with the facts in this case and can not
be bamboozled by misstatements or
cuckoo resolutions.
L. r
effort to beat Senator Hill and secure
the confirm alton of Mr.. Peckham to
the Supreme Court vacancy to lower
the dignity attached to the office of =
president of the United States than :.
any other man has ever done, and the !
result appears to be contrary to his {
expectations. Some senators who !
were at first disposed to vote for
Peckham's confirmation will vote ,
against it as rebuke to Mr.. Cleve
land for his peculiar and undignifed ,
tactics and it may be that enough Of !,
them will SO vote to reject the nom ,
nation. There is another feature ,
that is not considered creditable to
Mr.. G.. The financial condition Of the !
government is such that it would
seem to demand the entire attention :
and the best abilities of the president, :
but instead he is giving his entire time
to conducting a personal fight, leav- +
ing the finances to get along as they ,
may.
The patriotism Of the republicans in {
has never been more strik- t
ingly exemplifed than by their con- !
duct concerning the sale Of $50, 100000 !
Of bonds by Secretary Carlisle. They $
preferred maintaining the credit of ,
the government to taking advantage :
of the numerous opportunities given !
them by the administration and it's +
indiscreet friends in congress to make \
party capital. The only men who .
tried and are still trying to iniure