The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-24
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON


cuckoo democrats. FIRST came the
knOck-doWn blow administers to
Mr.. Cleveland by the Senate when
it refused TO confirm the nomina-
ton Of Mr.. Hornblower, of New
York, to the Supreme Court. Then
the House gave the cuckOos a
whack by refusing BY vote of l54
to IS t. adopt the amendment APP
proved by Mr. Cleveland and the
democrats of the Ways and Means
Committee deferring The time
when the free wool clause OF the
Cleveland tariff bill should go into
effect, and adopting by vote Of
III to 1872 an amendment making
the free wool clause go into effect
on the passage of the bill. And
that v as not all. Notwithstanding
the pleadings of Secretary Carlisle
the democrats in Congress refused
to share the responsibility Of issu'
ing bonds with the administration
thus compelling Secretary Carlisle
to announce an issue of bonds un.
der the law Of 1875, which was
bitter pill for him to swallow, as he
has been nersistent since he be-
came a member of the cabinet in
expressing doubt of his authority
under that law to issue bonds tor
any other purpose than the pur-
chase of gold.
The silver men are much worked
up over this issue of bonds, as they
had been calculating that the me-
cessites of the administration
would have enabled them to pass
Mr.. BANDS bill for the issuing of
of silver certificates against the
seignorage lin the Treasury. I'm
der the leadership Of Representa-
tive Bailey, of Texas, they started
~ movement for the adoption of a
resolution stating it 70 be the sense
of the House that bond could only
be issued under the act of 1875, for
the resumption of specie payments:
for the purpose stated in that act,
but they met stumbling block in
the start in the continuing order
under which the House is consider
ing the tariff bill, which will not
expire until the Goth inst, too late
t. stay the issue of DO de, even al.
lowing that the resolution could
have passed,a nd that it would have
stopped Secretary Carlisle.
The truthfulness and aptuess o.,
the remarks made by Representa-
tive Hartman, of Montana, con.
corning the peculiar position If
Chairman Wilson, of the House
ways and Means Committee, who,
notwithstanding the proven falsity
of his prediction at the extra ses-
sion that the repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the silver law would
relieve the financial depression of
the country, is now predicting that
the passage of the Cleveland tariff
bill will afford that relief, almost
excuses the unparlamentary Ian
guage used. Mr.. Hartman asked
concerning Wilson: as he DEM
Ocratic prohpet or a son of a proph.
ct or only the mouth-piece of the
stuffed prophet of Buzzard's Bay"
While there are people who object
to such an undignitied way of re-
ferring to the President, there are
few who wlll.deny that Wilson is
the mouth-piece of Mr.. Cleveland.
AS chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee he is a mere
fgure-h ead,l the actual chairman
being Grover Cleveland.
Senator Chandler gave Senator
Palmer a raking down for the strad.
ding position.he attempted to take
in a speech in favor of the bill fol
the repeal of the. Federalielection
laws. Senator Chandler opened by
saying he was prepared to defend
the essential wisdom, 1ntegrity of the
repubican.lparty from its birth
down to this hour. So do not" con-
tinued Mr.. Chandler, "defend il
only, rs the Senator from Illinois
has done, to the time that Senator,
who has been a republican govern
or of Illinois, left the republican
party. The Senator from Illinois
today ,pronounced.it to have been
a party of patriotism as long as he
belonged to it, but when he left it
according to Mr.. Palmer's argu-
msnt, 1t suddenly turned around
upon liberty and upon everything
which was good, and has gone down
from that hour until it is now only
. party of evil" The laughter
which resounded through the
chamber while Mr.. Chandler was
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