The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER,
POSTS Regular Correspondence
wAsHrxeroS, Ave. 20, ls!H.

Posts Regular Correspondent
w,surycroS, AuG. 20, SD.
Editor Post:
While tho action Of the Senate IN
adopting the resolution offered o. oy
senator Murphy, of New . YORK ,, oe-
claring it to be the sense o, the oen-
o.a that no further tariff legislation
a. 40 adjourn at the earliest possible
~ moment. was disappointing to mem
hers Of the House who claim tnat
tbey would never have accepted the
Senate tariff bill if they had not been
assured by Senator'S that the separate rate
hills for free sugar, iron ore, coal, anu 4,
harbed wire, which were passed py
the House, should be passed by the e
S Ser before adjournment, the FLOOD
Of kilograms which have since been bee n
NJ , into Washington show that
+ was highly gratifying to the busl-
nos, men Of the country, who 10 not
care so much about the nature OF IT. the
tariff as they do about its stability.
All they ask is that the subject be lot
alone now asa general bill has been
passed. ,;n .
lust as though tho tariff bill were
certain to become law, and hia 9th
cial acts have had no little to dc
with soliditying the general belief TO
that effect. He has forwarded by
mail to ever U. S. Collector of Gus
toms certified copy of the new tar
if bill, especially prepared and prln,
ted at tho Treasure department, ana
on the day it became law-mld,
night of the 9th inst, if not signed
or vetoed by President Cleveland
before that time he will merely have
to notify the collectors by wire, to put
it into effect simultaneously in every
custom house. There are rumor>
to the effect that Secretary Carlisle
is doing all this tor effect anu VIII
out knowing whether the bill IS tt
become law or not, but they do not
appear to have any more substantial
foundation than the twin rumo1
alleging that the relations between
the President and his Secretary o
+bo Treosure are so badly strained
that the latter may resign, and tina
is very slight, indeed. So Sigh
that few believe either.
The member of committee junck
cts at public expense to the very de
cided stand taken against them by
influential members of the approprl
alton committee, but the senat
committees on Interstate Commerce
and on Commerce, have been provid
ed with occupation which can ant
doubtless will be made enjoyable b,
their members. The first named
committee has been directed by ;;
Senate resolution to sit during tn
recess and to require whether tn
Southern Steam Ship and Railwa,
Association has violated the Inter
state Commerce Law in regard tc
passenger and freight rates differen
tials. 1t will be easy to arrange
quite nice trip under that rcsolu
ton. But the Commerce committed
has it's trip already arranged by the
resolution that directs it to visit the
Pacific Coast during the recess and t(
examine the proposed localities for
deep waiter harbor. There is. not
only enjoyment in this trip, but t.
corruptly disposed Individuals dc
not say there are such on the com
ittee-thcrc might also DO "boodlc'
in it. Some queer stories have been
told around Washington about thu
long delay in selecting this harbo
and the action of some of the advo-
Gates Of this or that harbor.
The conference of the American
bimetallic league, which was held here
last week, adopted report recon-
mending that silver be made the pre-
dominating issue in the coming cam
paign and advising that no man b.
voted for by silver men who hal no
been true to silver in the present Con
gress. One Of the significant feature
OF the conference was the failure o
Chairman Tauvhneck, Of the people
party national committee, to get {
reaffirmation of the endorsement
given by the league, last December
to the peoples party. 1t was proven
ted by the democratic and republican
members who insisted that the league
must be kept free from party politics
or it would never accomplish any
thing for silver.
Ifthe members Of the Labor organ
ization who signed the petitions, now
coming in SO freely, asking for the
impeachment Of Attorney General
Olncy for The part he took in sup.
pressing the late railroad strikes
could know how little attention Con
gress is paying or intending to pay
to them would at once stop
singing and sending them to Wash
ington. The ballot box is away
ahead of the petition box as a Con
gressional persuader, but some peo-
pie do not seem able to grasp that
idea.