The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-22
PIOCHE, NEVADA THURSDAY. MARCH %, 1894.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence OF THE RECORD.
WASHINGTON March IL. Is

WASHINGTON, March 49, 1894.
The tariff fight between the Democratic
free traders and the Democratic home pro-
tectlonists having been won by the latter,
the battle Is now temporarily transferred to
the full Senate Committee on Finance.
There are eleven members of this committee
six DEMOCRATS and five Republicans, but
one of the Democrats, Vance of North Caro-
lima, is away. Ii the Democrats can succeed
in putting a substitute for Vance on the
committee, they will probably make the
attempt this week, unless they can get
Vance to come back. they will have ma
Jorlty OF one; otherwise the committee will
stand tie politically, and nothing can be
done without the consent of at least one Re-
publican. If they do not accomplish any
thing it will be simply because nothing can
be accomplished
1t is not yet certain that the revised bill
can be passed by the Senate notwithstand.
ing the concessions made to the kickers
although, OF course the probabilities are de-
cidedly in its favor; but there remain sev.
eral elements of doubt either of which NAV
result in defeating the bill. Two of the
Popuists, PETER and Allen, have declared
their intention to vote against it and the
votes of Senators Hill and Murphy are not
assured for the bill; but even with the loss
of those votes it is still possible for the
Democrats to pass the BILL if Kyle votes
will. having for good and sufficient reasons
connected with the distribution of official
pie given his promise to that effect.
| Representative McRae, of Ark, acting
for those House Democrats are opposed to
the action of the Democrats of the Senate
Finance Committee, in putting duty on
bounty on sugar and to place sugar of all
grades on the free list. These men say they
intend to make sure of free sugar by tacking
this bill as a rider onto some of the regular
appropriation bills, but it is doubtful
whether the Democratic leaders will allow
them to do So
There is considerable speculation as to
whether Mr. Cleveland will veto the Bland
bill for the coinage of the seigniorage,
which will certainly pass the Senate this
week. Senator Villas, who is about as close
to Mr.. Cleveland as anybody is, says the
bill will be vetoed, but others who are also
close to Mr.. Cleveland say that he will al
low the bill to become law without his
signature, with the hope that it will remove
the silver question from the coming Con-
gressional campaign; his idea, according to
these gentlemen, being that the mint will
be keet busy for several years to coin the
$1,000, 900 silver dollars required by the
bill, and that it will useless to further agi-
tate for the free coinage of silver until the
mints have got through with that provided
for in this bill. If your correspondent were
disposed to make a wager on this matter he
would not hesitate to give odds in favor of
veto Mr., Cleveland will, in my opinion,
be only too glad Of an opportunity to hit
the silver men who he has never liked.
A small number of Senators appeared to
think that Senanor Petfels action in Offering
resolution for the investigation of the
charges made against FIVE democratic Sen.
ators, of having used their positions to
obtain information as to what was being
done in come ction With the sugar clause of
the tariff BILL in order to speculate in sugar
stock, was undignihed, but a majority is
hardly likely to take that view of the mat.
ter and Mr. PETER says he is determined
that the resolution shall not be pigeonholed.
The surprising thing to most people was
that one of the Senators charged with specu.
lation did not ask for an investigation.