Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
written and compiled for the HrRA11

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favor the correctness of announce
ment-the hot weather has had
more effect upon the Senate than
public sentiment. There isn't the
slightest doubt that the bill viii
be passed just as it now is, but nc
man is in a position TO say in what
condition it will emerge from the
conference committee to which il
will he referred as soon as the
Senate passes it. l. is believed
that a strong fight will be made IL
the House for free sugar, free coal
land fCee iron ore just as provided
for in the bill as 1t originally
passed the House. On the other
hand 1t is said that the whole bill
may be defeated if the conference
committee accepts free sugar, iron
and coal, because six democratic
Senators would then refuse to vote
for 1t.
Senator Stewart has contributed
a pair of horses to pull the first
political missionary wagon ever
started from Washington. The
wagon Will carry speakers and
literary matter favOrjng the peoples
party, and will, it is said, be
duplicated in every Congressional
district within ninety days.
Representative Jerry Simpson
is still unable to resume his Con-
gressional duties, not having en-
tlrely recovered from his long
| illness. The number OF men in
Congress who agree with Jerry's
political opinions are few, but the
number of those who enjoy a
greater personal popularity than
Jerry are fewer yet.
1t is believed by many that the
action of the I. s. District
Attorney, in passing over the cases
of the newspaper correspondents
and taking that OF the New YORK
stock broker, to make test in or
der to ascertain how the courts
will regard the old law providing
punishment for those who refuse
to answer questions asked by Con
gressional investigating committees
was instigated by Senatorial ln1u-
ence. 1t is further believed that
neither the newspaper men nor
Messrs Havemeyer and Saarle OF
the sugar trust, Will ever be put
on trial for refusing to answer the
investigating committees questions
although the cases of the latter
have been certified to the Distric!
Attorney.
Two "baby" Standardization
of Mich, republican, and Jaris, of
IN. c., democrat-made their first
speeches IN the Senate lately, and
neither of them made hit. Mr..
Patton's remarks were encJ clope'
diac and consequently Gull, and
| Mr.. Jarvis's too much on the old
fashioned, spread eagle. fourth OF
July pattern.
When Senator Allen offered to
give the Senate proof that a rail-
road magnate had spent lots of
time IN q committee room at the
Capitol during the past session OF
Congress, trying to shape legisla-
ton that would buncO the United
States out of many millions OF dol
lars, no Senator asked for proof, as
lit was we'll known to them all that
IC. p. Huntington was the railroad
magnate referred to, and that
the statementof Senator Allen was
literally correct.
it be socialism to argue that
the moDeyed class shall bear a
burden of taxation in keeping with
the amount of their wealth, and
that 1t would he a desirable thing
to bring about a wider distri0u'
ton, if not an entire redistribution
of wealth, then the populist Sena-
tors to a man pleaded guilty to
socialism in their speeches In favor
of the income tax, which remained
in the tariff bill Notwithstanding
the extraordinary tffjrts of Sena'
tor Hi! and his followers in both
the old parties to kill it.
The common wealers, who have
lately been having a barl and
hungry time, announce big bene-
fit entertainment to be held in
Convention Hall next Saturday
night, the talent, which is to give
farce, comedy, athletics and min
sirelsy, to be selected from the
industrial armies now in this
neighbOrbOOd. Among the at
fractions on the programme is a
farce called keep Of the Grass"
lThis entertainments to raise funds
to get away from here, the meh
having become convinced that they
oa..,t stav here and live on wind.