Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-13
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.


and in favor of law and order, but, 10
their shame be it recorded, there are
quite a number of democrats in Con-
gress who stand with the protesting
democratic and populist governors
against the action of the administca-
ton. Among his opponents are, OF
course, the most OF the extreme states
rights democrats, and the populists,
whose public Entrances have done
more TO encourage the spread of anar
chy in this country than all other causes
combined. The question of the right
! fulness or wrongfulness of the original
strikers against the Pullman company
became secondary consideration with
every body the moment the free pas
sage of the L. ). mails was obstructed
and the authority of L. 5. courts de-
fled.
The L. 5. government has nothing
whatever TO do with the strikers of
employees against individuals or cor
porations, but it has everything to do
with the rights of the people of the sew
eral states TO communicate with and to
cd business with each other at will, and
Mr. Cleveland would have neglected
his sworn duty bad he done less than
he had done. $ Ii isn't the rights of the
strikers that are at stake but the very
life of republican institutions in Amer
lea. Fortunately the number OF men in
Congress who are opposed to the posi-
ton Of the administration is too sma |
t. be a factor in any Congressional
action that may become necessary, and
as long as Mr. Cleveland stands for
the preservation OF law and order and
maintaining the dignity and authority
of the L. 5. government he can count
upon the support of Congress and nine
tenths of the people, regardless Of
their political opinions. There is no
politics in the present situation; it is
Americanism against anarchy.
Senator Call would better have al
lowed that little episode of putting of
his shoes in the Senate chamber while
that august body was in session to die
of itself. as il soon would have done.
Then he would have been considered
merely as a nan with questionable
taste But since he made that social
ed personal explanation, and attack
upon the Washington correspondents,
he is considered as BLACKBOARD and a
well, scall it little unbalanced.
1t is clear that the democratic men,
bers of the Senate committee that in
vestigated the sugar trust scandal are
in no hurry to get their report before
the Senate, having failed to get either
Senators Lodge. Davis OF Allen to
agree TO Il meaningless support that
would practically dismiss the whole
matter. The republican Senators pro-
pose making report that will be in
keeping with theLevidence taken, and
owing 10 the extreme nature of some
of the conclusions drawn by Senator
Allen he will probably make separate
report devoted largely to showing that
the money which the sugar trust peo-
pie admitted having contributed TO
democratic state committee was act
ually used to help the democratic ma
tional ticket and was so intended to be
used.l The republican report will only
agree with that of the democratic Sen.
a,ors in one thing-it will eXonerate
Secretary Carlisle from any blame for
having at the request of Senator Jones
written that sugar schedule. 1t will
then show that the sugar trust CONTROL
ed the making of ;the sugar schedule
of the tariff bill and the passing of the
bill. The report will make the most
interesting sort of campaign document,
and the Republican Congressional
Campaign committee will see that it
gets widely circulated.
The conference committee on the
tariff, bill held its first meeting July 9,
in the Senate Finance committee room.
If the applause which the democrats of
the House gave Mr. Wilson, chairman
of the Ways and Means committee,
when he attacked the 643 Senate
amendments to the tariff bill meant
that the House is going to make hard
fight to knock out every one of those
amendments which raises the duty or
which puts duty upon articles which
were put on the free list by the original
Wilson bill. Vpon the result of that
fight depends the fate of the tariff bill.
If it is successful it is believed that the
bill is doomed, unless the German