The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-06-15

From our Regular Correspondent.
| WASHINGTON, June II Senator Harris be-
lieves that he can reach the final vote on the
tariff bill before next Saturday night. if every
| senator who has promised to vote for the bill
| will stand by him. to the extent of IL little per-
| SOnal Inconvenience and discomfort. and he
| has during the last rs hours been trying hard
| to get them to agree. He has the promises of
| all the Democratic Senators he has seen, but
he had not up to this morning, owing to the
| absence of several Democratic Senators and
| the sickness of Senators German and McPher-
| son, succeeded in getting the assurances of the
| quorum II Will he necessary Tor him to have
| behind him to succeed in forcing Il vote. 1t is
| now almost certain that the Republican Sena-
| tors have been willfully deceiving the Demo-
Gratis i'll leaving them under the impression
| that they were on the eve of agreeing 30 name
| Il day for taking the final vote Ii is not prob
| able that they will ever agree To set a date
until forced to do so by the Democrats. There
| is no earthly reason for continuing the debate
| beyond this week, yet the Republicans are
talking of keeping it up until the middle of
July, and they will do it, too, if the Democrats
| do not prevent it by keeping Al quorum of their
own present to shut them Off.
There is much dissatisfaction among Demo-
Gratis i'll the House over the sugar schedule of
the tariff bill as it has been adopted by the
Senate, and the prediction is freely made by
Democrats that the House will never agree to
it in its present shape. 1t is argued by its OPP
ponentS that the tariff on refined sugar is pro-
hibitive and will result in no possible benefit
for anybody except the sugar trust and an at
tempt is now being made to organize the DEM
ocrats in the House against it and in favor of
free refined sugar.
The only one of the reciprocity treaties made
under the reciprocity clause of the Mckinley
tariff law that was ever of any practical hene-
fit in increasing the sale of American products
abroad-that with Spain providing an exchange
of certain products with Cuba and Porto Rico
will soon be abrogated by Spain. The State
department has official information that the
Spanish Cortes, will, by direction of the gov
eminent, pass an act authorizing Cuba and
Porto Rico to collect transitory duty of "a
per cent on all articles now on the free list of
the reciprocity treaty.
The House Commerce Committee has decid-
ed that none of the Nicaragua canal bills be-
fore it were satisfactory, and has directed
subcommittee to prepare new bill with these
four objects in view; to prevent the payment
to the present Nicaragua canal company of an
excessive sum for its property and concessions;
to keep spectators from protiting by the pro-
ject; to provide for the issuance of United
States notes for the cost Of the construction of
the canal rather than bonds, and to secure
complete and permanent control to the United
States government. Members of the commit
tee express the belief that bill along these
lines can easily be passed, and that it will be
approved by the people of the country.
The overwhelming defeat in the House of
the bill for the repeal of the tax on State bank
currency is regarded as an indication that there
will be no financial legislation at this session
of Congress, although Representative Spring
err has not abandoned hope of getting action on
his bill for national currency.
Senator Walsh, of Georgia, made hit with
permanent exhibition of the industrial pro-
ducts and resources of all the States at the Ma
tional Capital. Everybody talks in favor of
it.
Senator Brce gave the charges against him
in connection with the alleged sugar trust
scandal bad black eye when he wrote to the
Senate investigating committee offering his
own testimony and that of his clerks in Wash
ington, New York and Ohio to prove that he
has not bought share of sugar stock since he
became a member of the Senate in 1891 and
requesting his brokers to make known to the
committee every stock transaction of his upon
their books. In accordance with that request
Mr.. Chapman. member of the New York firm
for Mr.. Brice, but he positively refused to an
swer questions concerning the business of his
tirIu with other Senators. The committee will
ask the Grand Jury to deal with Mr.. Chapman.
Nothing has so far been brought out by the
committee rejecting upon the integrity of any
Senator. c. A. S.