Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-01-26
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

WASHINGTON, January 49, 1898.
This has been a decidedly unpleasant
week Tor Mr.. Cleveland and the cuckoo
democrats. First, came the knock-down
blow administered to Mr.. Cleveland by
the senate when it refused to confirm
the nomination OF Mr.. Hornblower, Of
New York, to the supreme court. Then
the house gave the cuckoos a whack by
refusing by vote Of l54 to 6S to adopt
the amendment approved by Mr.. Cleve-
land and the democrats OF the ways and
means committee delerring the time
when the free wool clause Of the Cleve-
land tariff bill should 90 into fleet, and
adopting by a vote OF ll2 to 1902 an
amendment making the free wool clause
20 into effect on the passage OF the bill.
And that was not all. Notwithstanding
the pleading OF Secretary Carlisle the
democrats in congress refused to share
the responsibility OF issuing bonds with
the administration, thus compelling
Secretary Carlisle to announce an issue
OF bonds under the law OF 1873, which
was bitter pill for him to swallow, as
he has been persistent since he became
a member OF the cabinet in expressing
doubt Of his authority under that law to
issue bonds Tor any other purpose than
the purchase OF gold.
The silver men are much worked up
over this issue OF bonds, as they have
been calculating that the necessities OF
the administration would have enabled
them to have passed Mr.. BANDS bill for
the issuing of silver certificates against
the seigniorage in the treasury. Under
the leadership Of Representative Bailey,
OF Texas, they started Il movement for
the adoption OF a resolution stating it to
be the sense OF the house that bonds
could not be issued under the act of 1875
(ior the resumption OF specie payments)
for the purpose stated in that act, but
they met stumbling block at the start
in the continuing order under which the
house is considering the tariff bill, which
will not expire until the Goth inst, too
late to stop the issue of bonds, even al
lowing that the resolution could have
passed, and that it would have stopped
Secretary Carlisle.
The truthfulness and aptness OF the re-
marks made by Representative Hart
man, of Montana, concerning the pecu-
liar position occupied by Chairman Will
son OF the house ways and means COM
mittee, who, Notwithstanding HE proven
falsity OF his prediction at the extra ses-
sion that the repeal OF the purchasing
clause OF the silver law would relieve the
country of its financial and business de-
preston, is now predicting that the
Cleveland tariff bill will afford that relief,
almost excuses the unpariamentary Ian
guage used. Mr.. Hartman asked con-
corning Wilson "Is he a democratic
prophet or the son OF a prophet, or only
the mouth-piece of the stuffed prophet
of Buzzard Bay?' While there are
people who object to such an undigni-
fled way OF referring to the president
there are few who will deny that Wilson
is the mouth-piece of Mr.. Cleveland.
As chairman OF the ways and means
he is a mere tigure-head, the
actual chairman being Grover Cleveland.
The horny-handed wage-earners in
your locality will doubtless rejoice with
exceeding gladness to know that the
democrats OF the house in their anxiety
to enable them to wear shoes made OF
French calf-skin, patent leather and |
chamois skins have reduced the duty on |
those articles, which everybody knows |
are so largely used 10y the telling masses,
10y an amendment to the Cleveland tariff |
bill TO Is per cent. ad yalorum. Still |
there are people who dare to doubt the
OF the democratic party for
the wage-earners, friendship constantly |
declared and never shown.
Senator Chandler gave Senator Palmer
a raking down for the straddling position |
he attempted to take in a speech in favor
OF the bill for the repeal OF the federal
election laws. Senator Chandler OPP
ened by saying that he was prepared to
defend the essential wisdom, integrity |
and patriotism OF the republican party |
from its birth down to tbs hour. 81 do |
not, ;" continued Mr.. Chandler, defend /
it only, as the senator from Illinois has
done, to the time when that senator,
who has been a republican governor OF
Illinois, left the republican party. The
senator from Illinois today pronounced |
it to have been party OF patriotism as