The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Posts Regular Correspondent
MAsnlSsxos1 JuNG %, 1894.

POSTS Regular Correspondent.
SYAsnlssros, JUNE 25, 1894.
Editor Post:
1t is again positively announced
that the tariff bill be voted on by the
Senate this week, and for the hrst
time the indications all favor the
correctness of the announcement
sentiment. There isn't the slightest
doubt that the bill wil! he passed
lust as it now is, bnt no man is IN a
position to say in what condition 1t
will emerge from the conference COM
mittes, to which it will be referred as
soon as the Senate passes it 1t is
believed that strong fight will be
made in the House for free sugar, free
coal and free iron ore, just as pro-
yided fos in the bill as it originally
passed the House. On ilts other
hand il is said that tho whole bill
NAV be defeated if the conference
committee accepts free sugar, iron
and coal, because zig Democratic
Senators would then refuse to vote
for it.
Senator Stewart has contributed
pair Of horses to phil the first polis-
ical missionary wagon ever started
from Washington. The wagon will
carry speakers and literary matter
favoring the Peoples party, and will,
it IS said, be duplicated in every
congressional digtrict within ninety
days.
Representative Jerry Simpson is
still unable to resume his Congress
sional duties, not having entirely re-
covered from his long illness. The
number OF men i'll Congress who
agree with Jerry's political opinions
are few, but the number Of those who
enjoy greater personal popularity
than Jerry are fewer yet.
1t is believed by many that the
action of the U. S. District Attorney,
in passing over the cases as the news
paper correspondents and taking that
of the New York stock broker, to
make test in order to ascertain how
the courts will regard the old law
providing punishment for those who
refuse to answer questions asked by
Congressional Investigating commit
tees, was investigated BY Senatorial
influence. It is further believed that
neither the newspaper men norMessrs
Havemeyer and Searle, Of the inves-
tigating committees questions, al
though the cases of the latter have
been certified to the District Attor-
ney.
Two "baby" STANDARDIZATION, of
Michigan, Republican, and Jarvis, Of
North Carolina. Democrat-made
their first speeches in the Senate
lately, and neither of them made
hit. Mr. Patton's remarks were
encyclopaedia and consequently dull,
and Mr.. Jarvis too much on the old
fashioned, spread eagle, fourth of
July pattern.
When Senator Allen offered to
give the Senate proof that railroad
magnate had spent lots Of time in a
committee room at the Capitol dur
ing the present session of Congress,
trying to shape legislation that
would bunco the United States out
of many millions Of dollars, no Sena-
tor asked for proof, as it was we'll
known that G. P. Huntington was
the railroad magnote referred to, and
that the sentiment of Senator Allen
was literally correct.
lit be socialism to argue that the
class shall bear a burden Of
taxation in keeping with the amount
of their wealth, and that it would be
a desirable thing to bring about a
wider distribution, ! if not an entire
redistribution Of wealth, then the
Populist Senators to a man pleaded
guilty to socialism in their speeches
in favor of the income tax, which re-
NAMED in the tariff bill, notwith-
standing the extraordinary effects Of
Senator Hill and his followers in both
the old parties to kill it.
The commonwealers, who have
lately been havinga hard and hun
cry time, announce big benefit en-
tcrtainmentto be held in Convention
Hall next Saturday night, the talent,
which is to give farce, comedy, ath
letics and minsterlsy, to be selected
from the industrial armies now inI
this neighborhood. Among the at-|
fractions on the program is a farce,
Keep of the grass, This enter
.ainment il to raise funds to get away
from here, the men having become
convinced that they can't stay here
md live on wind
Representatives Bartholdt, DC Mis-
souri;, Dagey. Of Louisiana, ami Ma
suire, Of California, have. been an.l
pointed q subcommittee Of tlieEaousel
on Immigration III iuyesI
ignite The padrona aystptl and ,seo.a-|
mend g Iaethod Of putt ting all cid I'll
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