The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

from our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 1894.
When the riot act is read it indicates
thst things are getting squally. Well,
the riot act, fguratively speaking, has
been read ten times to the various
caucuses of democratic senators held
this week, by as many democratic sena-
tors, each of whom declared that he
would not vote for the tariff bill unless
it was changed so as to protect the in
terests of its constituents. 1t is one of
the most formidable political revolts
that ever took place in congress, and
there is good reason for the belief that
Mr.. Cleveland timed his hunting trip so
as to be away from Washington and be-
yond reach of the telegraph when the
flag of revolt was raised, he having ex-
hausted his influence in behalf OF his
tariff bill without winning vote. In
addition to the ten democrats thunder
ing away in the caucuses, two populists
Allen and Pefer-have publicly an
nounced that they will not vote for the
bill unless American sugar producers are
as well protected as they are under the
present law. While it cannot be def
nitely stated how the tariff bill will
emerge from this storm, it can be stated
to a certainty that it must be modified
sufficiently to get seven out of those ten
democratic votes or its defeat is certain.
1t has been returned to the finance COM
mittee for modification.
Senator Frye made strong speech on
the reports of the foreign relations on
the Hawaiian investigation this week,
and when the rand-high-chief of the
senate cuckoos-Gray, of Delaware-at-
tempted to break the force of some of
his sharpest criticism on the acts of Mr.
Cleveland and his puppets, Blount and
Willis, Mr.. Frye just made him the
laughing stock of the senate as he tied
him up. Owing to the time taken up
by the democratic tariff caucusses it took
Mr.. Frye part of two days to deliver
his speech.
Pension bureau officials are hopping
mad because of the following resolution
offered in the house by Representative
Taylor of Indiana: .fWhereas, there is
reason to believe that certain officials
and employees in the medical division of
the pension bureau are, and have been,
making false reports of evidence in PEN
sion cases to their superiors in office in
order TO secure unjust decisions in such
cases, therefore
Resolved, That the committee on
invalid pensions is hereby directed to
inquire into the conduct of business in
the medical division of said pension
bureau and to report to the house of
representatives if systematic or manifest
injustice has been done to pensioners or
to applicants for pensions by any of the
employees of said divisions. said commit
tee to report to the house by resolution
or otherwise; also to report the names
and political affiliation of said employees
and by what administration they were
appointed The usual defense-s.it is
nothing but partisan political attack
will not answer in this case, as the reso-~
luton was offered by democrat.
Mr.. Bland's incapacity as leader and
absolute lack of tact resulted in en-
dangering his bill for the coinage of the
seigniorage, which he had so much at
heart, and which might have been pass
ed week or more before it was, had it
been properly managed. The only
really important thing that Mr.. Bland
has succeeded in doing is in putting the
democrats of the house, with their 80
majority, in very deep hole, and in
leaving chasm between the silver and
anti-silver democrats that is not likely
to be bridged during the present session
of Congress, and which will be almost
certain to make trouble among the
democrats when the tariff bill comes
back from the senate, if it ever does.
CAS-