Middletown transcript., 1894-04-07

Of New England women mill-workers,
who came TO Washington to protest
against the injustice of the tariff bill in
dealing with matters in which the mill
workers are vitally interested, but they
got a hearing-Republican Senators
gave it to them-and their objections
to the bill will be stated to the Senate
and to the country by Republican Sena
tors during the debate on the tariff bill,
which opened to-day, according to pro-
gramme.
Those Democratic Congressman who
have been backing other applicants for
the position are as mad over the a. :
nouncement that the tex" rule is again
to be violated, and Mr.. Thomas Z.
Benedict, who was Public Printer un-
der the FIRST Cleveland Administration,
is to again have that office, as they
have been all along because Hon. Frank
W. Palmer, admittedly one of the best
Public Printers the country ever had,
has not only been allowed TO keep the
office, but was actually begged to keep
it until Mr.. Cleveland got ready TO
select his Democratic successor. One
of the principal things remembered 10y
Republicans against Mr.. Benedict's
previous Administration of the office is
the large number of old soldiers who
were dismissed by him.
The fight in the House to give the
seat now held by Re. resentative JOY,
of Missouri, to a Democratic contestant
who was not elected, which has been
waged for more than a week without
success, Notwithstanding some very
autocratic acts of Speaker Crisp, has
brought out the fact that there are a
score or more of Democrats in the
House who are too conscientious to
take part in the theft of the seat merely
to add one more to a Democratic major
ity of ninety. But the act will doubt
less be consummated this week, in
spite of the protests of Republicans and
the non-voting of conscientious Demo-
Gratis, as the absentees are being arres-
ted and brought in and a voting Demo-
cratic quorum will probably be oh
tanned.
1t is just now a little puzzling to
know why Secretary Carlisle should
have considered it necessary To go to
New York to assure the bankers of
that city that Mr.. Cleveland would
make no concessions to the free silver
men in Congress. Why wasn't the
veto message considered assurance
enough? Some of the silver men ex-
press the fear that the Administration |
is making arrangements for another
bond issue, similar to the last one. Be |
that as it will, it may be set down as
reasonably certain that Congress will
not follow Mr.. Cleveland's recomm 10
1ation by authorizing bond issue.
Senator VOORHEES, was a little shlg-
yered the other day when confronted
BY the Democratic Governor ofIndiana,
and his staff, who had come to Wash
ngton to protest against the tariff bill
as it now stands. lie couldn't turn
hem down, like he did the New En-
gland women, so they had short but
sharp word battle, the Senator and the
Governor being the chief fighters.
Governor Mathews, who is unders, o0d
o be candidate for VoorheeS's seat
n the Senate, told the Senator that the
indiana Democrats demanded rest or
tion Of the original free list of The
Wilson bill. VOORHEES, denied it, and
aid that Mathews had been trying to
york up Democratic opposition to The
ill, hoping to use it to advance his
aspirations. Mathews gave
i'm 10 understand that the matter (
would figure in The Senatorial election
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