Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-04-13
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Special Correspondence.


WASHINGTON, April 6, 1894.
Republican senators notified the dem
ocrats while Senator Allison was making
his great speech against the tariff bill
that they knew their rights and intended
to maintain them during this debate
and that any expectation Of railroading
the bill through the senate might az
we'll be abandoned at the start. The
democrats have put Senator Harris, of
Tennessee, i'll charge of the bill because
of their bei1ef that his pushing qualities
exceed those possessed by Senator Voor-
bees, whose position as chairman of the
finance committee makes him the actual
custodian of the bill. The recent cleo
tions have strengthened the determine
tion o. the republicans to fight the bill
with every weapon at their command,
the most OF them believing that the Is.
100000 people affected by the bill will
endorse any action that prevents the bill
becoming law.
The house committee on banking and
currency has favorably reported bill
subjecting greenbacks TO state and mu-
nicipal taxation. The silver men regard
this bill with great favor, believing that
it will by making the greenbacks sub
ject to the same taxes now imposed on
gold and silver money in banks result in
largely increasing the amount of silver
money IN circulation. A similar bill has
twice passed the senate without dis
senting vote.
1t seems to be generally believed that
the house, having failed to pass the
coinage bill over the veto, will soon start
in upon silver fight over the free coin
age bill which it is understood will in a
few days be reported from the coinage
committee. To start this fight, however,
will require a majority vote of the hous'.
There we're exactly "A democrats and
four populists who voted against giving
the seat in the house to which Mr.. Joy
was elected to Mr.. O'Neill, but the steal
having been ordered by a majority of
the committee on elections was finally
consummated, as we'll as that which I'M
seated Mr.. Hilborn, of California. 1t
took about ten days of hard work to get
a voting quorum of democrats willing to
commit these outrages. Mr.. JOY ex-
poets to be one of the republican major
ity of the next house.
Secretary Lamont will be called on to
make an explanation which will be very
difficult for him to do as soon as he re-
turns from his pleasant southern Gin
spection" tour, He made a promise in
Mr.. Cleveland's name that has been vio-
lated by Mr. Cleveland. The story of
the transaction may besummed up about
as follows: Mr.. Cleveland treated the
democrats of Washington 80 shabblly
during his first term that when he was
nominated in 1892 the Washington dem
ocrats fatty refused to contribute cent
to help elect him. Now the Washing
ton democrats had in previous cam
paigns contributed more largely in pro
portion to their numbers than those Of
any city, so the national committee de-
sired to have them placated, and Dan
Lamont was sent here TO do the plscat-
ing. Thew told Lamont that Mr.. Cleve-
land had filled the local offices with out
siders in his first term and that they
wouldn't chip in to elect him again,
Whereupon Dan Lamont pledged his
word in behalf of Mr.. Cleveland that no
one should be appointed to an office in
the District of Columbia who was not
bona fide resident of the same, il the
local democrats would chip in with their
usual liberality. They accepted the
pledge, and broke all previous records