The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25, 1898.


feated in the house? That was the in,-
portant question considered at secret
conference of democratic members of
the house who are opposed to the bill,
or at least to those portions of it that
fall heavily OH industries in their re-
spective districts. | have learned that
the members of this conference de-
cided to take advantage Of their Wis
its home for the holidays to ascel tain
the sentiments of their constituents.
and determine that if they were, as
they believe them to be, against the
clauses of the Cleveland bill that ef
feet their own Industries, that they
combine against those particular sched.
ules of the bill, and if the democratic
caucus, TO be held as soon as congress
comes together again, refused to
! amend the bill to meet their wishes,
they would in body decline to be
bound by the caucus and would vote
against the entire bill. The lmpor-
tance of this congress depends almost
altogether on the number of votes it
can control. Statements as to the
number in attendance vary, ranging
from 5 to 30. The administration
men who have heard about it say that
it is only bluff on the part of hand
full of members, to secure amend
ments favorable to their constituents,
and good many republicans are dis
posed to regard it in the same light.
Republicans do not expect to
see the bill either defeated or
materially changed in the house;
but they have an abiding faith
that it will have to be radically changed
before it can get through the senate,
and they are not without hope of its
being absolutely defeated in that BODY
Closing manufactures, failing mer-
chants, millions unemployed, many
of them suffering for lack of divi-
dends by all classes of corporations are
bound to have some effect in the sen
ate, if not in the house.
Notwithstanding Secretary Carlisle's
refusal to allow members of the G. A. R.
to solicit contributions in the treasury
department for the annual Christmas
dinner for the families Of INDECENT men,
bers OF the organization, an ample fund
was secured for that purpose and the
materials tor first class Christmas
dinner were delivered to the families of
663 comrades this morning, aud in ad-
dition shoes knd clothing were given to
those who needed them. 1t takes more
than the refusal of a request by men,
Der of the cabinet to upset the customs
of the G. A. R.
An amusing incident of the strange
fear of assassination which has taken
possession of Mr.. Cleveland and the men
who are prominent in supporting his pol
icy, even when it is necessary for them
to turn complete somersaults to do so
IS causing broad smile all over town.
The other day son of Senator Mills,
who comes from a state which has long
prlded itself on fearless men, applied
to the police authorities for a permit to
carry pistol to protect his father from
a mysterious assassin, who, he said, had
threatened to kill him. The permit
was granted him, and young Mr.. Mills
went on his way rejoicing in his license
to carry gun, not expecting that any
newspaper man would ever know any
thing about it. That's where he was
mistaken. A newspaper man not only
found it out, but he printed it, and
the brave Texas senator and his armed
body guard became the butts upon
which the ridicule which had been ac-
cumulating on account of certain more
or less absurd precautions which had
been taken at the white house and the
capitol to keep out men feared to be
upon murder bent, was poured without
stint. The Texas senator, be it known,
is man of Trey temper. When he |
saw the publication and observed the |
manner in which people eyed him he |
became furious. He claims to have
known nothing about the permit until
he saw the publication. The sequel
came out SATURDAY. afternoon, when
young Mills with dlsheveled hair and
wild eyes rushed into the police court
and asked that the permit issued to him
be cancelled. There is Z moral to this
story. First, don't get frightened; sec-
ond, don't expect to succeed in hiding
things from newspaper men. |
The attempt on the part OF Secretary
Lamont to compel the 500 clerks who
occupied the old Ford's theatre build