The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-04-13
NO. II.
Washington Letter.
lFrom:our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 9th, 1894

The democratic Senators privately
admit they are not confident OF pass
/ ing the tariff bill, and the widest man
no longer talks of passing it by the
first of May. There is much gossip OF
an attempt being made to attach
free coinage amendment to the bill
but even if the attempt is to be made,
which is not certain, it cannot be done
until the bill reached the amendment
stage, which is sometime off.
The democratic Senators positively
refused to grant hearing to a delega-
ton of New England mlll-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 intesested, but
they got a neutrality-suspicious. Sena-
tors gave it to them-and their objec-
tions to the bill will be stated to the
Senate and to the country by republi-
can Senators during the debate on the
tariff bill, which opened today, accor-
ling to programme.
Those democratic Congressman
| who have been backing other appli-
cants for the position are as mad over
| the announcement that the "eX" rule
| is again to be violated, and Mr..
Thomas E. Benedict, who was public
printer under the first Clevelnnd adj
ministration is to again have that
Office, as they have been all along be-
cause Hon. Frank w. Palmer, admit
tedly 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 by re-
publcans against Mr.. Benedicts
previous administration of the Office is
the large number of old soldiers who
we're dismissed by him.
The fight in the House to give the
seat now held by Representative Joy,
of Mo-, to democratic contestant who
was not elected, which has been waged
for more than week without success,
notwithstanding some very autocratic
acts of speaker Crisp, has brought out
the fact that there are q 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 democratic majority of ninety
But the act will doubtless be consul
mated this week, in spite of the pro-
| tests of republicans and the non-voting
of conscientious democratic quorum
will probably be obtained.
1t is just now little puzzling to
know why Secretary Carlisle shield 1
have considered it necessary to 60 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
Ienough? 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 recon-
mendation by authorizing bond issue.
Senator VOORHEES, was little stag
gered the other day when confronted
by the democratic governor of Indiana
and his staff, who had come to Wash
Iington to protest against the tariff bill
as it now stands. He couldn't turn
them down, like he did the New Eng
land women, so they had short but
sharp word battle, the Senator and
the Governor being the chief fighters
Governor Mathews, who understood to
be candidate for Voorhees, seat in
the senate, told the senator that the
Indiana democrats demanded restor-
alton of the original free list of the
Wilson bill. VOORHEES,. denied it, and
said that Mathews had been trying to
work up democratic opposition to the
bill, hoping to use it to advance his
Senatorial aspirations. Mathews gave
him to understand that the matter
would figure in the Senatorial election.
IT is hopeful sign of the times
when tax payers discuss matters of
public interest through the columns of
the press. But it often happens that
this class is too timid or conservative
to do much good, and the people
usually wait till the politicians "salt
them" before they howl then turn about
land elect the same crowd again.
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