The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-08-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our reanEar Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON. July 27th. :

cfatlc senators nave IL In tlelf power
to end the tariff deadlock in an hour,
but they have so far declined to make
use of their power. 1t is now appar-
ent that the democratic conferrees on
the tariff bill can easily reach an "a
greementon the bill if they could be
assured that the agreement would re-
ceive the votes of thu 43 Senators pee
the only stumbling block at this writ
ing. They naturally hesitate to report
an agreement when they afe in doubt
whether it would be accepted or re
jected by the Senate, knowing that Its
rejection would mean the failure of all
tariff legislation. However, the pres
sure is becoming so strong on the rule
Or-ruln democratic Senators from the
outside that it is the general belief
that they will soon consent to give in
to n sufficient extent to get n bill
through that can be accepted by all
good democrats. So strong is this be-
lief that the House democratic caucus,
which was to have been held Thursday,
has been deferred for a few days, when
it is hoped that an agreement will rea-
de- it unnecessary.
President Cleveland very properly
declined to officially receive the COM
mission sent to Washington by the ex-
Queen of HAWAII for the purpose of
trying to preven5 the recognition of
the Hawaiian republic. They saw
Secretary Gresham. but merely as in
dividuals. This whole Hawaiian bus
mess will probably be left in the hands
OF Congress-, where President Cleve-
land placed it many months ago, and
when Congress directs tie formal rec
ignition of the republic "a resolution
to that effect is nov pending in the
HOuse-it will be done. and not be-
fore.
Senator VOORHEES, who has been too
i'll to take part in the tariff conference,
is now much better. although rot yet
well enough to resume his duties,
Representative H%utcheson, who is a
lawyer of high standing in addition to
being a Texas democrat OF deserving
prominence in the House, has grown
tired of seeing every attempt to con-
troll or abolish trusts, by a national
law, wrecked by collision with the
Constitution, and has offered a joint
resolution proposing this amendment
to the Constitution "Trnsts and mo-
nopolies dealing in agricultural prod
ucts, or other articles of prime neces-
sity, shall not exist in the United
States, and Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by proper legis-
1%ation." This is short, but there is no
doubt of it's covering the ground, but,
in view of recent exhibitions of the in
huence of trusts in Congress. there is
much doubt of it's receiving the neces-
l sary two-thirds vote OF Congress.
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska,
4has received a letter from the exfcu-
tive committee of the Democratic Free
Coinage League Of that State, asking
him to announce his candidacy for the
q. S. Senate and to make a personal
canvas Of the State. While Mr.. Bryan
has not himself yet so announced,
there is little doubt among his friends
that he will in a few days accede 10
the requests of the committee.
There is n reform that should be
forced on Congress by public opinion.
and that is the absolute prohibition of
the attachment of new legislation as
amendments to the general appropri-
alton bills. No better example of the
%viciousness of the system need be
sought for than was presented by the
Senate this week when an amendment
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill providing for the purchase of the
"Maiione site," upon which to build a
new government Printing Office, was
adopted. 1t would be impossible to
get the House to agree to this purchase
If presented in a separate bill hence
the action of the Senate, upon which
Mahoue has a "pull." to force the
House to agree or to see an important
appropriation bill fail. 1t is generally
admitted that the Malone lot is I'M
suited for the purpose and excessive
in price, and were it not for the per
sistent lobbying of Gen. Malone it
would never even have been seriously
considered as among the eligible sites.
1t remains to be seen whether the
House will allow itself to be bulldozed
into voting a gratnlty of public money
to Gen. Malone just because certain
Senators want to help him along.
The members of the strike commits
siOn-Hon. Carroll d. Wright, L. S.
Labor Commissioner; John D. Ker-
nan, of N. Y, and N. E. Worthington,
of Ill.-called on President Cleveland,
after they held a preliminary meeting
and decided to begin their investlga-
ton of the reeeu strike in Chicago on
the 18th Of this month. and had an ex-
tended talk.on the SCOPE of the inves.
tigation and the authority given by
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