The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-05-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Of The RECORD.

Never within the memory of the oldest
habltue of the Capitol has the majority of
the Senate allowed itself to be nsgged by
the minority as the Republicans have nagged
the Democrats since those four hundred
amendments to the tariff bill were presented
to the Senate. Although Senator Brice
claims that forty three Democrats are pledg.
ed to support the tariff bill after those
amendments are adopted not a single Demo,
crat has had the courage to defend the
amendments. The nearest any one of them
came to it was when Senator Harris said;
The Democratic party believes in tariff
for revenue with such incidental protection
as revenue duties afford, >" but he had not
word to say when Senator Aldrich asked
him what then became of the declaration of
the last Democratic National platform, that
protection was a fraud and was unconstitu.
tional, The Democratic Senators are very
much at sea, and none of them make any
serious attempt to hide it, while Mr.. Ceve.
land has gone fishing to hide his disgust.
Coxey's nondescripts were compelled by
the health authorities to leave the pest hole
in which they had been encamped, and being
unable to secure any other place in Wash.
lngton they are now camped in MARYLAND,
five miles from town, The Marylanders do
not relish their presence even little bit and
threats are being openly made compelling
them to move on. Sufficient rations to feed
the men is getting to be serious problem
with Coxey; he has got about gll from
Washington that he will get and the
Maryland people say they don't intend to
encourage their stay by hel ping to feed
them. The argument for new trial for
Coxey, Brown" and Jones, convicted of VIC.
lating the law for the protection of the CAPT.
tol building and grounds, will be heard to.
new trial will be refused them.
Senator Hill of New York, dosen't mince
words in expressing his opinion of tariff bill
number four. He said: Let the odium of
its passage or praise for its defeat rest upon
the shoulders of Senator German, for aught
| care. One thing is certain, the tariff bill
now before the Senate should never become
law. There is no justice in it, and it is
simply subterfuge and makeshift."
Hon. John Patton, Jr., the new Senator
from Michigan, hes made very favorable
impression upon his colleagues and the
public Although he had had no actual
legislative experience previous to his APP
pointment as the successor of the late Sena
tor Stockbridge his wide general knowledge
and his grasp upon political affairs have
made him feel at home in the Senate, where
he will certainly make himself heard later
| on,
1t may not be entirely Just to charge
Representative McGann, chairman of the
House Committee on Labor, who offered the
resolution, and the majority Of the com.
mittee who voted to favorably report the
resolution providing for the appointment Of
joint Congressional committee to investigate
the industrial depression, with demagogue.
ism; but if that resolution, following as il
did the hearing granted Coxey by the Labor
committee, does not bear the genuine ear.
marks Of demagoguery it has some excellent
limitations of them. 1t directs the appoint.
ment OF a committee of seven-three Senators
and four representatives, investigate
and report to Congress within thirty day,
the cause of the industrial depression re
sponsible for so much distress Throughout
the country and what legislation will pre-
serve industrial and financial condition,
which will offer speedy, permanent anC
lucrative employment to the citizens of tn,
United States" Think of the enormity o
the task imposed and OF the time given
thirty days.. within which it must be done,
and you will see the point
The House judiciary Committee has hsC
another attack of states right fever, disease
often scotched, but never entirely killed
and the result was the ordering OF favor
able report on a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative De Almond, of Mo-, providin,
that no Judge of United States Court shall
punish any citizen or officer for being il
contempt for refusing to levy tax or eollec
tax for the payment OF sny bond issued b,
the municipality. county Or state, wher
the leyying Of such tax or collection is con
trary to the laws of the state. This bill,
it becomes law, will make the laws of
state paramount to those of the United
States and the decision of state courts para
mount to those of the United States whic
would be in accordance with the doctrin
which four years Of the bloodest war il
history should have forever ended, bu
which somehow it did not.
-&H
A Democratic school teacher asked one @
his pupils, whose father is Republican
chow many mills make q cent?" The bo
replied, None OF Thorn do. They're a
shut down on account Of the Wilson bill.
Shasta Courier.