Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-08-25
sHHRMAN's PLAIN TALK.
Cleveland VIII Eat crow-carIisie in
a Sorry Plight.
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WASHINGTON. Aug zo.-Mr. Cleve-
land was figuratively given a Slap in
the face when the Senate adopted the
resolution offered by Murphy, Of New
York, declaring it TO be the sense Of
the Senate that no further tariff legis.
lation should be considered at this
session, and that it was advisable to
adjourn at the earliest possible mo-
ment and the free traders of the House
are accusing the Democratic steering
committee OF the Senate Of having
bunced them by making promises
concerning the passage OF the popgun
tariff bills which the adoption of this
resolution makes it impossible for
them 10 carry out. All of the Repub-
iicans present, PETER, Kyle. and Stew
art, and the following Democrats vot-
ed for The Murphy resolution: Bianch-
ard and Gallery. of Louisiana. Glib
son and German, of Maryland; Muir
ply Of New York; Roach Of North Da-
kota. and Smith of New Jersey.
Senator Sherman took the floor af-
ter the adoption of the Murphy reso-
luton to make a few remarks, which
he correctly characterized as splain
talk" Hetold the Democrats of their
numerous blunders which included
from 50 to 100 important errors in The
tariff bill, now in the hands of Mr.
Cleveland, one of which--that for tn
free entry OF alcohol used in the arts
would if uncorreetcd. cost the gov
eminent from twenty to thirty mil
lions of dollars in lost revenue annu-
ally. He also had sharp word or
two about the unusual extent 10
which the encroachments Of the exec
utive upon the legislative branches Of
the government had been pushed
during the present session of Con
gress, and in conclusion expressed his
belief that the best thing to be done
was to so home and await the verdict
Of the voters before further meddling
with the tariff To show that he was
in earnest Mr.. Sherman has himself
gone home not TO return until the
opening of the next session of Con
gress.
While it is generally regarded as
certain that Mr.. Cleveland is going 10
swallow his big dish Of crow and allow
the Senate tariff bill. which he SO
roundly abused in the Wilson letter
to become law either with or about
his signature, there are men-promi-
nent men, too-who believe that he
is still in doubt and that his present
visit to Buzzards Bay was not because
Of his illness, but because he could
better hold secret conferences there
with certain individuals than he could
at the White House, and that those
conferences will settle whether the bill
shall be allowed to become a law OF
be vetoed. These men say further
that Secretary Carlisle is fully COM
nitted to the Senate bill and has been
ever since he wrote itssugar schedule,
and that his actions, in sending cop
les of the bill to all collectors OF Gus
toms and otherwise preparing to exc
c lite the provisions of the new law
is merely shrewd move to allow tht
public to suppose that the administra.
tion accepts the bill and thus to aid
in coercing M Cleveland into allow
ing it to become law
Congress can do nothing more for
lack Of a quorum in both branches, but
it will be kept in session until next
Monday. unless Mr., Cleveland acts
upon the tariff bill before then, and
it may even then have trouble to adj
journ if some member takes
a notion to raise the point of mo
when the motion is made.
fl ever, it is probable that
that enough of the members might be
got to return for the purpose of max
irg quorum to adjourn when it can
be done without jeopardizing the tar
if bill.
Nothing bat the need Of the SIS, 600
a year which the position pays keeps
Secretary Carlisle in the Cabinet.
This assertion was made by person
al friend of Secretary Carlisle s-a
Kentuckian-and it is not surprising
to those who know anything about
the inside history of this aduinistra-
ton. Mr.. Carlisle has known for
that the failure of the
financial policy, or rather the en-
tire lack Of financial policy, Of the adj
has killed his, political
future, and he feels doubly sore be-
cause he has not been allowed to be
more than clerk to Mr. c.
He thinks that things would have
been better had he been allowed to
control affairs connected with his de-
partinent, as he expected he would
be when he left the Senate, where he
would have remained as long as Ken
tncky would elect a Democratic Iegis-
ture, to enter the Cabinet. He has
been disposed to rebel for some time,
and bis letter against the popgun tar
if bills for which Mr.. Cleveland was