Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-01-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
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he has shown in the whole business.
but whether he has experienced a
change Of heart or L. afraid of being
impeached is more than your CORES
pendent undertakes 70 cay, although
the known circumstances favor the
latter. His anxiety 10 let she
country know that Congress is a
coordinate branch Of the govern
ment comes later and probably would
not yet have come except for his
desire TO escape some of the re-
,ponsIbility for his miserable failure
as setter up of disreputable fallen
dynasties. Congress is not deceived;
it takes his acts for just what they
are worth and if there is one drop
Of American blood spilled he will
be held to strict accountability.
1t is a physical impossibility for
one-tenth of the members of the
House who would like to speak on
the tariff TO DO SO in the short time
allowed for general debate. 1t is
expected that the most exciting
time will be under the FIVE minute
rule, when the bill will be open 10
amendments. There is little prob,
ability, however, that any of the
proposed democratic amendments
will be adopted, as the republicans
are still determined not 70 help
democratic members to make them
selves solid in their districts at the
expense Of the rest of the country.
The members of the Republican
National Committee in attendance
at the meeting Of the executive
committee held here the other day
are all enthusiastic over the outlook
for the party, aud unanimous IN tue
belief that the country Is anxious to
return the republican party to power,
aud that 1t will make a beginning
by electing a republican House next
November. In the language of
Tom Johnson, the Ohio democratic
freetrader, III speech made in the
House this week, "what would be
the result Of an election held to-
morrow? The November elections
have told us, we would be beaten
out Of sight" Mr.. johnson for
once was right
Consistency is a Jewel that is al
ways conspicuously absent from the
democratic made-up. While Repre-
sentative Black, of Illinois, was
charging on the floor of the House
that the vivid picture Of the suffer
ing Of The wage-earn ers of the
country which Representative Bur,
rowe, of Mich, had drawn in his
able and convincing speech against
the Cleveland tariff bill, vas an
eXaggeration of the industrial stu
alton, Secretary Carlisle was max
ing an appeal 10 the Senate Finance
Committee for and in securing
financial legislation for the i'm
mediate relief Of the Treasury,
which contained statements quite
as alarming and a. strong a. those
made by Mr.. Burrows in his speech.
Mr. Carlisle told the committee
that the revenues were falling off
Sl0,OO0,0 600 month, and that even
If il grew no worse the deficit would
reach $40, 100000 by the close of the
tical year, instead of the $28,000,000
which he had estimated early in
December He said that the rapid
increase in the deficit was due to
general stagnation in business aud
the falling off in importatious,
caused 10y proposed tariff changes.
The democrats always get uou-
partisan in their ideas when they
get into \ hole, SO no one is sur.
prised to hear that the republicans
ON that committee are to be asked
for assistance in deyising a inau cial
bill that viii afford the needed
relief.
Representative Haiues, of the
nineteenth New York district which
includes the city of Troy, tue
principal industries of which will
be practically abolished if the
GIavalaDd tariff hin baromps a Law