Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-28
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON. June %. 1894


he had counted upon. Whether it was
that fact or something else he conduc-
ted the fight with such bitterness that
he has made enemies among the dem
ocralic Senators who will never for
give him for the language he used and
for the manner in which he used it.
Senator Hill could have made fight
against the income tax without Offend
ing single democrat who favors it,
but he chose to do otherwise, and
even those who agree with him in op-
posing the tax are now unanimous in
saying that he has made mistake
| that he will never be allowed to for
get. No man objects more to being
driven than he. Yet he tried to drive
his democratic colleagues.
The end of the fight against The in
come tax is the end of the legitimate
| fight against the tariff bill, and unless
there is some republican tl1ckery the
| bill will pass the Senate and be in the
hands of the conference pmmittee be-
! fore the close of this week. Such re-
| publican Senators as Adrich. Sher-
! man and Teller, viii do nothing to
prevent Il vote being reached, the le-
| climate debate being over. but there
is a gang of gurrilIas on the republic
can side of the Senate Omen ike ri =
| tie Billy" Chandler, of N. W which
may attemp TO fillibuster against u
vote, not with any expectation OF de-
feating the bill but just because of
their pure cussedness." Public in
terest recognizing the early passage
OF the bill, is now centered upon the
changes that Will be made in 1t by the
conference committee. That there
will be IA number OF changes is re-
garded as certain, and it is fair to pre-
sumo that they Will all lean towards
the original Wilson Ill as twas pas :
ed by The House, although prob Il l 2
I-ln few, If any, instances going an tne
way. The sugar schedule is regard
ed as one of the certain changes To be
made, but it will hardy go as far as
ftee sugar, because Of the opinion that
some revenue must be raised from
sugar.
1he Hatch anti-option bill, which
passed the House by II vote OF 100 to
81, has Leen before Congress in one or
another shape for the last five years
1t was shown by the manner in which
party lines We're disregarded when the
vote was taken for the bill, demo-
Gratis 93, republicans AZ, and populists
! 10; against. democrats 81, republicans
! 26-that politics did not influence the
members To any marked extent. The
| anti-opton bill was originally intro
dueed in the Fifty first Congress by
| Representative Funston, of Hans, who
| was chairman of the House committee
on Agriculture at that time, and it
was introduced in the present and in
the Flfty-second Congresses by hepre-
! sentative Hatch, OF Mo, now at the
head OF the committee on Agriculture.
BY the way. Speaking. of Fnnston, of
kans., the House committee ON Elec-
tons has decided that he is not enti-
tied to the seat he now holds in the
House, because Mr.. Moore. his demo-
cratic competitor was legally elected
| thereto.
Speaker Crisp, who was confined to
his room nearly all Of last week by /.
troublesome attack of Indigestion, is
again presiding over the House. which
is once more pegging away at the reg
ular appropriation bills and will probl
ably continue at it until they are all
disposed of, with the exception of the
t me that it may be necessary to give
to reports from the Representative OF
the House on the Tariff Conference
committee.
Vice President Stevenson certified
the cases OF Messrs Havemeyer and
Searle. of the sugar trust. to the u. $.
District Attorney for p esentment to
| the Grand jury. on Saturday. in nc-
c,rdance with the majority report OF
the Investigating committee The
general opinion is that Senators Gray
and Lindsay, the democratic members
of the committee. took the correct
view when they stated in a minority
report that the committee had no au-
thority to compel Havemeyer and
Searle to tell how much money they
had contributed to state organizations.
they having stated that they had made
no contributions to the National Or
| ganlzations.s 1t was merely to gain II
little partisan capital that the two re-
publican members of the committee
| joined Senator Allen in ordering that
Havemeyer and Searle; be certified to
the District Attorney MS recalcitrant
! witnesses. The committee is now
! working upon its report of the entire
Investigation. but it cannot be posi-
lively stated when it will be ready.
The so-called industrial armies,
three OF which are now in the vicinity
OF Washington, are rapidly going to
pieces. the men finding tnat the people
OF this country are not quite silly
i enough to work fol. money and then
contribute 1t to keep several hundred
en- lying around in idleness.
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