Middletown transcript., 1894-02-03

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tie aftY Win 3 9sI6E fieoroueI
I welded ana by :Ehnfsday When 81
anal vote II 10 u taken. II y probabl
9 tthat i epfacient number of skickers'
viii Be- whipped Into line 10 get th
4 monstroalty, income tax and all
8 through the house. The vote that i
{ dreaded MOST Of all BY the Democrati!
managers. If there can be said to be an,
l managers Of The iuharm0nious msjorit,
5 Of the House, is that on the motion {,
d recommit the bill. The Republican
T. OF the House have not fully decided
j how they will vote on that motion, bui
they have been importnned by many
Influential members Of the party to sup
J port it. il it can be shown that suffi
cient number Of Democrats will vots
for it to pass It with the aid of tht
Republican vote, and they may do so
although many of them have expressed
themselves against it because the result
would prolong the uncertainty as to
tariff legislation which has already
been 50 disastrous to the business In
terests Of the country.
| The steering committee Of Republican
Senators has fully decided not to oppose
the bill for the admission of Utah to
| statehood, and from the talk at the
conference it may be stated upon good
ground that there will be no general
opposition from Republicans to the
admission Of any of the territories.
TheSenate Judiciary committee atits
regular meeting Monday took up the
nomination OF Mr.. Peckham, Of New
York, to the Supreme Court vacancy.
Senator Hill claims that the nomina-
tion will be rejected by q larger major
ity than was cast against Hornblower,
notwithstanding the alleged attempt Of
boss Croker, of Tammany, during his
presence in Washington, to make
deal that would allow the nomination
to be confirmed.
The support Of the Republicans Of
the Senate committee on Foreign Re-
lations was obtained for the Gray
Hawaiian resolution which was favor
ably reported to the Senate last week,
through misunderstanding some do
not hesitate to say Misrepresentation
enator Gray opened the eyes Of the
Senate when he interpreted the resolu-
tion to mean that the Senate endorsed
the Cleveland policy towards Hawaii.
He not only opened the eyes of the
Sena tors, but be made it impossible for
bis resolution to be passed until 1t has
been amended SO as to leave no doubt
Of its exact meaning. Senator Dolph
has stirred up the cuckoos by propos-
ing the addition of the following as an
amendment: ssAnd with view of re-
storing amicable relations between the
U. S. and Hawaii. the present minister
Of the q. s. to Hawaii should be i'm
mediately recalled
Representative Bourke Cochran, OF
New York, was charged by his DEM
ocratic colleague from the same state,
Amos Cummings, with having, as the
attorney for clique of diamond inn
porters, used his position as a member
sof the Waysand Means Committee ito
get that committee to recommend an
amendment to the tariff bill, reducing
the duty on diamonds to 10 per cent.
That charge, which was backed by
documentary evidence. and the shaming |
which Republicans:gave the Democrats |
for desiring to lower the tariff on dia-
monds in behalf Of the toiling |
masses, resulted in the defeat of the
committee amendment and the adop-
tion of one making the duty 80 per
cent.
The most unique tariff protest yet
seen was that presented by Senator
Cnllom, signed by 50 citizens of street.
or, ILL.,, and reading as follows: I'VE
cannot feed. clothe and educate our
families and compete against the
poorer paid labor of Europe. We are
proud and don't want to be Inundated
by asking for charity. How would any
Of you like to go to a soup house and
sit down to free soup? We have pride
as well as you. We ask you to defeat
the Wilson bill, and we will take care
of ourselves. =
For some reason the free trade De-
mocrats who have stood together for
free coal, free iron, and numerous
other free things split up on the vote
on Breckenridge's amendment -Breck-
enridge fayors numerous free things, as
the country doubtless remembers, pro-
yiding for putting tin plate on the free
list and that amendment was defeated
leaving duty of 1-5 cents per pound
on tin plate, just half Of the Mckinley
duty. The most significant feature of
the tin plate debate was the admission
of Democrats that the protection af-
forded to American tin plate by the
Mckinley. law had sesulted In building
up new American industry Of large
proportions.
The selection of Senator Mills to
take the place on the Senate Finance
committee OF Senator Mcpherson,
of n. J., who has gone away ina pre-
tended huff because Of alleged bad |
health, is only part OF the Admins
tion programme to force the Cleveland f
tariff bill through the Senate. McPher-
son is a warm personal friend Of MI.
Cleveland. but his interests are such
that he is opposed to Che tariff bill,
30 he concluded to straddIe the ques-
lion " going away and remaining
away until the fate Of lhe bill Is ST.