The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-06-15
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if bill are apparently making heroic
efforts to get the final vote taken this
week, but the signs can hardly be con-
sidered propitious for them, and the
cause is not far to seek. Senators fav-
orable to the sugar trust-they are not
all on one side of the senate, either
are hesitating, because of the attitude
of the Democrats of the house towards
the sugar schedule, about hurrying the
tariff bill over to the house. The move
ment among the Democrats of the
house to defeat the sugar schedule of
the bill and put sugar of all kinds on
the free list, which was began when the
sugar schedule was adopted by the
senate, has assumed formidable pro-
portions and there is little doubt if the
tariff bill were at this time in the hands
of the house that it would succeed
For that reason the sugar trust sena-
tors are not anxious that the bill should
be hurried. They prefer to wait until
the agents of the trust can do little
missionary work in the house. What
will be the result of the missionary
work is not apparent, but there are a
considerable number of members of
the house who have no idea of being
reelected even if they succeed in get
ting renominated, and that class of
material can often be easily influenced.
The sugar trust investigating com
mittee seems determined to devote a
large portion of it's time to witnesses
who refuse to tell what they know, in
stead of hearing those who dare not
refuse to answer questions-sen senator's
Their latest dumb witness is Mr.. Chap
man, member of New York firm of
brokers, who refuses to tell anything
or to produce the books of his firm.
The committee will turn him over to
the grand jury, although nothing was
said about Furnishing or trying to pun
ish two members of the house who
refused to answer questions.
The big strikes in various sections of
the country have brought the question
of congressional legislation providing
for some form of arbitration between
employer and employee to the front,
and several bills on the subject have
been introduced in the houie, one each
by Representative Kiefer of Minnesota,
Houk of Tennessee, and Tawney of
Minnesota. The first two provide for
a national board of arbitration, authori-
zed to act in all disputes between en-
ployee and employers, but the last one
proposes to utilize the United States
circuit courts as arbitration boards,
combining their authority to controver-
| sizes between railroad companies doing
an interstate business and their en-
ployees. Mr.. Tawney says his object
is to make a railroad strike or lockout
an impossibility.
The house commerce committee
doesn't like any of the Nicaragua canal
bills, although it favors the building of
the canal by this government. It has
instructed a sub committee to prepare
new bill, taking care that it shall
shut greedy spectators out of the
scheme; provide for issuing greenbacks
instead of bonds to pay for the CON
struction of the canal; prevent an ex-
cessive amount being paid to the pres
ent company for what has been done
and its concessions, and securing com
plete and permanent control by the
United States. If bill of that sort
can be prepared, it will receive the
support of many members of the house
who have been either Indifferent or op-
posed to all of the other bills that have
been introduced.
Representative Breckenridge of Ken
lucky, will not have charge of the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill when
it is reported to the house, as he an
nounced weeks ago that he would. So
many protests were received from
members that Chairman Sayers of the
appropriation committee decided to
take charge of the deficiency bill him
self, and Mr.. Breckenridge was so in
formed. This is said to worry Mr..
Breckenridge more than anything that
has occurred since the jury found a
verdict for Miss Pollard, although he
tries to make light of it by saying that
his campaign will take up so much of
his time he will have none to devote to
the bill in question.
Coxey, Browne and Jones are again
with the army of the commonweal. hay
ing~been released from jail Saturday.
The army intended to have escorted
them from the Jail to the camp, parad-
ing through the city, but the authori-
ties refused to issue a permit for a
Sunday parade. The men at the Coxey
camp as well as those at the Calvin
camp are just now being quite well fed,
the donations having been liberal dur
ing the last few days. The Galvinites
have promised to leave as soon as they
get their petitions presented to con
gress.
Senator Villas, chairman of the newly
created senate committee charged with
granting hearings to the representa-
tiyes of the various industrial armies.
has not announced when his committee
would get down to work, but it is sup
posed that the HEARINGS will Reey;n 4t,;s,