Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-12-14
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Z, 1894.
1t is the same democratic party,
agreeing in nothing, except to disagree.
Two caucuses of democratic senators
have been held this week for the purpose
of deciding what, if any, legislation out
side of the regular preparation bills
shall be acted upon, and the result is y.
1t is as needless to expect the Chinese
and Japanese to love each other after
peace has been proclaimed as to expect
democratic senators to act as a unit up
on anything, or to do anything that will
be useful to the country. So far their
energies have been expended in fighting
each other, but indications are numer-
GUS that Mr.. Cleveand's turn will soon
come. 1t is understood that he was
given few preliminary and indirect
whacks IN the caucuses, AMI that the
number of cuckoos in the senate has
been reduced to two Mills, of Texas
and Villas, of Wisconsin.
la the house the actual condition OF
the democrats is but little, If any, better
| than in the senate, The house demo
Gratis will caucus next week, but 1t is
h HIdly necessary, as the three demo
| cratic members Of the committee on
rules settle everything for the majority
in the house and determines just what
shall and shall xot be done.
Those who expected something new
in the financial scheme sent to congress
over the signature OF. Secretary Carlisle
and 30 strongly endorsed by Mr.. CleVe-
land, have not yet recovered from their
disappointment. Taken as whole con-
gress appears to be perfectly Indifferent
TO the scheme, although many of the old
members expressed themselves strongly
in favor of that portion of it which rec
ommends an extension of the currency
OF national banks when it was first
brought to the attention of congress- in
bill introduced by Representative
Walker. of Massachusetts. several years
ago. The original part of the Carlisle
scheme, that which provides for the
exemption of State bank currency from
taxation, when certain conditions are
complied with, meets with no favor any
where, except from the inhationists from
the south. The silver men say that the
only object of the administration in
brnging forward the scheme at this
lime was to wean the southern members
from the support of the free coinage of
silver, and they declare that they intend
to meet the move by passing free coin
age bill and ignoring the administra-
ton scheme Of finance.
Senator Quay saws he wants to put
every senator squarely on record on the
question Of ( voring the sugar trust or
opposing it, and for that purpose he has
offered an amendment to the house bill
putting sugar on the free list, to strike
out all after the snacting clause and to
insert provision for the repeal OF the
differential duty imposed on foreign re-
fined sugar. There is little probability
however, that the amendment will be
acted upon, and it is we'll understood
by democrats as we'll as republicans
that there is to be no tariff Legislation
1t this session.
The old question of cloture rule in
The senate has been much talked about
this week, but although some Of those
who have for years opposed cloture have
now changed front, there is little likeli
hood OF its adoption at this session.
Senator Vest is one OF those who has
changed front. He told the democratic
caucus that they might as well adopt
cloture and pass some Legislation at this
session as he felt certain that the repub-
leans would adopt it when they regained
control OF the senate. There are num-
Der OF republican senators who favor
cloture, but they are not likely to help
the democrats to get it at this session.
Senator Lodges resolution calling for
the much talked about report % Hawa-
ian matters, which NJ Cleveland was
charged vita having pigeon-holed be-
cause 1t favored tho republic, was adopt
ed by the senate wi,h "a wh.rl. and tho