New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-18
RITZ OF EETT/IILLE.

The United States Stllalc MS "ui - '"P"'"''
Especially the representatives Of the party
which controls II aud Is responsible Tor itS
action They have been having an uhconhinohN
hard time OF 1t for many weeks. Hard enough
on the inside, where they have been "rlEH""H
and twisting In desperate but uniNa'ling 'h'
dcavor to agree with each other ana aiho"-
themselves. but still harder In resisting pres
sur. from the outside. This pr'Sur" TOOK n'S'
the form Of intimidation. when General '"N'9
and his Industrial Army" began 10 gamer III
the West AMI slowly march on washington
with a perelnptory demand for LEGISLATION 10
puf money In the pockets and lh" III il" m""'"'
Of the deserving poor. accompanied 10y 'n'
threat 10 sit on the Capitol steps uhul IL WIS
done Coxcy having been nominated Tor '"h'
pr,ss and Unknown Smith. Well known br'Whc
and christopher Columbus Jones having p''n
dlsposeI of by the police, the Senate began 10
breathe freer But hardly had that alarm sn"
sided when another was sounded. ihiihihaI'"
having failed. the Senate was now ihr'H"nN'
with bribery Bribery on stupend'uS s'Alr'
The ruinor ran that a corrupt person. WIN
thousand.dollar bills sticking out all over hlll'
had invaded Virginia with the has" purpose 81
hribiug a Virginia Senator. III" was ilrs' near"
Of nj Warrrnton. Va where. II WAS sIll' H.
presented himself NJ the residence or senator
Uunton. and. having Informed The son OF mat
statesman that he had $l.OOO.WO with Wnch 10
bribe the Senate. abruptly offered S-'ooo III
cold cash for his fathers vote. The story runs
that the young man lost his temper D'iorc eer
ting sight Of a single dollar of the money, III
CONSEQUENCE. Of which the miScrrant rcurcu III
good order on Washington. There ne To-
newcl his attack on the virtue OF the S'ha'e'
selecting this time the Rev Mr.. Kyle. Senator
from South Dakota. The offer was the saline
So. 900. but no money shown.
These facts having leaked out, number OF
Senators who had not been approached began
10 nIurmur They insisted on knowing the name
Of the emissary Of the Protcctlonist ropD'rs
who was providing around with his pocRe's luii
Of thousanddollar bills trying TO corrupt 'he
American Senate They wanted To- KNOW WHO
no vos and whether he was really bristling with
genuine thousand-dollar bills. In order 10 aVoiu
him. They began to be shy of strangers ana
look askance at casual acquaintancrs; NOT hn""-
ing when they might be caught alone ana nave
n roll OF bills pulled on them. 80 long ns 'he
name OF the mlscrcant was unknown, ana lhe
,ctual amount Of money he carried ABOUT WITH
him was involved in mystery. every one OF 'h'ih
fclt that he walked in the shadow or unseen
danger. and was liable ut any moment 10 DO
"annroached" When at length 1t appeared
that the villain who was engaged In buying up
Senators 10 vote against the Tariff Dill WAS
Major RuttZ of ButtZvillc there WAS a general
feeling Of relief; a feeling too deep. genuine ana
sincere to be mistaken for disappointment
Every one felt that the danger had been dis
nclled For Major Buttz of Buttzvillc. was
found, upon inquiry, to be man Incapable o'
buy,ng I'm Senators at $4,000 apiece. Being
of q speculative turn he might perhaps have
bought one or two very narrow margin, 10
hold for "A rise had they been quoted ut say, 80
aplocc. but $4,000? OH no. And as for thou
sanddollar bills sticking out all over him, that
vos obviously an exaggcration Financially, he
wos mich nearer travelling Oh his uppcrs
than being all Of n futtcr with bills of any de-
nomination Major Buttz, of Buttzvillc, had
evidently taken n leaf out Of 'General' Coxey's
book and been talking through his hat
But now there's a new scare. For here comes
the Young and fresh Democratic organ, The
New York Times with long article on THE
Protectionist Bribery Fund" In which 1t says,
I'm q tone Of elation: THE exposure OF their
bungling attempt TO bride Democratic Senators
) nj SD 900 apiece TO vote against the bill makes
its passage certain" The reason for its conf
depce Is that no Democratic Senator will now
dare vote against the bill through fear of the
charge Of having been bribel. "lle must he a
very upright Democratic Senator. indeed" 1t
saws. conscious OF his recttudc and confident
of his reputation who would dare to vote
against his party when the Republican bride
givcr is openly plying his trade in the Senate
Chamber and the scandal Is on cverybody's
tongue" So Buttz, OF Buttzvillc pops up again
more terrible than ever. There Is 10 doubt
continues The Times" that the people OF the
country will infer bribery in the case Of every
opposing vote and every effort at deliberate
obstruction" This statement, 1t says, may be
resented but is true, and ut Is the fault Of
few Democratic Senators that 1t is n fact. Their
seldshness, their treachery to their party. and