The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-03-28

and, as another saying goes, "he
who hesitat,s Ia lost" He gets no
consolation from his cabinet, which
i divided Gresham, Herbert and
Smith favoring his signing the bill;
Bissell, Lamont and Olney advO-
eating veto and Carlisle and
Morton n.committal but believed
to be friendly towards the bill.
Mr.. Cleveland has until the % inst.
to decide, but every day brings ad.
ditional pressure on both sides.
Republicans have good reason to
fee' encouraged over the tariff out
look in the Senate. The only
thing that the republican members
of the Senate Finance committee
insisted upon in connection with
the reporting of the bill to the
/ Senate was that the debate should
not begin until Monday April 2,
and they carried their point. The
bill as reported is in such an UNI
satisfactory shape that it cannot be
passed by the Senate untillmaterial
changes are made. This is admit
ted even by those democrats who
arc most anxious for it to pass.
That gives the republicans a good
fighting chance to defeat the bill
outright, ard 1t Will be taken ad-
vantage Of to the fullest extent.
A democratic Senator who desires
the bill to pass remarked to an.
other Senator. II The republicans
are shrewd enough to vote solidly
against striking out the income
tax they can defeat the bill, as
there are at least seven democracts
who will never vote for the bill
with that clause in it" There may
be something in that, but great
commercial pressure is being
brought to bear upon republican
Senators for the purpose of getting
them to strike out the income tax.
So far no binding agreement has
been made by republican Senators
as to how they shall vote, but it is
probable that some sort of an ar
J rangament will he made to keep
their votes together.
Although there is an individual
here who styles himself the "local
representative of Coxey's common
veal army" and he has been
around the Capitol distributing
maps and pamphlets relating to
the proposed march on Washington
to whoever would accept them,
the whole business is regarded by
Congressman generally as nothing
: more than hoax, although some
OF the populists are accused of be-.
: lleving in the scheme but not one
of them has said so publicly.
Cexey's army will probably turn
!, out oihe .afAnf the sage sortof. m
: army as the 100000 men that one,
-. Henry Watterson, once upon a
| time threatened to bring 20 WASH
ington to forcibly inaugural SAM
{ uel j. Tilden President. General
S Watterson changed HIS mind be-
fore the time arrived, and if Gen.
, Coxey doesn't change his mind he
will probably consent to ha- e at
least three ciphers struck out of
his figures representing the
J strength of his army before he gets
here with it.
o Chairman Manley of the repub-
lican National committee was in
Washington this week. He says
the committee is anxious to hear
from any republican who has a
suggestion to offer either for or
against the proposed change in
allotting the representation at
u National conventions, which will
II materially reduce the representa-.
: ton OF the hopelessly democratic
states, and that nothing will be
: definitely decided until it is en-
dorsed by the sentiment of the
II party.