The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-30
Washington Letter.
lFromiour regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 26, 1884

The tariff fight between the demo
cratic home protectionists having
been won by the latter, the battle is
now temporarily transferred to the full
Senate committee on Finance. There
are eleven members of this committee
six democrats and five republicans
but one of the democrats, Vance OF
North Carolina, is away. If the
democrats can succeed in putting a
substitute for Vance on the COM
mittee, they will probably make the
attempt this week, unless they can
get Vance to come back, they will
have majority of one; otherwise
| the committee will stand tie politi-
cally, and nothing can be done with
out the consent of at least one re-
| publican. The first contest in the
committee will be over the time that
shall be devoted to the consideration
of the bill in committee, the demo-
Gratis desiring to report the bill at
once and the republicans to 60 over it
section by section, pointing out it's
defects and offering amendments to
remedy them. The republicans gen.
orally regard the protection which the
revised bill gives to coal, iron ore,
sugar and lead ore in the light of de-
fects, because they are clearly discri-
mi nations made merely to get enough
votes to pass the bill, and only serve
to bring out more distinctly the in
justice of the rest of the bill. The
republicans are fortunate in the
makeup of their side of the Finance
committee 1t would be difficult if
not impossible, to select five men as
we'll qualified in every respect to do
battle for republican principles as are
Senators, Morrill,, of VT; Sherman, of
Ohio; Jones, of New; Allison, Iowa,
and Aldrich of Rhode Island If they
do not accomplish anything it will be
simply because nothing can be accom-
plished.
1t is not yet certain that the revis-
ed bill can be passed by the Senate
notwithstanding the concessions made
to the kickers, although, of course,
the probabilities are decidedly in it's
favor but there remain several ele-
ments of doubt either of which NAV
result in debating the bill. Two of
populists, PETER and Allen, have de-
clared their intention to vote against
it and the votes of Senators Hill and
Murphy are not assured for the bill !;
but even with the loss of those votes
it is still possible for the democrats to
pass the bill, if Kyle votes with them,
and it is understood that he will,
having for good and sufficient reasons
connected with the distribution of Of
fetal pie given his promise to that
effect.
A small number of Senators appear
to think that Senator PETERS action
in offering resolution for the inves-
tigatiOn of the charges made against
five democratic Senators, of having
used their positions to obtain infor-
nation as to what was being done in
connection with the sugar clause of
the tariff bill, in order to speculate in
sugar stock, was undignifed. but a
majority is hardly likely to take that
view of the matter and Mr.. PETER
says he is determined that the resolu-
ton snail not be pigeon-holed. The
surprising thing to most people was
that one of the Senators charged with
speculation did not ask for an investi-
CATION
There is considerabl speculation as
to whether Mr.. Cleveland will veto
the Bland bill which passed the Senate
last week for the coinage of the seign
forage. Senator Viles, who is about as
close to Mr.. Cleveland as anybody is
says the bill will be vetoed, but others
who are also close to Mr.. Cleveland
say that he will allow the bill to be-
come a law without his signature,
with the hope that it will remove the
silver question from the congressional
campaign; his idea, according to
these gentlemen, being that the mint
will be kept busy for several years to
coin the 100000 silver dollars re-
quired by the bill, and that it will be
useless to further agitate for the free
coinage of silver until the mints have
got through with that provided for in
in this bill If your correspondent
were disposed to make wager on this
matter he would not hesitate to give
odds in favor Of veto. Mr.. Cleveland
will, in my opinion, be only too glad
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