The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular correspondent.

from regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 27, 1894.
Republicans have been astonished at
the extent of the Generalization in the
democratic ranks, as exposed by public
confessions of leading democrats during
the past week. The democratic senators
have held two caucuses, but have
reached no more definite conclusion than
to order renewal of the conference on
the tariff bill, and as three democratic
senators-HiH, Murphy and Irby-re-
fused to attend either OF these caucuses
the outlook for the endorsement of the
conference agreement, even supposing
that one can be reached, is far from
bright. Should those three democratic
votes be cast against the agreement
tariff legislation at this session would be
deader tan a last years birds nest. 1t
is not believed that any agreement can
get through the house that does not
modify the sugar schedule, not to mem
ton coal and iron ore, and the Louisiana
senators have given notice that they will
vote against any agreement that makes
the sugar schedule less favorable to the
sugar planters of their state than it was
when the bill passed the senate.
Mr.. Cleveland's attempt to boss the
tariff-smashing job, has made a terrible
mess of it, and Don Dickinson, the man
who is credited with having persuaded
him into it. is getting almost as much
abuse from democratic senators as is
being given to Mr.. Cleveland himself.
There are SAID to be a considerable
number of democrats in the house who
are in favor of accepting the senate
amendments, but if that be true they
are keeping very quiet about it. The
republicans are very well satisfied with
the situation as it stands. It is entirely
a democratic fight, and will continue to
be such until the conference reports
some sort of an agreement; then the re-
bublicans of both house and senate,
particularly the latter, may have an
opportunity to pat in some licks that
may decide the fight. and the opportun-
ity will not be lost, if it occurs.
There is more than the misnamed
"raw-materials'' at stake in the fight
between the free trade democrats, headed
by Mr.. Cleveland, and the protect-my-
own-interests democrats, headed by Sem
ator German. Free ''raw materials'' is
the rallying cry that Mr.. Cleveland has
adopted to force his nomination for the
presidency for the fourth time by the
democratic party. This fact is fully
known by Senator German and the dem
ocratic senators who are associated with
him, and makes them all the more de-
termined that Mr.. Cleveland shall not
have his way. Senator Hill is also fully
cognizant of Mr.. Cleveland's little game
and his pretended support of the presi-
dent is merely to keep the fight up by
stirring up the Gormanites, whom he
has had no love for since their desertion
of him at critical period during the
Chicago convention, in order that he |
may get Cleveland downed and out of |
the way as candidate. It isw we'll known |
that Senator Hill will not vote for the
bill, no matter whether Cleveland or
German wins, as long as the income tax
is retained therein, and neither side is
likely to strike it out.
Senator Gallery OF Louisiana this week
did what the senate investigating COM
mittee has SO far failed to do-proved
that the sugar trust dictated the sugar
schedule of the senate tariff bill. Mr..