The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-07-13
ashingtOn Letter.

Washington Letter.
Washington. ID. c.. July Z. 1S94.-
The small attendance in both house and
senate shows that lots of senators ana
representatives are disposed to extend
their holiday over the rest of the week.
For the ten days previous to the passage
of the tariff bill the senate certainly had
Il hard time with daily sessions from 10
to q O'Clock or later and the thermOme-
ter constantly in touching proximity to
riuetv degrees 1t iS not surprising that
the. passage of the bill. "A few minutes
before tine beginning of Independence
Dav. bv a vote of 80 to 81 should have
been followed by an exodus to the
mountains and seashore and that the
wiited senators should be a little slow in
returning to their duties However, no
time Is really being lost on account of
their absence, as the work of preparing
the appropriation bills for action Is going
right along III the senate appropriation
committee, and the confereeS on the
part of the senate on the tariff bilI-Sen-
ators Voorhees,, Harris, Vest, Jones.
Sherman, Allison and Aldricn-will be
on hand as soon as wanted by the con
ferees on the part of the house. No sur
priseS were connected with the final vote
on the tariff bill, unless the vote of Sen
atOr Hill against it can be so consider
ed. The Populists divided, Allen and
Kyle voting for the bill and Peffer and
Stewart against 1t.
Everybody Is speculating on what the
result of the conference on the bill will
be, and everybody Is agreed that many
changes will be made, but there Is no
agreement as to the nature of the
changes, further than that they are
likely to be mostly towards the original
Wilson bill. Representative Holman
SAYS on the subject: 1T Is an almost
invariabie rule that If there is an over
whelming sentiment in the house for a
particular line of action 1t finds EXPIRES
sion and overcomes all delays and oh
stacles of parliamentary procedure. ]
feel certain that in the issue between the
senate and house the latter will carry the
day Mr.. Holman also says that his
congressional experience has taught him
to expect considerable delay in tariff con
ference between the senate and the
house. Let impatient folks make note
| of that.
Representative Bynum, of Indiana, is
! at the head of the sub committee of the
the Democratic congressional campaign
committee that is charged with compil
| ing text book to be used 10y Demo
| cratic speakers in the congressional cam
| paign. The work Is progressing, but
| cannot Toe completed until the tariff bill
| has finally been disposed of 10y congress
( The choice of Mr.. Bynum to direct this
work was happy one. He will be GER
| tain to include in the book everything
that can help the stump speaker in his
arguments, as he believes that the
stump speaker is away ahead of the lit
erary bureau as a vote getter, becaus,
| the average man will listen to a clever
I speech while he will not read pamphlets
/ however cleverly they may be prepared
Representative Springer, chairman oi
/ the house committee on banking and
| currency, says he considers it extremely
! doubtful whether the sub committee re
! Gently instructed to prepare and report
| to the full committee a currency reform
| bill will complete its work at this session
| of congress. One reason for the delay
| Is that Representative CulbertSon, oi
| Texas, a member of the sub commi ttee
]
! illness Of his wife.
The grand jury this week indicted tn,
! two newspaper correspondents who de
| clIned to give the senate investigating
| committee the sources of their infOrma
! ton concerning the alleged sugar trust
! scandal, and, like the two stock broker.
! previously indicted, they gave bail foI
| their appearance when wanted for trial
! The grand jury has yet to act on the
] cases of Havemyer and Sear!eS, of the
| trust, who were also certified for refusing
| to answer questions. 1t Is expected that
| the cOnStItutIOnality of the law under
| which these indictments were found will
be argued some time in August, and il
| the law Is upheld by the local court the
case will be appealed to the United States
supreme court, as 1t Is of the utmost i'm
portance that the question should be
passed upon by our highest court.
Representative CatchiugS, of Miss
| who Is a member of the house commit
| tee on rules and therefore in position
| to know, says he does not consider il
| possible for congress to adjourn as early
I as the first of August, but is certain thai
1t will do so very shortly after that date
| President Cleveland is commended on
all sides for the prOmptness with which
| he decided and ordered that fedora
troops should toe used to prevent the
mail service of the country being inter
! fered with by railroad strikers and t.
| back up the authority of the United
States court officials. The President /.
kept thoroughly posted through Attorney
| Genera Olney, Postmaster General Bis
| sell and Secretary Lamont upon every
every phase of the strike, they being il
constant telegraphic communication
! with their subordinates. NJ.