The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-02-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Defeat of the Wilson BIZ Getting to Be
Probability.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1894.
Republican senators are now begin
ming to regard the defeat of the Cleve-
land tariff bill as possible, if not very
probable. The objecting democratic
senators, Notwithstanding Mr.. Cleye,
lands attempt this week to silence
them. who will oppose the bill, unless
given what they demand, have grown
numerous enough to have succeeded in
hanging up the. bill in the sub-com-
mittee. No democratic senator will now
predict when the bill will be reported to
the finance committee. The reason is
plain. They do not dare to get the bill
before the senate in the condition in
which Mr.. Cleveland and the cuckoo
senators wish it to be passed; SO it is
being held back while fresh attempts
are being made to harmonize the con-
ficting interests represented by object
ing democratic senators.
Already propositions have been made
to the republicans to vote with the OBJ
jecting democrats to have the bill re-
committed, should it be reported to the
senate in anything like the condition in
which it passed the house, but republi-
can senators are not making any prom
ises at this stage of the game. They
only need five votes, even granting that
all the populists support the bill, to de-
feat it outright, and if there is any
chance to defeat the bill they do not
propose to throw it away for the tenn
porary triumph of having the bill re-
committed. The feeling between the
free trade democratic senators and those
who want protection for the industries
of their own states daily grows more
bitter, and Mr.. Cleveland by putting his
oar in stands a good chance to, lose
several of the staunchest supporters he
has had in the senate.
The republicans are iubilant over the
unprecedented majority Pennsylvania
gave Hon. Galusha A. Grow and the
democrats are damning Mr.. Cleveland
because he compelled them to put up q
candidate and expose the weakness oi
the party on the tariff question, which
was the sole issue of the campaign
Speaking of the result, ex-Speaker Reed
said: ''When we get at these fellows
next November. there won't be separate
burials; they will be buried in trenches .
Representative Burrows, of Michigan
says: "The result is simply indicative
of the wrath to come. 1t is the fore.
runner of an overwhelming victory thi:
fall throughout the country, to be fol
lowed by the complete triumph Of the
republican party in 1885,
Mr.. Cleveland undoubtedly lost pres
tige in congress by the rejection of Peck
ham, although it resulted in the supreme
court getting much better man, in thu
person of Senator White of Louisiana
than either Peckham or Hornblower
Hill stock has gone up about 100 pc
cent with democrats in congress.
The republican members of the senat
committee in foreign affairs have signeC
the report on the Hawaiian investiga
ton written by Senator Morgan, but tn
other democrats declined to do so, AM
will submit 3 minority report.
The senate in ordering an investiga
ton of the circumstances connecte
with the change of contractors for th
publication of the Patent Office Gazett
have frightened more people than thos
connected with this particular contract
and if the committee can succeed in gel
ting at the bottom. of this business
startling case of favoritism, if nothin
worse, will certainly be exposed. It
, charged that Mr.. Josiah Quincy, wh
was made assistant secretary of stat
for the sole purpose of dismissing re
publican consuls and appointing demo
Gratis in their places and who succeede
in, demoralizing the consular service
, an extent that was not deemed possib
. before he was compelled to resign b.
cause of disagreement with Secretar
. Gresham, is charged with having ml
; nipulated this contract and with havi1
money interest therein.
1 The administration, through Attorne
3 General Olney, struck the silver men
t the house, who have been trying fl
g moro than two weeks tn cet q oI1oru