Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.



That Senator Chandler knew what
he was talking about when he stated
his belief, a few days ago, that the
Whitney syndicate, in which it is
known that Ex-Governor Russell of
Mass, who was lately guest of the
White House, is interested, and be-
lieved by many that Sec. Dan Lamont
is also interested, had an understand
ing with somebody by which free coal
was to be secured in the tariff bill
from the House and Senate confer
ence committee, is now apparent to
everybody who is familiar with the
under currents Of democratic waters.
And the understanding is with no less
a parsonage than Mr.. Cleveland him
self and it includes free iron ore, which
a syndicate headed by Andrew Car
nigie wishes to profit by, the idea be-
ing to establish great steel making
plant somewhere on tide water, prob
ably in Maryland, which will be sup
piled with Nova Scotia coal by the
Whitney syndicate and Cuban iron
ore by another syndicate, thus taking
bread from the mouths of thousands
of Americans engaged in the produc-
ton of coal and iron ore. Can such
an understanding be carried out?
That it is contemplated is shown by
the declination of Senators Jones and
Vest, who are certain to be members
of the conference committee, to
promise the Alabama and West Vir-
ginia Senators when asked to do so
that they would stand out to the last
against putting coal and iron on the
free list. The House, is, of course,
ready to vote for free coal and iron,
as it did in passing the original Will
son bill, and unless the democratic
Senators from the states interested
shall positively refuse their votes for
the bill agreed upon by the conference
committee, if coal and iron are put
upon the free list, it looks as though
the understanding might materialize
into solid fact, the democratic party
in Congress being SO largely domi-
mated by trusts and syndicates.
IHS SpIIlUCd OSUdCt III UIS OCudUC Oil
the income tax, while it did not
change the foreordained result, did
one thing for which the county should
be grateful. 1t removed the mask
and exposed the populists, showing
them to all men as they have long
been known to few, as socialists.
The populist Senators stated in; plain
words that they did not favor the in
come tax because of the revenue it
would raise, but because they regard
ed it as the first step towards the
erection of the machinery which shall
eventually bring about the distribu
ton and the redistribution of wealth,
the keystone of the socialistic arch, if
an ism which teaches to tear down
everything and to build up nothing
can be said to have an arch.
Senator Hill did not succeed either
in defeating or getting any amend
me Mt modifying the income tax adopt
ed, but he had lots of fun with the
democrats and the populists. He
tainted Senator Harris until the old
gentleman was wild with rage and
he held Senator Allen of Nebraska,
and the populists up to ridicule in a
manner that will not soon be for
gotten by the popultsts. Hill did get
one amendment adopted, and that
was suggested sarcastically-to ex-
empt the salary of the President of the
United States from the income tax.
The cases of Havemeyer and Scarf
es, of the sugar trust, have been duly
certified to the grand jury for indict-
ment for refusing to tell the Senate
investigating committee about the
trusts political contributions, al
though the democratic Senators on
that committee voted against it and
tried to get the Senate to prevent it.
There isn't the slightest danger, how
ever, that either of them will be pun
ished; they stand too we'll with the
powers that be.
Well, the tariff bill is likely to reach
final vote in the Senate this week
and to pass, sugar trust schedule and
all. What will be done with the sugar
schedule in conference is matter of
some doubt, but the "puIl' of the
sugar trust is strong enough with the
democrats to make the changes in it's
favor.
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT