Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled for the HERALD. I
WASHINGTON, Jane II, 1891

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tariff bill are apparently making
heroic eGOrts to get the hual vote
taken this week, but the Sigus Can
hardly be considered propltlOus
for them, and the cause is not far
to seek. SouatOrS favorable to
the sugar trust-they are not all
on one side Of the Senate, either
are heSitating, because of the
attitude Of the democrats OF the
House towards the sugar schedule,
about hurrying the tariff bill over
to the House. The movement
among the democrats OF the House
to defeat the sugar schedule of the
bill and put sugar Of all kinds on
the free list, which was begun
when the sugar schedule was
adopted by the Senate, has as
sumed formidable proportions and
there Is little doubt If the tariff
bill were at this time in the hands
of the House that 1t would succeed.
For that reason the sugar trust
Senators are not anxious that the
bill should be hurried. They
prefer to wait until the agents Of
the trust can do a little missionary
work in the House. What will be
the result of the missionary work
is not apparent, but there are a
considerable number of members
of the House who have no idea of
being reelected even if they succeed
in getting renominated, and that
class of material can often be
easily influenced.
The sugar trust investigating
icommittae seems determined to
devote a large portion of its time
to witnesses who refuse to tell
what they know, instead of hear
ing those who dare not refuse to
answer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Their
latest dumb witness is Mr.. Chap.
man, a member OF a New York
firm Of brokers, who refuses to tell
anything or to produce the books
of bis firm. The committee will
tlrn him over to the Grand Jury,
although nothing was said about
Furnishing or trying to punish two
members of the House who refused
to answer questions.
The big strikes in various sec.
tons of the cOu ntTy have brought
the question of Congressional leg
islation providing for some form
Of arbitration between employer
and employee to the front, and
several bills on the sabject have
been introduced in the House, one
each by Representative Kiefer, of
MINI, Houck, of Tenn, aud
Tawney, Of Minp. The first two
provide for a national board of
arbitration, authorized to act IN
in all disputes between employee
and employers, but the last one
proposes to utilize the |. 5. Cir
cult Courts as arbitration boards,
cOnfning their authority to con-
trayersies between railroad CON-
panies doing an interstate business
and their employees. Mr.. Tawney
says his obi is to make a rail-
road strike or lockout an lmpOsSl-
bnity.
Tue House Commerce committee
doesn't like any of the Nicaragua
canal bills, although it favors the
building Of the canal by this gov
ernment. 1t has instructed sub.
committee to prepare a new bill,
taking care that it shuch shut
greedy spectators out of the
SC enc; provide for issuing green
backs instead Of bonds to pay for
tue construction Of the canal;
prevent an excessive amount be-
ing paid to the present COMPANY
for what has been done and Its
concessions, and securing complete
aud permanent control by the
United States. If a bill of that
sort can be prepared, 1t will receive
the support Of many members Of
the House who have been either
indiflerentor opposed to all that
have been of the other billSintrO-
duced.
Representative Breckenridge, of
KY, will not have charge OF the
general deficiency appropriation
bill when it reported to the House,
as he announced weeks ago that
he would. So many protests were
received from members that chair
man SAyers of the Appropriation
committee decided to take charge
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