The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent


recorded, there are quite a number |
Of Democrats in Congress who stand |
with the protesting Democratic and /
Populist governors against the ac
ton Of the administration. Among
his opponents are, Of course. the
most Of the extreme states rights |
Democrats, and the Populists, whose
public utterances have done more
to encourage the spread of anarchy
in this country than all other causes
combined. The question of the
rightfulness or wrongfulness Of the
original strikers against the Pull
man company became Il secondary
consideration with everybody the
moment the free passage of the L.
s. mail was INSTRUCTED and the au-
thority of L. s. courts defed.
The U. S. government has moth
ing whatever to do with the'strikes
of employees against individuals or
corporations, but it has everything TO
do with the rightof the people of the
several states to communicate with
and to do business with each other
at viii, and Mr.. Cleveland would
have neglected his sworn duty had
had he done less than he has done.
1t isn't the rights of the strikers
that are at stake, but the very life Of
republican institutions in America.
Fortunately the number Of men in
congress who are opposed to the posi-
ton OF the administration is too
small TO be factor in any Con-
gressional action that may become
necessary, and as long as Mr.. Cleye-
land stands for the preservation Of
law and order and maintaining the
dignity and authority of the United
States government he can count up
on the support OF Congress and of
nine-tenths Of the people, regardless
Of their political opinions. There
IS no politics in the present sltua-
ton; it is Amoricanism agains an
archv.
Senator Call would better have
allowed that little episode of pull
ing oil his shoes in the Senate
chamber while that august body
was IN session to die Of itself, as it
would soon haYe done. Then he
would have been considered merely
as man with questionable taste.
But since he made that so-called
personal explanation, and attack
upon the Washington correspond
ents, he is considered as a black
guard and a-well, call it little
unbalanced.
1t is clear that the Democratic
members Of the Senate committee
that investigated the sugar trust
scandal a-e in no hurry to get
their report before the Senate, hay
ing failed to get either Senators
Lodge, Davis or Allen to agree to a
meaningless support that would
practically dismiss the whole mat
ter. The Republican Senators pro-
pose making a report that Will be in
keeping with the evidence taken,
and owing to the extreme nature of
some Of the conclusions drawn by
Senator Allen he will probably
make separate report devoted
largely to showing that the money
which the sugar trust people ad-
mitted having contributed to Dem
Ocratic state committees was actual
ly used to help the Democratic
national ticket and was so intended
to be used. The Republican re-
port will only agree with that of
the Democratic Senators in one
thing-it will exonerate Secretary
Carlisle from any blame for having
at the request of Senator Jones
written chat sugar schedule. 1t
will then show that the sugar trust
controlled the making of the sugar
schedule of the tariff bill and the
passage Of the bill. The report
will make the most interesting sort
Of campaign document, and the Re-
publican Congressional Campaign
committee VIII see that it gets
widely circulated.
The Conference committee on
the ,glilf bill held its first meeting
to-day, in the Senate Finance COM
mittee room. If the applause which
the Democrats Of the House gave
Mr.. wilson. chairman OF the Ways
and Moons committee, when he at
tackled the SAB Senate amendments
to the tariff bill meant anything it
meant that the House is going to
MAKE q Lard fight to knock out
every one Of those amendments
which rises the duty or which puts
a duty upon articles which were put
on the free list by the original Will
son Bill. Upon the result Of that
fight depends the fate Of the tariff
bill. If it is successful, it is be-
lieyeG JAat Jhe bill is doomed, UNI
less the German Brice combine
obi..ily eur,an1ar nc every mnm