The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-08-08

monty known IN this country as the
Whitney syndicate) for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the COM
pany was formed or is being con-
Quoted by reason of any assurance
that the tariff duty OH coal would
be repealed by Congress, and If so,
who gave such assurance, and
whether or not ANY officers of the
government or any member of con-
gress is interested in said company,
and what action, if any, has been
taken by any person in fulfillment
of such assurances. 1t has been re-
peatedly stated that Secretary La
mont was financially interested in
the Whitney sydnicate, which Mr..
Cleveland has so conspicously tried
to aid, and lots of people besides
Senator Chandler would like to
know something about it.
Republicans are in the dark as TO
what the democratic conferees are
doing towards reaching an agree
ment on the tariff bill, as the meet
ings that are being held are in
formal and are only attended by
the democrats. Rumors are plenti-
full, but facts are scarce.
The commission representing the
ex-queen of Hawaii, which is now
in Washington for the purpose of
persuading the administration not
to recognize the republic of Hawaii
is on fools GRAND. The matter is
out of the hands OF the adniinistra-
ton, and there is little doubt that
Congress will adopt the Boutelle
resolution, directing the President
to formally recognize the new gov
crnr.en of Hawaii and extend to
it the good wishes of Congress,
which was del 4ycl Ia the House by
a ruling of Speaker Crisp.
1t would seem that the populists
must be making considerable prog
ress in Texas when democratic
member of the House from that
state who was elected in '92 by
more than eight thousand plurality
feels called upon to engage in so
palpable bit of buncombe as was
the introduction of joint rosolu-
ton by Representative Hutchinson
of the Houston district, providing
for constitutional amendment
prohibiting the existence of trusts
and authorizing Congress to legis-
late against them. Mr.. Hutchinson
is lawyer, and it would be an in
suit to his intelligence to intimate
that he doesn't know just how alb
surd his proposition IS. There is
all the authority needed for Con-
gressional legislation that would
sweep out every trust in the United
States but nobody expects it to be
exercised while the trusts hold the
democratic party, rs represented in
Congress by the throat as they
have done during this session of
Congress.
Representative Boen.s bill 10
abolish national banks and to COM
pei the Secretary of the Treasury
to withdraw all government funds
on deposit with banks and keep
them 10 the Treasury is another
buncombe measure, only intended
to get populist votes in the close
seventh Minnesota district, which
Boel misrepresents by grace of a
populist plurality of few more
than a hundred in total vote of
nearly thirty-five thousand. Even
a populst ought to be able to I'M
derstand that the enactlnelt of
such bill into law would bring
on a worse panic than Mr.. Cleve-
lands "oibect lesson" of last year.
The National banking system may
not be perfect, but it is the best the
country ever had, and to abolish it
without providing something to
take its place would paraize the
business and commerce of the
country.
After all the sensational state.
ments connected with the reopen.
ing OF the sugar scandal investiga-
ton it is to end in a whitewashing
fizzle. The photograph of the writ
ten order by Senator Camden for
the purchase of stock was shown to
that Senator this week and he said
he had no recollection of having
written it. The man who could
have furnished the direct proof Is
the fellow named Battershall, who
claims to have taken the order
: Camden and who furnished the
. origional from which the photo.
graph now in Canada, whittier he
fed as soon as notified that his ties.
tImony was wanted, luxuriating al
somebody's expense. The verdict