The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-06
ouR WASHINGTON LETTER.
corresponaenee Of rHs EEooaD.
WAsHISGToN. August 30, 1894.

MIR. tltNClabu Niutls a''pI'iH' DANN
bore has apparently turned to jelly. The
tariff bill which he 80 bitterly abused Is to
be the law OF the land at midnight, because
he lacked the nerve to veto it. 1t instead
Of affecting the interest Of thousands, nay
millions of people, it had merely affected
the interest Of some poor devil who had
sought relief from Congress he would have
sprung veto on it quick enough. Bah!
Let the country hear no more of this mans
courage. He has the courage OF the bully
and the braggart only. He is always ready
to jung on some little thing but when 1T
comes to something big he ignores 1t.
No wonder that Mr.. Cleveland has not
acted upon the report Of the civil service
commission, recommending the dismissal OF
the blatant negro demagogue, Z. ii. ).
TAYLOR, whom he made recorder OF deeds
for the District of Columbia, for having
violated the law against soliciting campaign
contributions from Government employees.
That report gives him the alternative OF
snuhbing the civil service commission and
winking at violation of the civil service
law. for which he always professed to have
such great respect-he has always carried an
overstock of professions, or OF dIsmlsslng
his special protege from an office to which he
should never have been appointed and
probably never would have been had not
the Senate refused to confirm his nomination
to diplomatic position. Taylor says he
has no fear of dismissal. He has made Mr.
Cleveland believe that as the head of the
negro Democratic league, an organization
composed of negroes who have been given
Office by this administration, he controls a
large number of votes; hence his certainty
of being protected. As matter OF fact
those who should know do not believe that
there are one thousand negro Democrats i'll
the United States.
Representative Payne, of New York, one
4 of the prominent Republican members o
the House committee on Ways and Means
closes brief and interesting resume of thi
session of Congress with this pen pictur
that is bound to be recognized by all VIII
have intelligently watched the doings @
the Democrats in Congress; "The leader
II have been afraid to trust their followers
Never have rulers become more arrogan
than the members of the Committee o
IS rules. Never have followers been NOR
m craven than the other Democrats in tn
House. So far as the leaders have followe
~ the Reed rules, the House has been able
ce do business. But where the leaders hay
followed their own devices, and have sougl
,t to bind the minority, not only but the IN
or iority, hand and foot, sitting all debat
n. they have absolutely prevented the Hou
from passing just and wise laws, even ii tt
House had the wisdom to do So One VOL
-, -incompetent-f characterzes this Co
gress. This feeling is wide spread. 1t
well.voiced in the letter of President Clev
land to Mr.. Wilson. There is no excu
liza for installing or misrepresentng the fcelil
and temper of the rank and file of the d
ace mocracy. They are downcast under t
assertion tnaU Weir party ials III aplity
manage the government. The President
My the sen'enoe quo''' 'o'i'' '0' w
,ob situation"
T., Senator Hill contributes this stateme
to Democratic harmony in New York: 6
the Presidential nominations flor New Gol
we'd since March A, 1898, ninety per cent hs
ON been taken from that portion of the pa
the known as 'anti-snappers, against the p
'on' test of prominent Democrats and aga
out the recommendation of the regular organi
ton of the party in the several localit
dar while niuety-fve per cent of the fourth cl
has postmasters appointed have been taken Fl
hey the same faction, the regular organizati
will being substantially unrecognized, I'll
fore are many counties in the state where
who officially and successfully conducted
campaign in 1892 have been wholly ignol
"a neither themselves nor their organizat
securing single first class postmaster
pointment in their respective count
These facts and figures speak for themse
= and do not require any comment"
Congress will adjourn tomorrow, ant
Democratic members will have an oppo
nifty to learn just what their constitu
think of the laundering incapacty W
vent has marked everything they have un
Mr.. taken.