The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-17
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON

Washington, Jan. IL, 1894. (TIMEs
special.)-Mr. Cleveland's anxiety
to prove to Congress that he has not
been guilty in double dealing in re.
lation to Hawaii is the first credit
able feeling he has SHOWN in the
whole bushes, but whether he has
received change of heart or is
afraid of being impt ached is more
than your correspondent under
takes To say, although the known
circumstances faver the latter.
His anxiety to let the country
know that Congress is coordinate
branch the government comes late
and probably would not yet have
come except for his desire to escape
some of the responsibility for his
miserable failure as a setter up of
d:sreputable fallen dynasties.
Congress is not deceived; it takes
his acts for just what they are
worth and if there is one drop of
American blood split he will be
held to strict accountability.
1t is a physical impossibility for
One-tenth of the members of the
House who would like to speak on
the tariff to dc 50 in the short time
allowed for general debate, 1t is
expected that the most exciting
timeN i'll be under the five minute
rule, when the bill will be open to
amendments. There is little prob
ability, however that any of the
proposed democratic amendments
will be adopted, as the republicans
are still determined not to help
democratic members to make
themselves solid in their districts
at the expense Of the rest of the
country.
The members hf the republican
National COMMITTEE in attendance
at tn meeting of the executive
committee held here yesterday are
all enthusiastic over the outlook
for the party and unanimous in
the belief that the country is anx-
ious to return the republican party
to power, and that it will make ii
beginning by electing a republican
House next November. In the Ian
guage of Tom Johnson this week,
who would be the result of au elect
ion held tomorrow The Novemb Der
elections have told u, we would be
beaten out Of sight. Mr. Johnson
for once was right.
Consistency is jewel that is al
ways conspicuously absent from
the democratic makeup. While
Representative Black, of Illinois,
was charging on the floor of the
House that the vivid picture of the
suffering of the wage earners of the
country which Representative
Burrows, Of Mich, had drawn in
his able and convincing speech
against the Cleveland tariff bill
was an exageration of the indus
trial situation Secretary Carlisle
was making an appeal to the Sen
ate Finance committee, for aid in
securing financial legislation fol
the immediate relief of the treas
ury which contained statements
quite as alarming and AS strong as
those made by Mr. BarrOws in hi,
speech. Mr.. Carlisle told the com
mittee that the revenues were fall
ing off 100000 month and thai
even if it grew no worse the defic
it would reach $50,000,000 by the
close of the fiscal year, instead o
the 2S,000,000 which he had early il
December. He said that the rapid
Increase in the deficit was due tC
general stagnation in business and
the falling off in importations
caused by proposed tariff changes
The democrats always get non-par
tisan in their ideas when they get
into hole, so no one is surprised
to hear that the republicans or
that committe are to be asked tt
aid 10 devising financial bill thai
will afford the needed relief.
Paramoun Blount is here, al
though it is not yet certain tina,
the democrats on the investigating
committee will allow him
to be summoned to appear
Blount is having a hard time
among the democrats in explaining
why his Hawaiian report differs
so radically from what comes from
reputable sources. He sticks to his
report and maintains that he, ant
he only, knows the real facts. He
had the cheek to wind up a talk Of
that sort with language: even