The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-01-24
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON

how easy 1t was to agree upon
a financial bill made very short
trip. They did not agree upon
financial bill--nobody really eX-
pected them to-but they split the
democratic factions a little wider
n part than they were before. In
deed, it may really be said that
they adued a new faction to those
already existing In the ranks of the
party. The democratic party in
the Senate now consists of the
Cleveland men, or cuckoos, who are
few in number and small in intiu.
ence; the Gormanites, or anti
Cleveland men, who have domi-
mated the little that has been done
by the majority of the Senate, and
David B. Hill, Who is alone in the
Senate, but who is feared because
of his influence in the party outside
of congress. With these factions
each pulling a different way moth.
ing can be done in the Senate that
does not receive the support of the
republicans. 1t is because of this
fact that bushes continues to i'm
prove, not withstanding democrat
ic attempts to tinker with the f.
nance, as they did with the tariff.
The blu siness men of the country
know that the republican Senators
can be depended upon to pr went
any disasterOus financial leg
islatiJn, and hope that they can
induce the majority to agree
to some tariff amendments
that will make the revenues Of the
government sufficient to meet the
expenditures before the session
closes.
The house is plodding along with
appropriation bills just as though
it had never thought of lacking
such complicated and dangerous
affair as Encouragement of the
country's financial system. Secre-
tary Carlisle made some changes
in his currency bill and again sub.
mitted it to the House Banking
and Currency committee, but it
fell so fiat that the committee
made no attempt to get it before
the House again.
Notwithstanding all the talk
about the democratic administra-
ton running the government upon
a more economical basis than it
was run by the republicans, the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill
which was this week reported to
the House, carries 100000 more
than was appropriated for the cu%
rent fiscal year.
1t is clear to the veriest amateur
in public Affairs that the action of
the Judiciary committee of the
House, in reporting resolution of
impeachment against Judge Kicks,
Of Ohio, which was authorized by
a vote of to 6 in the committee,
is nothing bat buncombe. Even
granting that the resolution will
be adopted by the House which is
far from being a certainty, there
would not be time for the Senate
to conduct the trial, even if other
things more important were left
und0ne. There is another little
obstacle that must be familiar to
the gentlemen who are conducting
this farce. That is the CUSTOM OF
giving the accused forty days
notice in impeachment trials.
If the opinions expressed by indi.
vidual Senators and Representa-
tives are any indications of what
Congress will do, and they usually
are the very best, Great Britain
will have to " ait long time before
she gets chance to lease that
Hawaiian island for a cable sta.
ton. Mr.. Cleveland is accused OF
having misrepresented the senti.
ment of the Hawaiian government
concerning that request for the
Consent of the United States to
such modification of the reciprocity
treaty as will permit the island
to be leased to Great Britain. Ac-
cording to more direct information
the government of Hawaii doesn't
want the treaty modified at all, if
the United States will only Official.
ly define its future intentions to.
wards Hawaii; and the request
was made not because modifica-
ton was wanted, but to give Con-
gress a good opportunity to declare
its self on the subject and with the
belief that it would be refused.
Mr.. Cleveland evidently thought