The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-17
A Washington Letter.
from our Regular Correspondent }


Republicans outside OF the Senate
find it difficult to comprehend the
deadlock in the Senate Finance Com
mttee over the Hou-e tariff bill. a
caucus Of republican Senators decided
that the bill should be reported to the
Senate without amendment, Just as II
was passed bv the House, but instead
of the b.ll being reported it has been
hing up in the committee and nobody
knows when it will be reported or
whether it will be reported at ali. l.
it any wonder that republicans are
asking what was the use of reorganlz
inc the Senate Committees If bill Or
dered reported by republican caucus
can be deadlocked in COMM tee
which has majority of republican
members The alleged cause of the
deadlock il the action of. Senator Tell.
err of Colorado, arepubici IN memo'r OF
the Finance Committee, in declining to
allow the tariff bill 10 be reported 10
the Senate unless it be amended to
provide for free coinage of silver.
What makes the action Of Senator
Teller inexplicabie is that the Finance
Committee has already reported bill
for the free coinage Of silver as a sub
stitute for the House bond bill, which
ia now before the Senate and will AL
most certainly be passed by the Senate.
That being the situation, what can
Senator Teller, or any other silver
man hope to gain by putting Tree
coinage amendment on the tariff bill.
The tariff bill was passed by the House
as an emergency measure intended
solely to furnish the revenue needed
BY the government, and if it il passed
by the senate in that shape 1t would
at least have chance to become
a law. With free coinage amend
ment it will not even have a ghost or
a chance. 1t might get through the
Senate, but it could not get through
the House, and even if It could it
would be met by the Presidents veto
to a dead certainty. Senator Felfers
intentions are unques,ionablv good,
but nothing but harm can come from
the killing of the House tariff bill, an
thet will be the result if he maintains
his present position. a
Hon Geo. Prince, a South Carolina
democrat now visiting in Washington,
probably gave away more than he in.
tended when he said of the political
situation in his State: "For some
time it has been evident that the demo
Gratis would sooner or later have to
contend " it'll another party, and now
hat all danger of black supremacy has
been removed (bv constilutionallv re
stricling the ri ght to vole) aud the
democr at have virtually ceased fight
ing each other, 1t is apparent that the
republican party will come into the
field prepared for vigorous battle on
purely economic issues. South Caro-
lima has of late wears grown to be
heavily interested in cotton and wool
len mills and other manu- featuring EN-.
terpri>es The people who have put
their money Into these are becoming
strongly impregnated with the doctrine
uf protection. With the race problem
settled great manv of them will not
hesitate to ally them selves with the re
publican party on the ground or Its
| fostering attitude towards American
industries. From this source will
come The future danger to democracy
in South Carolina"
There was one portion Of the speech
of Senator Jones of Arkansas, in favor
of the free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill that was pleasing to
all republicans regardless of their
position on the oliver question That
was where he said thai it was perfect.
|, plain that the revenues of the gov.
eminent were at present insufficient
and that they were not likely to become
| 4 additional tania
lation. That has been the position Of
the republicans from the first, and the
attempts on The part of Mr.. Cleveland
aud Secretary Carlisle to make il make
it appear otherwise have not changed
an, bod,'s opinion. AS has been re
peatedly shown by republicans in
both Hsuse and Senate il has been a
lack Of sufficient revenue that ha- kept
the Cleveland administration in finan
cal hot water, and that will keep it
there until more money is provided
Notwithstanding Mr. Clevelald's
grandiloquent letter to Senator Caffery
of Louis den> ing that he made deal
with the Morgan syndicate for thO-e
bonds, those beat informed are predic
ting that rhe Morgan syndicate will
yet dli thC oouus w WV
are issued.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has almost unanimously de-
cided that a resolution affirming the
Monroe doctrine shall be reported and
a sub committee WAS appointed to draw
mp The re.ouiion, which will be along
The lines Of the ono offered by Senator
Lodge early in the session. The one
dissenting voice in the committee came
from a democrat, Senator Gray, of
Delaware. The committee also APP
pointed sub committees TO consider The
Cuban and Armenian questions The
friends of Cuba Ought to be well salts
fled with The committee put in charge
of the question, Senator's Sherman
Lodge and Morgan The House com
mitiee Oh Foreign Afltirs has entrnst
ed the Cuban question to sub com
miliee compo.ed of Representatives
Hit of illinois, Adams of Pennsylva-
MIA and Draper of Massachusetts.
| II Saves the Croupy Children.