Middletown transcript., 1896-01-18

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publican senator's decided that the
bill should be reported to the Senate
without amendment, just as it was pas
sed by the House, but instead of the
bill being reported it has been hung up
In the committee and nobody knows
when 1t will be reported or whether 1t
VIII De reported at all. Is it any won-
der that Republicans dre asking what
was The use Of reorganizing the Senate
committees if a bill ordered reported
by a, Republican caucus can be dead
locked in committee which has a
majority of Republican members. The
alleged cause of the deadlock is the
action of Senator Teller, of Colo, a
Republican member of the Finance
Committee, in declining to allow tariff
bill to be reported to the Senate unless
it be amended to provide for the free
coinage of silver. What makes the
action of Senator Teller inexplicable is
that the Finance Committee has
already reported bill for the free COIN
age OF silver as substitute for the
House bond bill, which is now before
the Senate and will almost certainly be |
passed by the Senate. That being the |
situation, what can Senator Teller. or |
any other silver man hope to gain by
putting free coinage amendment on |
the 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 is passed by the Senate in that
shape it would at least have a chance
to become law. With free coinage
amendments it will not have even a
ghost of a chance. It might get
through the House. and even if it
could it wouldbemet by the Presidents
veto to dead certainty. Senator Tel
ler's intentions are unquestionably
good, but nothing but harm can come
from the killing of the House tariff
bill, and that will be the result if he
maintains his present position.
Hon. Geo. Prince, s. e. Democrat
now visiting Washington, probably s
gave away more than he intended when &
he said of the political situation in bis
State: "For some time it has been
evident that the Democrats would :
sooner or later have to contend with 8
another party, and now that all danger e
of black supremacy has been removed =
constitutionally restricting the right I
o vote), and the Democrats have vir- v
ually ceased fighting each other, it is
apparent that the Republican party will
'ome into the field prepared for vigor v
'us battle on purely economic issues. il
'outh Carolina Ras of late years grown o
0 be heavily interested in cotton and G.
Vollen mills and other manufacturing o'
Enterprises. The people who have put is
heir money into these are becoming h'
trongly imprenated with the doctrine iy
protection. With the race problem o.
ettled, great many of them will not IN
estate to ally themselves with the re
'epublican party on the ground of its tn
'stering attitute towards American ! "a
ldustries. From this source will come DC
le future danger to democracy in
)uth Carolina" crl
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There was one portion of the speech de-
Senator Jones, of Ark, in favor of WI
% free coinage substitute for the no
ouse bond bill that was pleasing to in,
Republicans regardless of their posi- ide
IN on the silver question. That was If
here he said that it wasperfectly plain on,
q the revenues of the government lac
sre at present insufficient and that nil
ey were not likely to become large eri,
ough without additional legislation. inp
lat has been the position Of the Re- full
blicans from the first, and the at for
npts on the part of Mr.. Cleveland da,
Secretary Carlisle to make it an. hal
lr otherwise have not changed any Skin
1y's opinion. As has been repeated the
shown by Republicans in both House
Senate it has been a lack of suf- n
entrevenue that has kept the Cleye- nur
d administration in financial hot the
ter, and that will keep it there until CON
re money is provided. bab
he Senate COMMITTEES or Fore;cn ting
ations has almost unanimously de- ene'
ID that a resolution affirming the SAil
nroe Doctrine shall be reported and s.'.' s.'
lb-committee was appointed to draw li.'i
The resolution, which will be along .nis'
lines of the one offered by Senator wa
ge early in the session. The one ing.
enting voice in the committee came anu
o a. Democrat, Senator Gray, Of neu
aware. The committee also ap- IN
ted subcommittee to consider the neis-
an and Armenian questions. The tlny
Ids of Cuba ought to be we'll sat:s- time
with the committee mt. in ch.r.o ofsu,
the question Senators Sherman. long,
ge aud Morgan. The House conn., the 4
ee on Foreign Affairs has entrus. ed n,sa
Cuban question to y subcommittee
posed of Representatives Hit, OF nahl'
Adams, of Pa, and Draper, of baby
J. turd
Hishes. Of al in Leavening Power