Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondence
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 12, '06.

congress has been crowded with Repub.
llcan Senators and Representatives en-
route to the convention, and nearly
every man of them expresses the ut
most confidence that the convention
Is gong to do the right thing, both as
TO candidates and platform. If the SEN
t'ment of the convention is the same
as that of most Republicans in Con.
gress there is no doubt of the nature of
The financial plank of the platform
that will be adopted; it will be only a
question OF how the old Republican
policy of true bimetallism shall be ex.
pressed. There vas a general DISPOSE
tion among Republicans to smile when
IL was announced early this week that
q member of the cabinet had said that
MI Cleveland would support the Re-
publican ticket il the platform adopted
at st. Louis contained a gold standard
plank. The object of the announce.
ment was palpable to all, butt will have
no effect upon the convention. The
republican party has never been a
single idea organization and there
isn't the slightest danger Of its becom.
ing such.
Delegate Catron, OF New Mexico. had
the pleasure before Congress adjourned
OF presenting a strong report to the
House, from the committee on Terrific.
ries' IN favor of the bill admitting New
Mexico to statehood. The report recalls
the fact that as long ago as the Forty
Third Congress a bill for the admission
OF New Mexico to the Union passed
ooth branches of Congress, but was
hung up because of a Senate amend.
ment upon which the House did not
nave time to act. Mr.. Catron is conf.
tent that the bill will go through all
right at the short session Of Congress.
Inc Indian bill as finally agreed to,
limits government aid to sectarian In.
dian schools to the fiscal year begin.
ming July /. next, and provides that
the money appropriated shall be as far
as may be equally proportioned among
the Indian schools OF all denomina.
tons.
Chairman Dingley, Of the House
ways and Means committee, is one of
the comparatively few Republican, in
Congress who will not attend the St
LOUIS convention. Before leaving for
Ms nome to take a long rest, which he
needs, he said: II regret that the Dem.
ocratic friends OF the administration.
and the silver men in the Senate, refus.
ed to accept the relief for the Treasury
contained In the emergency tariff bill
passed by the House. A number of
prominent Democrats have told ma
mat theI party made a serious blum
der In not taking that bill, which was
thoroughly non-partisan in its con
Structlon' and passing it through the
senate as promptly as it passed the
House. Senator Hill has told me more
'han once that his party associates
maze a serious mistake in not accent.
ing thai bill. From a party standpoint.
ne was obliged to defend the admins.
tratlon and his party, but there never
mas been any doubt in his mind about
the lnsufhciency of the revenues. Not
only has Senator Hill admitted thatfoct
but Senator German and other Demo.
Gratis nave made similar statements.
secretary Carlisle, in spite of his pub.
lie utterances to the contrary, has ad.
mltted the insufficiencv of the reye.
nues' hut, in justice to him | will saw
that he has always ACCOMPANIED the
ADMISSION with an expression of the
nope that the next month would bring
an increase, | have appealed to Sec.
rotary Carlisle to use his influence with
'he administration and his party in
congress to treat the subject as a pure
~ business proposition and divorce it
from the narrow lines of political sen.
timent and false partisan pride. But
he could not bring himself to look at
the matter in that light. The admins.
tration's advisers took the ground that
the Democratic tariff bill would pro.
duce sufficient revenue, and although
they have discovered their mistak Ike.
they can not bring themselves to the
poiptof publicly confessing their error,
but insist upon forcing paper balances
and showing a fictitious surplus"
Secretary Carlisle g story of tn bond
issues was given to the Senate investi.
eating subcommittee and published
this week. 1t isn't as interesting as the
Secrctary's personal testimony is like.
ly 10 be-. The Investigation, which will
begin shortly, will not be conducted
behind locked doors, as Senator Harris
wished it to be.
The report of the House Ways and
Means committee on the danger of
japanese competition in our markets
is an interesting document. The com.
mitiee does not think there is any imme.
diYSgh@aanger from that quarter, and
say that when there is it can be easily
off by the same policy which
between 1851 and 1893 proved so effec.
tive against the products of poorly paid
European labor-a protective tariff
with duties high enough to make up
Tor the difference in wages paid in for
elgn countries and in the United States.