Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-11-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHINoroN. D. @. Nov. 20. 100.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 20, '96.
Senator Morrill,, Chairman of the
State Committee on Finance, called at
the White House, by invitation, this
week and had an extended conference
with Mr.. Cleveland. As Mr.. Cleveland
Is known to entertain a high regard for
the opinions of Senator Morrill, on
questions of finance, Notwithstanding
their wide difference from his own the
tariff branch of the. question, it is rea-
sonably certain that he discussed with
MIR. Morrill, the recommendations of his
annual message to Congress. II is also
probable that he gave Mr.. Morrill,, who
naturally declines to discuss the mat
ter for publication, a hint as to whether
he would sign or allow theDingley bill
to become a law without his signature,
If it should be passed by the Senate.
Senator Morrill, will probably acquaint
his Republican colleagues on the Sem
ate Finance Committee with the nature
of that conference before they begin
the work of the coming session of Con-
gress.
1t is an almighty good thing that the
Presidential election did not turn upon
the electoral votes of Virginia. If it
did, there would be the biggest sort of
a row, as it is now charged that the sill
yer Democrats of that State SO juggled
the votes that what should have been
a MCKINLEY majority of $4,000 is made
to appear to be q Bryan majority of
something like 10000. Some of this
fraud may be shown up in Congress
sional contests.
Col. T. S. Clarkson, Commander in
Chief of the G. A. R., stopped in Wash
ington on his way to New York, to at.
tend the big reception rendered him by
Lafayette Post of that city, and last
night he was honored with O rousing
informal reception under the auspices
of the officers and members of the De.
partment of the PotomacG G. A. R. Col.
Clarkson and others made speeches
which aroused the enthusiasm of the
veterans to a high pitch.
Nearly all the Republicans among
the early Congressional arrivals in
Washington are outspoken in favor of
the calling of an extra session of Con.
gress Tor the purpose of passing a tariff
bill that will at the same time give the
Government the revenue it must have
and the protection needed by our home
industries. Representative Grout, of
Vermont, voiced this sentiment when
he said: II would like very much to
see Congress meet in special session at
noon OF the very day after the inaugu.
ration of President Mckinley. The
call for a special session should GER
tainly be the very first act of the new
administration. There will be votes
enough in the Senate to pass a Repub.
lican tariff measure, I am confident.
Ii the votes of the silver Republican
Senators from the West are needed for
that purpose, l do not believe they will,
be withheld. The constituents of these
Senators are all protectionists, and it
willfbe a different matter, that of de.
feating a clear cut protective tariff
measure, from refusing to vote for a
measure that even Its friends called a
makeshift, and which there was assu-
surance that a Democratic President
would sign. The question of patronage,
too, may cut ONE figure with these
men, for they would not like to ALLEVIATE
the administration for the whole term
of four years."
The following resolutions adopted by
the Union Veterans Patriotic League
at q meeting held this week are self
explanatory: Resolved, That the Union
Veterans Patriotic League continue its
organization for the purpose of D
ing any effort, made by whatsoever
to depreciate our currency at a
ratio of 10 to 1, having had the expert
enco of an unavoidable depreciation
when serving our country for 1913 per
month. Resolved, That we will labor
until the last taps sound against sec.
tional issue, mob rule and attacks upon
the executive and judiciary branches
of our Government The leapue ia
non partisan and.was organized to op.
pose Bryan and the Chicago platform.
The free traders and low tariff men
who supported Mckinley because of
the financial plank of the St. Louis
platform are already moving heaven
and earth, so to speak, in their efforts to
get some sort of patchwork legislation
through the coming session of Congress-
will make up the deficiency in the
public revenues, and. they hope, pre-
vent any general tariff legislation bv