Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-06-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June A a7.

President Mckinley greatly enjoyed
the break made in his arduous official
duties by his visit to Philadelphia this
week, where he participated in the
exercises attending the opening of the
Commercial Museum and the annual
meetings of the National Manufactur-
ers' Association and the American
Medical Association. He was accom-.
panied by a distinguished party in
Guiding two members of the Cabinet
and a large delegation from both
branches Of Congress and the diplo,
matte corps, together with the ladies
of their families.
The t. riff debate as far as it has
gone has been particularly pleasing
to the Republicans of the House, be-
cause most of the schedules which
have been adopted are nearer what
they were in the Dingley bill as it
passed the House than they expected
them to be when the amended bill was
reported to the Senate. There is a re-
port that Senator German is at the
head OF a scheme to delay the final
passage of the tariff bill until Septem.
Der, because he prefers making his
campaign in Maryland before the peo-
pie have an opportunity to see the good
effect that the new tariff will have
upon business. However, the Demo.
Gratis have not yet shown any dispo.
sistion to delay the bill.
Speaker Reed was amused at the ex.
posure of the sensation manufactured
BY an addle pated fellow who imagines
himself a detective and a newspaper
man. This fellow wrote letters threat.
ening the Speakers life If he did not
do as he directed and signed "A Cubann
and after mailing copies of them to
MIR. Reed peddled other copies of them
among the Washington correspond.
ents, and actually succeeded In selling
them to the representatives of several
VIGOROUSLY sensational papers. Speak.
er Reed knows that tho policy of the
House which he is carrying out 90 we'll
is endorsed by the best interests of the
country.
Representative Henderson, is not a
profane "a as a rule and he probably
did not intend to be profane, when
after Jerry Simpson had delivered
one OF his usual abusive TRADES against
the Speaker because he had not ap,
pointed the House Committees and
several Democrats had repeated for the
hundredth time something idiotic about
the majority of the House having been
bucked and gagged by Speaker Reed,
he Indignantly said: why this hell in
a teapot; this boiling over from the
realms Of Kansas" After calling at.
tention to the fact that the policy now
being carried out was the will of a ma.
Jority of the House, as repeatedly
shown by the vote when attempts have
been made to set 1t aside, he declared
that the abuse howled at the Speaker
was neither honorable nor honest,
Gen. Henderson concluded with this
flashing for Jerry Simpson: ut takes
time to ascertain the predictions and
capabilities of members. Take the
gentleman from Kansas. Imagine
trying to pick out a place where he
could be useful to his country, when
every time he opens his mouth he
makes the problem o difficult"
Representative Grosvenor put the
House in a glorious good humor with
his description of the changes in Demo.
cratic leadership and his remarks were
interspersed with shouts of laughter.
He said in part: Every now and then
they spring something new on us in the
shape of a new leader. When the
talented young Texsn Bailey !, who
inherited his leadership rather than
earned it, "a in command, a little
fattery and a few kind words sufieed,
and we got along very well. or course
we had some trouble with the disap.
pointed leader from Tennessee (McMil.
linz who grumbled a good deal. We
got used to that. But when the great
leader from Kansas simpson, sudden.
ly flashed upon the horizon and swung
the minority into a solid phalanx, I
though, perhaps, God Almighty had
decided to wreck the Democratic party
under his leadership. But he dropped
out. | never knew exactly how. Per-
haps his time was out. Then came the
gentleman from Washington Lewis).
have not examined his credentials
yet, and don't know who he represents
in this contest. l don't know whether
he will be supported as his leadership
has not progressed far enough to get
a vote" Mr.. Grosvenor also had a
few words to say about Senator Nor
gan's assertion that the House was not
legally I'm aaaeion which ha daclarad