Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 26, 1897

Neither Boss Hanna nor Mr.. Mckinley
are entirely satisfied with the work Of the
extra session of Congress just closed. The
tariff bill pleased them all right; it more
than repaid their campaign obligations to
the trusts, not to mention the 1872, 100000
made by the sugar trust and its friends
while the bill was pending. But their eff
forts to repay their campaign obligations
to the banting interests were failure
Mr.. Mckinley, in his special message sent
to Congress only few hours before ad-
journment, asking for authority to appoint
a currency commission, quoted the Indian
apolis Bankers convention as though 1t
had been the assembled financial wisdom
of the world, but that didn't bring the leg
islagition asked for. The House railroaded
through in 60 minutes bill granting Mr..
Mckinley the authority asked for, although
nearly every prominent Republican in that
body is really opposed to currency commits
sion, but the Senate was not so accommo-
dating, and there is nothing in sight to in
dictate that it will be more obliging next
winter
committee without gloves, in speech
made just before the vote was taken on
the conference report on the tariff bill, for
its abandonment of the tax on bonds and
transfers of stock-a tax that was approved
by the Finance committee and by Repub-
lican caucus, closing with this explicit
language, which no Republican attempted
to deny: II charge that the abandonment
occurred under command OF the sugar
trust"
Before the Ohio Republicans do any
shouting over the result of the colloquy
between Senator Allen and Foraker con-
corning the charge of the former that the
Republican vote of that State was fraudu-
lently increased for Mr.. Mckinley, they
should arrange for Mr.. McForaker, or some
body else, to accept the challenge with
which Mr.. Allen closed the little spat-"I
will meet the Senator any time and will
undertake to convince any unprecedented
man that there was fraud in Ohio"
Senator Tellers arraignment of the Re-
publican tariff bill, now the law of the land,
was one of the bitterest pills the Republi-
can have had to swallow in a long time.
Mr.. Teller, who is a protectionist, char
acterized this bill as vicious, unfair, extra
VACANT and unsatisfactory; and as having
been framed entirely in the interest OF
trusts and syndicates. Mr.. Teller also took
occasion to criticize in the strongest
language the gold standard policy of fore
ing professors out of educational institu-
ton because of their belief in the free
coinage of silver. He denounced the forced
resignation of President Andrew, of Brown
University, as one of the most shameful
acts of abasement" the world has seen, and
said in ringing tones: THANK God that
president Andrew was big enough to refuse
to be stifed"
Senator Turley, of Tenn, cast his first vote
for the Tillman resolution to investigate
sugar scandal charges, which was defeated,
and his second against the conference re.
port ,on the trust-made tariff bill, which
was adopted.
The hearings to determine whether John
Wedderburn & Co., shall be disbared
from practice before the U. s. Patent
Office are now on. The Patent Office
claims to have proof to sustain the numer-
GUS charges of fraud it has brought against
Wedderburn & Co, and is giving the ac-
cused full opportunity to controyert its
proof.
A pertinent question often accomplishes
more than argument. One destroyed the
scheme to authorize Gear Reeds pets who
been made chairmen of committees to give
their fayorite sinecure positions during the
Congressional recess. When Represents
tive Grosvenor tried to push resolution
through authorizing that waste of public
money, he was asked, if the House could
get along while Congress was in session
without these clerks, why they should be
considered necessary during the recess
The laugh which follow killed the scheme
Sec. Sherman's departure before the adj
journment of Congress for a Long Island
summer resort, was regarded as additional
proof that he has very little to do with
the Cfficial business OF the Department Of
State. In fact, it is limited by some that
Mr. Sherman intended to emphasize that
very thing by his going.
Georgia democrats are more pleased
with the nomination of Henry Rucker, an
Atlanta negro barber. to be q. s. Marshal
for Georgia than Maj. Hanson and his
white Republican followers from that State
are. It is expected that all of Fuckers
deputies will be negroes, as no white mar
will care to serve under him, and lively
times are likely to follow every visit of the
dusky officials to the moonshine districts
of the State. Hanna placed the coon"