The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-06-18
" asiiiHgfeU Letter.

Washington, June 11th 1s97.-Mr
Mckinley was not in the best of hu-
mors when he left Washington for the
Nashville exposition. Several things
had not gone to suit him. The news
papers printed the report of Consul Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee, on the Ruiz investi-
CATION, before it was received by the state
department, and nobody could discover
the leak. But the principal cause of
Mr.. McKinley's bad humor was the YER
bal report made by his friend and per-
sonal representative, Mr.. Calhoun, who
found out too much of what Mr.. Nc
Kinley did not want to know, and not
enough to corroborate what he thought
he already knew. In short, Mr.. Cal
houn reported things as he fodnd them,
regardless of whether they pleased or
displeased anybody. Meanwhile the
Cuban question is ready to boil over in
congress Many Republicans in the
house who have been keeping quiet in
opposition to the wishes of their constit-
uents, in order TO give Mr.. Mckinley
a chance to do something, are growing
restive and cannot be held in much
longer.
Notwithstanding the opposition of
Senator Jones, of Ark. and Vest, of
Mo, both OF whom denounced it severe
", six Democrats voted for the amend
ment offerod to the tariff bill by Sena-
tor Bacon, of Ga, putting 20 per cent
ad valorem duty on raw cotton. The
Republicans all voted for the amend
ment and it is now a part of the bill.
The six Democrats who voted for the
amendment were Bacon and Clay of
Ga, Tillman and McLaurin, of S. c.
McEnery, of La, and Rawlins, of
Utah. Senator Bacon replied to Dem
Ocratic objections by saying that it was
cognized that the country was to bave
a tariff bill and that he intended to see
that his state received an equal share of
its benefits, as he believed, in the words
of the Bible, that the man who does not
care for his own household is worse
than an infidel. There are reasons for
the belief that the Republicans are
playing bunco game on Senator Ba-
con and his Democratic supporters, in
order to exhibit them as supporters of
protection, and that when the tariff bill
goes to the president it will not contain
a duty on raw cotton.
Senator Jones, of Ark, chairman of
the Democratic national committee, is
naturally little skeptical about the stO-
ries printed from time to time about the
raising of large sums of money to be
used for the continued propagation of
free silver ideas. Speaking of the latest
story, that Colorado had raised $780,
600. Senator Jones said: az have not
received cent from Colorado since the
election, and if any sum has been or is
being raised there in the interest of sill
ver | don't know it. | should be very
glad to be assured that it is true
Senator Mills, of Texas is not an
alarmist, but he can see nothing but
trouble ahead for class legislation. He
said: 1.-The effect of this tariff bill
upon the people will be seen, not IN its
high taxation, but in the way it buttres-
seS and fortifies trusts of all kinds.
Some of these days this sort of legisla-
ton will have to cease or We will see
revolution. The people will not stand
1t. Driven to the wall by the combiua-
tions of money power, they will find
leader, and we shall see another Coxey;s S
army which carry guns and use them.
Democratic senators are practically
unanimous in declaring the uselessness
of Mr.. Mckinley asking congress to
authorize him to appoint monetary
commission, because they have decided
that no such legislation shall be voted
upon by the senate at this session.
Mr.. J. Addison Porter, who would not
be filling his present position had not
its title been officially changed from
private secretary to the presidents sec
retary. captured nice juicy slice of pie
this week, before he took Mr.. Mckinley
and special train load of officials and
newspaper men to the Nashville exposi-
ton. He got Henry W. Hoyt, of Pa. :,
| nominated to be assistant attorney gen
eral, and got the Pa. senators to ac-
| quiesee. Mr.. Hoyt was a claas mate
| of Mr.. Porter's
A majority of the Republican senate
| rial caucus realized that something had
to be done to stop the wave of popular
Indignation on account of the sugar
schedules notorious favoritism towards
the sugar trust, so the house schedule
was substituted after making several
changes in the interest of the trust,
which still stands to reap an enormous
profit to which it is in no way entitled,
at the expense of the sugar consumers
that Is of everybody The new
schedule Is better than the one discard
ed, but 1t is still very bad one; but
there Is little probability of its being bet
tered before the tariff bill becomes a law.
The trust has too strong a grip on the
Republican leaders. NJ.