The silver star., 1897-07-29
THURSDAY, JULY 80.
WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES,
Special Correspondence.


The senators who opposed the
tariff bill began their kicking sever
al weeks too late. Had they not
allowed themselves to be tricked by
the trust-bound supporters Of the
Bill while it was being considered
in the senate they might have had
everything that they kicked too late
for, and might even have succeeded
in defeating the bill. When cotton,
ties, cotton bagging and burlaps
were put on the free list, and the
duty on white pine lumber was re-
duced to 81, the trtist-bound sena-
tors did it merely to keep the oppo-
sition quiet and with no intention of
allowing them to remain. Had the
kicking been done at that stage of
the game it would have been easy to
have secured pledges that would
have insured those items being let
alone in conference. To kick on the
conference report could accomplish
nothing, unless backed by votes
TO reject the report, because the re-
port had to be accepted or rejected
as whole. The new tariff will do
more for the democrats than any
idle kicking on the floor of the sem
ate could do.
The fight against the confrma-
ton of J. V. Powderly to be COM
missioner general Of immigration
has become SO warm that Mckinley
has requested republican senators
not to have vote taken upon the
nomination until the regular session
Of congress. The labor leaders who
are fighting confirmation say they
have pledges from sufficient num-
Der OF senators to make the rejec-
ton certain, if the vote were taken
now, and Mckinley regards rejec-
ton as 50 probable that he has
promised to give the place to an
o.her man. He wants Powderly to
hold it during the recess Oh congress,
in payment OF campaign obligations.
Senator Tillman was very mad
man when Car Reed made the
house committee on rsIes refuse his
request for a special order for the
house to vote upon his dispensary
bill, already passed by the senate,
at this session. Representative FL
hott of South Carolina opposed the
granting of Senator Tillman's re-
quest.
According 70 an expert business
man, following is the tax that will
be paid 70 the sugar, tobacco and
leather trusts, on account Of the new
republican tariff: Anaverage Of 80
cents more on each pair of shoes;
from IS cents to 81 more for every
leather satchel OF trunk; from IS to
IS per cent advance in the price of
belts, straps, harness and other
leather goods; y to I cent a pound
more for sugar, and a general sd-
vance in prices and deterioration in
quality Of all candies and preserves;
an advance Of so cents per box on
imported. cigars and a general low
ering Of quality in all grades Of ci-
gars and cigarettes.
Some Of Speaker Reeds admirers
are very sore because they accepted
that little fairy story about the house
conferees standing out for a sugar
schedule that would operate against
the trust, and played sugar stock to
fall. Its tremendous. use, which is
now history, caught them for large
amounts.
Although Senator Wolcott, Mr..
Stevenson and General Payne may
not know it. they are, unless all in.
dications are at fault, being. used al
tools by the single standard gold
men. While they suppose them.
selves n'Enrope for the purpose oi
making friends for bimetaliisni il
looks as though they were merely
there to help the gold standard mer
to retain their grip on the T'nit,s
States.