Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May "a, 1897.

The House of Representatives presents
an object lesson to the world showing how
easily supposedly free branch of sup
posed popular government can be muZzled.
Three-fourths of the members of the House
would like to vote for the Morgan reso-
luton, adopted by the Senate last week,
for the recognition of the belligerency of the
Cubans, but they are not allowed to do so
Mr.. Mckinley says the adoption of that
resolution by the House would interfere
with the mysterious Cuban policy that he
is engaged in Matching out, by compelling
him to show his hand, as it is joint reso-
luton which would have to be either signed
or vetoed, and not a concurrent resolution,
like the one adopted by the last Congress
and pigeon holed by Mr.. Cleveland the
sugar trust says the resolution must not be
adopted, and Gar Reed says it shall not be,
and there you are. The Democrats kick to
the full extent of their power, but the Re-
publican members Of the House swallow
their convictions and vote against the will
of their constituents because they are afraid
to offend Mr.. Mckinley and Mr. Reed, lest
they should fail to land an office or two or fail
to getthe committee assignments they want,
and the farce of calling the House a legis
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Cuba.
There will be no tax on the breakfast of
the poor, nor any additional tax upon beer,
the poor mans beverage, or tobacco, if the
Democrats can prevent it, as caucus of
Democratic Senators unanimously decided
to move that the entire in ernal revenue
section of the amended tariff bill, now
being debated in the Senate, be struck out
Whether that motion is carried will depend
upon the vote of the populist Senators. II
was also decided at the caucus that the
Democratic Senators would only antagonlze
the tariff bill to the extent of exposing its
enormous and unnecessary increase in
taxation, and would interpose no objection
to taking final vote in reasonable time
The Republican Senators are having a
regular monkey and parrot time among
themselves oyer some OF the amendments
to the bill. The explanation of Senator
AldriGh was not at all satisfactory, and
there was lots of the plainest sort of talk at
the Republican caucus held today, and al
though they are making a strong effort to
settle their differences in some way off the
floor of the Senate, there is little prospect OF
their succeeding, and an open fight among
them ls expected to be an early and inter
esting feature of the tariff debate. They are
going to pass the bill, of course, but not
until 1t has been much changed. The agents
of the sugar trust realize that the present
sugar schedule has no show at all, and are
scheming for another that will bamboozle
the public long enough for it to become a
law.
There have been numerous things show
ing the hold of the negro politicians of the
South upon Boss Hanna, as a natural re-
suit of Hannas method of securing Nc
Kinley delegates in the South, prior TO the
st. Louis convention. The latest example
was the withdrawal from the Senate of the
nomination of s. S. Matthews, to be Regis
ter of the Land Office at Jackson Missis-
sippi. Matthews is white Republican who
was strongly backed by such men as Senator
Foraker, Pension Commissioner Evans, and
Gen. Powell Clayton, but the negro mem
Der of be Republican National committee
from Mississippi, Jim Hill, didn't like the
nomination, so he went to Boss Hanna and
told him it must be Withdrawn, and Mr..
Hanna lost no time in getting Mr.. Mckinley
to withdraw it from the Senate.
From all directions come authentic news
of change in sentiment since last Noyem-
Der. For instance, Mr. S. w. M. Peters, of
w. Va, said West Virginia cast its cleo
toral vote last year for Mckinley, but if the
election were to be held over again right
now, the verdict would be reversed. am
satisfied that free silver would win if the
fight were to be made over again. OF all
my Democratic friends who voted the Re-
publican ticket last year or for Palmer and
Buckuer, I doubt if there is one who would
fail to cast his ballot for Bryan, if the op-
portunity were again presented. The next
legislature will be strongly Democratic
and Dsmocrat will be chosen to succeed
Senator Faulkner
The interest in the successor to Senator
Earle, of s. c.. who died last week, is by nc
means confined to South Carolina Demo
Gratis. As the legislature will not meet
uotil next January. the Governor will ap-
point Senator to serve until an election is
held. South Carolinians in Washington
think that Representative McLaurin's
chances for becoming Senator are excellent
All Hum0rs of the Blood. from the
small pimple to the dreadful scrofnla sore are
cured BY Hoods Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly
D. rifles. yitalizes and enriehes the blood.
Hood,s Pills cure nausea, sick headache
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