Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-07-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Frcm onr Regular Correspondent

{ tE'rcrn nnr Regular Correspondent
Washington, ID. 9. July 70
Still sugar! there has heen con
tinual fight from the beginning OF
the tariff bill over sugar, and It is
being continued III the conference
committee which WIS in session ali
day sunday. Every republican
member Of { he conference com
mittee has been pledged 10 secrecy
concerning the conference, anl
the democratic members will nor
ne allowed to know what Is gong
on until an agreement has been
reached, which viii be sometime
this week probably by Wednesday
or Thursday. Tie tecrets OF the
conference have so far been well
kept. but 1t has leaked out that
both sides are making fight for
their sugar scheme, bat the House
conferences are expected to win
not Ouly bccause the original
Dingley sugar scheme is more
satisfactory to the republican
press and Iauk and file Of the
party, but because Speaker r. ell
has said that the House would
never, under any circumstances,
accept the Senate sugar seized lie.
There is talk of attempting 10 act
upon Pre- sident McKinley's cur.
rency commission recommendation
but 1t is likely that immedia g adj
?olrnmenli vii follow the disposal
of the tariff bill.
Although it was stated when
$50, 900 was Appropriated b. Con-
gress for the relief of destitute
American citizens in Cuba, that
the amount would not be a drop in
the bucket. 1t has turned out to | Q
much more than was needed. just
as soon as the appropriation was
available, Consul General LIE was
nO.ihed to go ahead with the
necessary expenditures, up to that
amount. RepOrs from General
LIE we're sub nitled to the last
Cabinet meeting, aud much to the
surprise and qualification of the
President aud lis advisers, they
that al hOuGh General
Zee bad render substantial All
to every distressed American
citizen who needed it and would
accep', aud shipped "A number OF
them back to the United States;
he hal expended $1,000.
The pressure has been 80 gre
that President Mckinley has de
clded to modify Pr. siCent Cieve
lnd's extension OF the civil ser
vice rules, aud the order is liable
to be ISSUED any day.
/ is much easier to hatch up a
Congressional scheme than 1t Is to
carry it through even when work
ing for what il favored by a
majority. Lust week, the friends
If the Hawaiian treaty concluded
that it was advisable 10 get the
treaty fdvora0iy reported to the
5 nate AT this session, and vote q
upon, fpossible. AS eight out of
be eleven me nbers of the Com
uiltee on Foreign relations are
known to favor tbe treaty, it
looked like an easy matter TO get
the treaty tavorably reported, but |
it wasn't as easy as 1t looked to
be. a special meeting of the
committee was called, but less
han d quorum attended, and at a
second meeting there was only a |
b re quorum present. The com
mttee will hold another meeting |
ibis week, but il is far from Ger
tain that it will decide to repol
lie treaty.
Tue report, by way of Europe,
that Spain and Japin are trying
10 coax England to enter with
them into tIIple alliance tor the
purpose of whipping the United
States into keeping its banGs of
o. islands in both the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans, has not caused
any body in Washington to lose
any sleep, and 1t would not even
f it were known to be true, in
Istead of bit of mid summer Silli-
ness on The part OF its OriginatOrs.
A Freight Conductor Killed.