The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-29
WASHINGTON.
y,om our Regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July as, 1897.

weeks too late. Had they not allowed {
themselves to be tricked by the trust ft
hound supporters of the bill while it 6
was being considered in the Senate |;
tbev might have had everything that n
,bev kicked too late for, and might a
even have succeeded in defeating the $
n;l. When cotton ties, cotton bag I
cling and burlaps were put on the free v
list. and the duty on white pine lum- i
her was reduced to ST., the trust bound v
Senators did it merely to keep the op- t
nosition quiet, and with no intention t
of allowing them to remain. Had the g
kicking been done at that stage of the
game it would have been easy to have
secured pledges that would have in
sured those items being let alone in
conference. To kick on the confer
cnce report could accomplish nothing,
unless backed by votes enough to re-
iect the report, because the report
had to be accepted or rejected as
whole. The new tariff will do more
for the democrats than any idle kick
ING on the floor of the Senate could
do.
The fight against the confirmation
of. V. Powderly to be Commissioner
General of immigration has become
so warm that Mr.. Mckinley has re-
ouested the republican Senators not
to have vote taken upon the nomi-
nation until the regular session of
Congress. The labor leaders who are
fighting confirmation say they have
pledges fiom sufficient number OF
Senator's to make the rejection GER
tain. it the vote were taken now, and
Mr.. Mckinley regards rejection as SO
probable that he has promised to give
the place to another man. He wants
Powderly to hold it during the recess
of Congress, in payment of campaign
Obligations.
Senator Tillman was a very mad
man when Gar Reed made the House
committee on Rules refuse his request
for a special order for the House
to vote upon his Dispensary bill, al
ready passed by the Senate, at thus
session. Representative Elliot, OF >.
c., opposed the granting of Senator
Tillman's request.
According to an expert business
man, the following is the tax that vii
be paid to the sugar, tobacco, ane
leather trusts, on account OF the ne"
republican tariff: An average OF Sc
cents more for each pair of shoes
from IS cents to 81 more tor ever.
leather satchel or trunk from IS tt
IS per cent. advance in prlce OF belts
straps, harness and other leather goods
J to cent pound more for sugar
and general advance in prices an
deterioration in quality of all candle
and preserves; an advance OF 50 cent
box on imported cigars and ger
eral lowering of quality in all grade
of cigars and cigarettes.
Some of Speaker Reeds admire
are very sore because they accepte
that little fairy story about the Hou'
conferees standing out for sug
schedule that would operate again
the trust, and played sugar stock
fall. Its tremendous use, which
now history, caught them for lar
amounts.
Although Senator Wolcott, MIR. 81
venson and Gen. Paine may not kn'
it, they are, unless all indications
at fault, beng used as tools by t
single standard gold men. VIII
they suppose themselves in Europe
the purpose of making friends for
ternatlonal bimetalism, it looks
though they were there merely to n
the single standard gold men ret
their grip on the United States.
will be remembered that these gent
men were instructed before their
parture for Europe that all their
gotlations must be conducted thro,
OF in conjunction with the U. 5. 4
bassadors. Therein lies the VII
plot. The U. S. Ambassadors
Great Britain, France and Germ
are each as strong advocates OF
single gold standard as Secretary &
is. They had privately made kn'
the situation in the United State
the governments to which they
accredited before the arrival OF
silver commisslon-that unless
single gold standard countries cam
the rescue the silver men would {
majority of the next House.
Senate already having silver mi
ity, and be in position to pass a
coinage bill. Nothing more SUBS
tial was asked than that those gov
ments should agree to the holdln
an International conference next
and now the announcement has
made that one will be held next
l.. ba epacIallV arr1np