The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-30
" ashington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

proposed amendments 10 the Dlngle,
tariff bill. All he asked of Senators i
that they will act upon the bill a
speedily as possible. He believes tha
when the bill is passed and the amend
ments adopted by the Senate hav,
been acted upon by a conference
committee that the bill will be as goot
a measure as it possibly can be made
under existing circumstances.
The much talked about amendment.
to the Dingley tariff bill, which west
ern Senators have asked for, turn out
to be very different from the predic.
tions made by those who have been
hoping for breach in the republican
ranks in the Senate wide enough to
defeat the tariff bill. The amend
ments deal mostly with the wool
schedule, and are largely devoted to so
classifying wool that some of the
frauds known to have been perpetrat-
ed under the classification of the
Mckinley tariff, will be avoided. It is
also claimed by the Western Senators
that these amendments are intended
to equalize the protection given to the
wool manufacturer and the wool
grower
The regular semi-weekly row be-
tween the followers of Representative
Bailey, of Texas, and those of Repres-
entative McMillin, of Tenn, the rival
would-be democratic leaders, has be-
come a feature of the short meetings
of the House, which draws full gal
leries and which has crowded Jerry
Simpsons little Populist circus to the
wall. In this rivalry local paper,
which poses as Bryan's mouth-piece,
has sought to convey the impression
in its daily diatribes against Bailey
that McMillin was the personal repre-
sentative of Mr.. Bryan One of these
editorials was denounced on the floor
of the House as Gan infamous and
malicious lie" by Mr.. Bailey, who ad-
ded by way of emphasis: II denounce
every man who has helped to circulate
1T as an infamous and malicious liar"
The editorial in question said in effect
that the leadership of Mr.. Bailey was
the leadership of Mr.. Reed.
Not wishing to keep the new Sena-
tors out of the privileges belonging to
members Of the committees any longer
the Republican Caucus Committee
charged with conferring with the
democratic committee on the subject,
reported to the caucus in favor of ac-
cepting the last democratic proposi-
ton for filling the committee vacan-
cies. This program gives the republi-
cans all vacancies, including chair
manshlps, that were made by the
retirement of republicans, and gives
one place On the Appropriation Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads
will get one additional democrat. This
arrangements not altogether desirable
but it is the best the republicans can
do until they get a majority in the
Senate. 1t allows them to retain the
Craftsmanship of all the most import
ant committees, but on some of these
committees they will be in the minor
ity.
The opinion of gentleman, who
has recently spent long period in
Japan, on the intentions of that coun-
try towards Hawaii is interesting, in
view of recent rumors concerning the
sending of warships to Hawaii by
Japan, and of the statement of the
Japanese minister to the u. S. that
his country has no improper designs
on Hawaii. This gentleman is Mr.
W. B. Edminister, now in Washing
ton, and he says: "It is my opinion
based upon a long intercourse with
the japanese, that it is their ultimate
aim to swoop down on Hawaii, capture
the island, and through force of arms
set up government of their own. L
| is the common talk in the streets o
Japan's capital, that Japan is entitled
to plant her flag in Hawaii for th'
reason that the Japanese outnumbe
any other nationality on the islands
1t will be remembered that Congress
has explicitly declared that the U.
would not countenance any interfer
ence- with the government of Hawai-
by any foreign government, and man,
believe that it is that declaration alon
which has caused Japan to keep he
hands off Hawaii up to this time.
| Judge Day, of Canton, Ohio, who i
going to Cuba as special U. S. Consu
to cooperate with Consul General LIE
In making an investigation of tn
charges concerning the cause of th
death of DR.. Ruiz, is in Washington
| for the purpose of comforting witt
President Mckinley and making
study of all documents in the Depart
ment of State that are likely to assist