Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-05
WA SRlNGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF TIE MONITOR.
WASHINGTON. June 2Sth, 1897.

That this will be the last week Of
the tariff debate in the Senate is the
general opinion of senator's. Some
think that the bill will be passed as
early as Wednesday and some that
the final vote will be taken Saturday.
At any rate, unless there is unexpect-
ed delay, the bill will be passed in
time to ado to the jolliication of the
Fourth of July celebration all over
the country. This early disposal of
the bill will be far from satisfactory
to some of the democratic senators,
but fear of the wrath of their con-
stituents has prevented them from
resorting to anything like filibuster-
ing tactics to delay it further.
1t is impossible, at this time, to say
how long the tariff bill will remain in
conference, but Chairman Dingley,
who is thoroughly posted on the sen,
timent of both senators and repre-
sentatives, and who will be at the
head of the House conferees, ex-
presses the opinion that an agree
ment will be speedily reached on the
bill
Ex- senator Corbett's claim to the
vacant Oregon seat in the Senate
will not be acted upon until the
regular session, but the Committee
on Privileges and Elections has had
printed for the convenience Of Sena-
tors, the elaborate report prepared
by Senator Hoar in favor of seating
Mr.. Corbett on the certificate of the
Governor of Oregon. Mr.. Corbett is
much disappointed, as he expected
the case to be settled at the present
session, and hoped to get the seat.
Mr.. 1. F. Mack, the well-known
Ohio editor, who is now visiting
Washington, has been talking inter
estingly of subject on which he is
thoroughly posted-Ohio politics.
He said: ''The talk about the republi
can party being torn with internecine
strife is arrant nonsense. We are
thoroughly united and harmonious
a nd will win in Ohio this year by
heavy majority. There is no sort of
doubt about it, and away down in
their hearts I do not believe the
democrats think they have any show
of success. There is no democratic
party in our state, anyway, for those
who used to be democrats have gone
over to the populists."
Commissioner Butterworth HASN'T
lost any time in beginning the need
ed work of raising the standard of
practice before the U. S. Patent Of
fee. Eight attorneys have recently
been disbarred from practice before
that Office for not conducting their
business under honorable methods,
and the Washington firm of John
Wedderburn & Co. has been ordered
to show cause why it should not be
disbarred for having made fraudulent,
deceptive and improper searches,
with intent to defraud and the result
of defrauding clients, to their injury;
and wrong doing, to the scandal and
reproach of the Patent Office, and
contrary to equity and good morals"
and for other causes.
Certain gentlemen, notably Mr..
Claus Spreckels, the California sugar
king, have been expressing more con-
fdence in the rejection of the treaty
for the annexation of Hawaii, to
which they are violently opposed,
than there is anything in sight to
justify. But there is a reason for
their confidence, as will be fully ap-
parent before Congress meets next
winter. 1t lies in the manipulation of
big corruption fund to create pub
lie sentiment against the treaty with
the hope that enough senators can
be Influenced to prevent the neces
sary two thirds vote being obtained
for ratification of the treaty. And
an of this corruption fund will not
come from American sugar men. A
considerable portion of it will come
FROM the secret fund of European
governments. There are at least two
European nations which are more in
terested in the failure of the treaty
than Japan is. But being smarter
than the Japs, they have not protest
ed and will not protest against the
treaty, but will try to accomplish its
defeat by the use of money, just as
they have before tried, and some
times succeeded in influencing the
course of the United States. 1t is
really great pity that this scheme
could not be headed off by the ratifi-
cation of the treaty by the Senate at
this session, but it is known that the
opponents of the treaty would not al