The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-11
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

Memorial day ceremonies at Arlington
cemetery, where addresses were deliy-
cred by Representative Dolliver, OF
Iowa, and Hon. Webster Davis, Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
Tracey L. Jeffords was orator of the
day at the Soldiers Home Cemetery.
and the address at the special services
at the tomb of Gen. John A. Logan
was delivered by DR.. J. S. Raub. At
Congressional cemetery orations were
delivered by Senator Cannon, of Utah,
and Hon. J. A. Frear, of Wis, and
President Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress was read by Capt. w. o. Pret-
singer, of the Department of Texas G.
A. r. At st. Elizabeth's Cemetery
Mr.. Z. j. Putnam was the orator. AT
Oak Hill cemetery the Grafton was by
Representative w. H. King, and at
Harmony cemetery by Rev. Geo. w.
Lee.
The Senate has made good progress
in considering the tariff bill by para
graphs, and the rule adopted by the
republicans to have the steering COM
mittee agree each night upon the
nature of the paragraphs that are to
be voted upon the next day is working
like charm. The Committee has
been sustained in every vote taken by
the solid republican vote and in every
instance has also been supported by
some populist or democratic votes.
The tendency of the steering commit
tee has been to raise the duties above
what they were in the amended bill
reported to the Senate, and 1t now
looks as though the bill would not diff
fer very widely from the Dingley bill
as passed by the House when it be-
comes law.
There has been so much republican
objection to the increase of the tax on
beer and to the proposed duty on tea
that both may be struck out of the
tariff bill and the revenue that they
would have realized be provided for in
some other way, probably by tax on
bank checks, deeds, mortgages and
other conveyances, but this has not
yet been fully determined upon; it is
only being discussed.
Senator Aldrich, speaking for the
subcommittee that prepared the
amendments to the Dingley bill, in
cluding the sugar schedule, in reply to
Senator TiHman's sensational insirua-
tion, made the most positive denial
that the subcommittee was influen-
ced by the sugar trust or its agents,
and stated that only one man outside
Of the three members of the sub-com
mittee (himself and Senators Allison,
and Platt of Conn.) knew what the
contents of the sugar schedule were
before the bill was reported to the
Senate. That man was Senator Jones,
| OF Nevada, who is a member of the
Finance Committee, having been or
iginally put on the committee as a re-
publican and left on as populist,
after his announcement that he had
become member of that party. Sen
ator Aldrich also stated that the sub
committee would welcome the most
searching investigation of the manner
in which the sugar schedule was pre-
pared. The Senate will decide, p:oba-
| bly, this week, whether the Tillman
resolution, directing an investigation
by a special committee of five Sena-
tors, shall be adopted. 1t is probable
that it will be, although nothing was
accomplished by the other sugar in
vestigation by the Senate three years
ago, and the head OF the sugar trust
walked out of Court last week on a
verdict of "not guilty" when he was
tried for contempt in refusing to ans
wer question asked by members of the
Senate Committee.
Senator Morgan made an exhibition
of himself, and was compelled to take
his seat by Senator Gallinger, who
was presiding over the Senate at the
time. Mr. Morgan has bad case of
Reed on the brain. He violated one
of the rules of the Senate byssspecifical-
ly referring to the other branch of
Congress and its failure to act as Mr..
Morgan thinks it ought to act upon
legislation that has been acted upon
by the Senate.
1t is denied at the State Department
that the Sultan of Turkey has refused
to receive Hon. James B. Angel,
formerly President of the University
of Michigan, as u. S. Minister. The
stories to that effect probably origin
ated with those who are interested in
having that very thing occur and who
have been trying to fill the Turkish
Minister'S mind with distrust of Mr..
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