Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-04-24

sides either for or against any Of the
proposed amendments to the DinRley
tariff bill. All he has asked of Sena-
tors is that they will act upon the bill
rs speedy as possible. He believes that
when the bill is passed and the amend
ments adopted by the Senate have
been acted upon by a conference com
mittee that the bill will be as good
measure as it possibly can be made
under existing circumstances.
THE TARIFF AMENDMENTS.
The much talked about amendments
TO the Dingley tariff bill, which West
ern Senators have asked for, turn out
TO be very different from the pred ic-
tions made by those who have been
hoping for a breach in the republican
ranks IN the Senate u ide enough to de-
feat the tariff hill The amendments
deal mostly with the wool SEIZED ule.
and are largely devoted TO so classify
ing wool that some of the frauds known
60 have been perpetrated 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 man
ufacturer and the wool grower.
Mr.. BAILEY AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
The regular semi-weekly row be-
tween the followers of Representative
Bailey,o Of Texas. and those of Repre-
sentative Me hillin, of Tennessee, the
rival would-be democratic leaders,
has become a feature of the short
meetings of the House, which draws
FILL ~ a
Jerry Simpsons little populist circus
to the wall. In this rivalry local pa
per, which poses as Bryan's' mouth
piece. has sought to convey the inn
preston in it's daily diatribes against
Bailey that McMillin was the personal
representative CO Mr.. Bryan. One of
these editorials was denounced on the
floor of the House as an infamous and
malicious lie" by MIR Bailey, who add
ed by way of emphasis: Il denounce
every man who has helped to circulate
jt 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.
ACCEPTED THE PROPOSITION.
Not wishing to keep the Senators
out OF the privileges belonging to the
members of the committees any long
er, the Republican Caucus Committee
charged with comforting with the dem
Ocratic committee on the subject re-
ported to the caucus in favor of ac-
oepting the last democratic PROPOSE
ton for filling the committee vacAn-
cies- This programme gives the re-
publicans all vacancies including
chairmanships, that were made by ID
retirementof republicans. and gives
one place on the Appropriation Com
mittee that was filled by n democrat
to a republican. while THE Committee
on Post-offices and Post-roads will get
one additional democrat. This ar
rangement is not altogether desirable,
but it is the best the republicans can
do until they get 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 minori-
ty.
JAPAN's INTENTIONS.
The opinion OF a gentleman, who has
recently spent long period in Japan.
on the intentions OF that country to-
wards Hawaii is interesting in view or
recent rumors concerning the sending
of warships to Hawaii by Japan, and of
the statement of the Japanese minis
I try has no improper designs on Hawaii
This gentleman is Mr.. W. B Edminis-
ter, now In w ashington. 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 govern
ment of their own. It is the com m on
talk in the streets of Japan's capital,
that Japan is entitled to plant her flag
in Hawaii for the reason that the jap
anese outnumber any other nationali-
~ on the islands 1t will be remem-
bered that Congress has explicitly de-
clared that the United States would
not countenanee any interference with
the government of Hawaii by any for
eign government, and many believe
that it is that declaration alone which
has caused japan to keep her hands off
Hawaii upsto this time.
CUBA AND THE NEW APPoNTEE.
Judge Day, of Canton, Ohio, who is
going to Cuba as a special United
States Consul to cooperate with Con-
snl-General Lee in making an investi-
CATION OF the charges concerning the
cause of the death OF DR.. Ruix, is in
Washington for the purpose of confer
ring President Mckinley and making
study of all documents in the Depart
ment of State that are likely to assist
him in the investigation While
Judge Days official mission to Cuba
will be confined to the Ruiz investiga-
ton, he will not close his eyes to what
goes on around him. and it is certain
that President Mckinley will get the
benefit OF everything he learns over
there,