The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-05-20
WASHINGTON.
Prom our Regular Correspondent.

The sugar trust controlled the re-
publican sub. committee which drafted
the amendments to the Dingley tariff
bill, but all it will be able to get out
of the sugar schedule will be the
money that has already been made
through speculation on the advance
knowledge of what that schedule was
to be, as a majority Of the Senate
have made it certain that the sugar
schedule cannot be put through, by
declaring themselves to be against it.
The tariff bill is not likely to be taken
ND by the Senate on the 18th as
agreed upon, but it will not be the
fault of the democrats, but of the re-
pubhcans in failing to get trustwor-
thy comparative statement showing
the differences that will be the result
of the proposed changes. There is
another thing about the tariff bill that
can be stated with certainty. There
will be an antitrust amendment
adopted before the bill passes the
Senate. The necessary votes are
promised.
AT last the administration has
found out the bunco game that Spain
PLAYED on the Cleveland admlnistra-
ton and has been trying to play on
the preseet one, thanks to the wide
awake reports of Consul General
Fitzhugh Lee, and justice is seeming
" going to be done to poor Cuba.
Mr.. Mckinley has had long confer
ence with the members Of the Senate
committee on Foreign Relations,
as to what should be done. The i'm
preston is that Senator Morgan's
resolution for the recognition Of
Cuban belligerency hardly goes far
enough and that recognition of in
dependence would be the proper
thing, in view of the facts forwarded
by Gen. Lee. A public mass meet
ing of Cuban sympathizers is gong to
be held in Washington Sunday.
The administration now wishes
that it had not caused its intention to
reinstate all ex- Union soldiers or
widows of such who had for any rea-
son been dropped fom the govern
ment payroll to be so widely adver-
tised. Like most advertising this has
brought results. These results are
much more numerous than were ex-
pected; also more embarrassing. The
plain truth is that many of the appli-
cants for reinstatement, and some of
those who have been reinstated, are
untitled physically to perform the
duties of the places they once held.
some by reason of age and others by
diseases. If there were only a few OF
these people they could be scattered
around in the departments and theil
inability to do good work would &C
unnoticed, but when their number
goes away up into the hundreds i
becomes serious matter, because
as a rule every one of them reinstatet
displaces an efficient lemploye. Thl
matter was discussed at cabine
meeting this week.
Senator Kyle isn't the hrst maj
who has made bad thing worse b.
trying to explain. Rising to a ques
ton of privilege he attempted to eS
plain away the charge that he ha'
agreed to vote with the republicans il
exchange for good committee assign
ments, but he made bad mess c
it, especially in saying that his under
standing of the policy of the populist
was to help the republicans contrt
the Senate.
Evidently the House has not bee
properly impressed with the lmpor
ance of the policy of Secretary WI
son in trying to spread the sugar bet
industry in this country, or 1t woul
not have refused to agree to tt
Senate amendment to the Sundl
Civil bill, appropriating $4,000 for tt
continuation by the Secretary OF Agl
culture of an investigation of Il
sugar beet industry. Perhaps son
of the members OF the House ha'
not forgotten the sugar tad OF M
lie Due, who was Commissioner
Agriculture under the Hayes admin
tration, which cost Uncle Sam co
siderable money and did not revol
tionize the sugar industry.
The House showed its belief in t
laborer Being worthy of his hire,
promptly agreeing to the Sena
amendment to the Suhdry Civil /
providing that duplicate electroty
plates, from which "Messages a
Papers of the Presidents We
printed should be given to the co
piler, Representative Richardson,
Tenn, Notwithstanding the obJectl
of Representative Connolly, Ills, W
said that firm had offered $Io,o
for the plates. Inasmuch as n
Richardson had devoted two years
the work of compiling this book,
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