The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1S
Hark, hear the Dingley bell!
fold man Hard Times,
'Tis ringing in the knel!;
Sweet music in its chimes.

sweet music III llS CuIlHS9'
The Dingley tariff bill has received
the signature of President Mckinley
and is now law, and the extra SEES
sion of the Fifty-fifth Congress, hav-
ing accomplished what it was called
together to do, has adjourned, and
its members have gone home to hear
what their constituents have to say
about their work. So far as the Re
publicans are concerned, there no fear
of the peoples verdict. They have
done remarkable piece of workTone
that many considered impossible, be-
cause of the lack of a Republican ma
iority in the Senate, when President
Mckinley first announced his deter
mination to call an extra session to
pass a tariff bill. Although there are
some things in the Dingley tariff law
that would be different if the Repub
licans had had a ma jority of their own
in the Senate, the law is distinctly
Republican and consequently will
protect American industry in all its
branches and will, after the first six
months of its existence, produce more
money than will be needed to run the
government, thus enabling President
Mckinley to resume the Republican
policy of reducing the country's bond
ed Indebtedness.
If it were possible to make a man
thing Senator Foraker's prompt refu-
tatiOn of the charge made by Allen,
that the Mckinley vote in Ohio last
November was increased by fraud,
would have had that effect. AS it
was, Senator Foraker's vigorous prod
ding and demands for proof and specti-
cation of one single fraudulent vote
cast in the State of Ohio at the presi-
Dental election drove Allen into a
corner from which he was glad to
escape by yielding to a motion to go
into executive session. Senator Fora
ker made Senator Allen blush when he
reminded him that he was the first
man to SANDER his native State (Allen
was born in Ohio by such charges.
The giving away Of coupons or GER
tificates for premiums or prizes by the
manufacturers of tobacco and cigar
cites will have to be stopped, as the
practice is prohibited by the Dingley
tariff law Most people will regard
this as a step in the right direction.
The whole prize business is democrat
izing.
Mr.. II. NJ. Dougherty, of the Ohio
Republican State Central Committee,
was in Washington to see the Dingley
tariff bill become a law and to confer
with the Ohio Republicans in Con
gress before adjournment. He says
there will be Il hot campaign III the
State this year, but that he regards
the election of the Republican State
ticket and Senator Hanna's return to
the Senate as assured. He says the
Democrats are merely bluffing when
they profess confidence in winning.
The House made quick work Of
meeting the recommendation of Pres
ident Mckinley for a currency com
mission. The special message was
read just as soon as Speaker Reed
had signed the Dingley tariff bill; the
committee on rules reported special
rule giving one hour for the discus
sion Of Representative stones bill
authorizing the president to appoint
currency commission, which had
been previously introduced, and at
the close of the one hours debate the
bill was passed. The Senate took no
action on the bill. 1t was not expect
ed that il would.
SO general is the interest in the dis
barment proceedings against John
Wedderburn & Co., charged with
fraudulent practices, now being con
Quoted by the Y. S. Patent Office, that
nearly all of the leading legal and
technical journals of the country are
represented at the hearings. The
Patent Office claims to be able to
prove fraud in a number Of cases.
Knowing that every day the tariff
bill was delayed was costing the coun-
try 100000 or more in duties, the
Republicans allowed the opposition
to do most of the talking in the de-
bate which preceded the adoption Of
the conference report. Senator Bur
rows, who was a member of the con
ference committee, made a short
speech defending the restoration of
50 duty on white pine lumber, and
replying to aspersions cast upon him
and incidentally upon the State of
Michigan by Senator Pettigrew. He
said the lumber schedule was one of
the most meritorious OF the bill, which
would restore to the labor of the
country the uncounted millions of
which it had been robbed by four
years of free trade. The conference