Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Mar, 20, 1897

Although all the Republicans in the
House promptly lined up to vote down
Representative Dockery's very fair anti
trust amendment to the Mckinley tariff
bill No. that is being railroaded through
the House, providing that whenever it
should be shown to the satisfaction of the
President that there existed trust or
combination to control the price of any
article on the dutiable list, the duty on
such article should be suspended, only one
of them has had the nerve to stand up and
openly defend the trusts. Representative
Walker, of Mass is the man who was not
only willing to vote for the trusts, but to
talk for them. He told the House that the
great trusts reduced the costs of production,
which was true, but when he added that
they also reduced the prices to the con-
sumner he entered the realm of fiction. de
said that trusts were the natural outcome
of higher civilization, and predicted that
all the railroads would eventually be con-
trolled by one. An attempt is being made
by the Democrats to get the time for debate
on the tariff bill extended, but it is hope
less. The edict has gone forth that it shall
be passed by the House on Wednesday and
as the votes are controlled by Gar Reed, it
will be.
In no business conducted by private in
dividuals is the government OF the United
States so directly concerned as in the
soliciting of patents. When an Ignorant
client gets the worst of his dealing with an
INSCRIPTIONS and tricky patent solicitor he
is apt to regard the U. s. Patent Office as
having had q share in the business. Know
ing this, intelligent men in Congress are
always on the alert to head off when possi-
BILE the tricky schemes resorted to by some
men who call themselves solicitors of
patents. One of those schemes is struck at
by the bill authorized by Senator Hans
brough, making it unlawful for any solicit
tor of patents to offer an inventor pre-
MUM or prize as an inducement to him to
pay his fee to enter his invention in So
called competition.
Every member of the new Executive
Committee of the National Association Of
Democratic Clubs, appointed by President
Chauncy F. Black and directed to meet in
Washington April IL, for organization and
discussion of the program to be carried
out by the clubs, was a supporter OF the
Chicago platform and of Bryan and Sewall.
They were chosen for that reason. and the
members of the old Executive Committee
who refused to support the party ticket and
platform last year, were dropped for the
same reason. The Association is a strict
party organization, and will not recognize
boilers in any way. The following is the
entire Executive Committee: Benttn Nc
Millin, Tenn; u. A. Lambert, N. j.. d. G.
Smith, n. c.; G. G. Richards, Utah j. r.
Mclean, Ohio; E. X. Howell, Georgia; Fl.
D. Money, Miss J. C. Dahlmanm, Nebr. !;
s. NJ " hite, CAL !; E. Murphy, Jr., N. Y. !;
l. L. jackson, Md; J. L. Mitchell, Wis !;
C. j Faulkner, w. Va. !; w. J. Stone, Mo !;
G. F. Williams, Mass. ]. S. Hogg, Texas,
and J. c. Sibley, Pa. The following is the
full toast to which Mr.. Bryan will speak at
the Washington celebration of Jefferson's
birthday /: Thomas Jefferson we cele-
brate the anniversary of his birth not in the
spirit of idolatry, but from regard and
reverence for his political principles
Representative Champ" Clark, of Mo-,
the assertion OF Representative Bromwell
that Jefferson stopped the coinage of silver
and supported protection. Mr.. Clark said .
That is an historic lie. 1t is on par
with the statement that Madison was a
Federalist The trouble is the historians
are written by tine New England people.
There will never be any truth in history
until the Yankees quit writing history, and
the Southern people begin"
Representative Dolliver trod on come
sore toes when he said in reply to Re-
publican charge that the Democrats were
trying to delay the tariff bill On the
contrary, we are very anxious to reach some
of the schedules of this bill before the final
vote is taken. We understand that there is
an incipient revolt over there among some
of the Republican members from the
prairie States who want lumber left on the
free list
Representative Griggs, of Georgia, has
offered joint resolution for the amend
ment of the Constitution, SO as to give Con-
gress the power to impose and collect an
income tax.
1t is stated that at the request of ex-
Secretary Carlisle, Claude M. johnson is to
keep his place as Chief of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, for time, as a
reward for the work he did among the Gold
Democrats in helping to carry Kentucky
for Mckinley
The Republican politicians are after Sec
rotary Bliss because he promoted brother
of the late Gen. Hancock. who is Demo-
crat, from $l400 to $4,000 position in the
Pension Office