The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-06-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. MAY 81.


President Mckinley attended the
Memorial day ceremonies at Arlington
cemetery, where addresses weir de-
livered by Representative DollAeer,of
Iowa. and Hon. Webster Davis, ssist-
ant Secretary of the Interior. sr. L.
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 de-
ivered by DR.. j. s. Rauh. All Con
gressional cemetery orations wtfe de
livered by Senator Cannon, of Utah,
Hon j. a. Frear, of Wisconsin,, and
President Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress was read by Capt. w e Pret-
singer, of the Department of Texas
G. a. Il. At Oak Hill cemetery the
Grafton was by Representative W. Il.
King, and at Harmony cemetery the
Grafton was by Rev. Geo. w. Lee.
The Senate has made good progress
i'll considering the tariff bill by para
graphs, and rules adopted by the Re
publicars to have the steering com
mittee agree each night upon the ma
ture Of the paragraphs that are 10 be
voted upon the next day is working
like a charm. The Committee has
been sustained in every vote taken by
the solid Republican vote and inXyergas
instance has also been supported by
some Populist or Democratic votes.
The tendency of the steering com
mittee has been to raise the duties
above what they were in the amended
bill reported to the Senate, and it
now looks as though the bill would
not differ very widely from the Ding
ley bill as passed by the House when
it becomes a 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 a
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
Guiding the sugar schedule, il reply
to SenatorTillman's sensational insin-
uation, made the most positive denial
that the subcommittee was influence
ed by the sugar trust or its agents, and
stated that only one man outside the
three members OF the subcommittee
himself and Senators Allison, and
Platt Of Conn knew what the con
tents of The sugar schedule were be
fore the bill was reported to the Sen
ate That man was Senator Jones, of
Nevada, who is & member Of the FL
nance Committee, having been put
originally on the committee as a menu
Der of that party. Senator Aldril&
also stated that the subcommittee
would welcome the most searching in
vestigation of the manner in which
the sugar schedule was prepared. The
Senate will decide, probably this week
whether the Tillman resolution, di-
rectinG an investigation by a special
committee Of five Senators, shall be
adopted. 1t is probable that it will
be, although nothing was accomplish
ed by the other sugar investigation
by the Senate three years ago, and
the head of the sugar trust walked
out Of court last week on verdict of
mot guilty. when he was tried for
contempt i'll refusing to answer ques-
tons asked by members Of the Sen
ate 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 q bad case of
Reed on the brain. He violated one
of the rules OF the Senate by specifi-
cally referring to the other branch of
Congress and it's failure to act as Mr..
Morgan thinks it ought to act upon
legislation that has been acted upon
by the Senate.
It's denied at the State Department
chat the Sultan of Turkey has refused
to receive Hon. James 3. Angel, for
merly President Of the University of
Michigan, as L. $. Minister. The
stories to that effect probably origi-
mated with those who are interested
in having that very thing occur and
who have been trying to fill the Tur-
kish Minister'S mind with distrust of
Mr.. Angel, in order 20 bring it about
It's stated thatDr. Angel has engaged
passage on a steamer which sails from
New York June 18th and expects to
start for COnstantinOple on that day.
Representative Lewis, James Ham
ilton Lewis he writes it, Of the State
of Washington, the man who had the