The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-30
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W ashIDgt0n Letter.

Washington, July %. 1S97.-The
senators who opposed the tariff bill be-
gan their kicking several weeks too late.
Had they not allowed themselves to be
tricked in the senate they might have
had everything that they kicked too late
for, and might even have succeeded In
defeating the bill. When cotton ties,
cotton bagging and burlaps were put on
the free list. and the duty on white pine
lumber was reduced to 81, the trust
bound senators did it merely to keep
the opposition quiet aud with no inten-
ton of allowing them to remain. Had
the kicking deem done at that stage of
the game it would have been easy to
have secured pledges that would have
insured those items being let alone In
conference. To kick on the conference
report could accomplish nothing, unless
backed by votes enough to reject the re-
port, because the report had to be &C
cepted or rejected as a whole. The new
tariff will do more for the Democrats
thaniany idle kicking on the floor of
the senate could do.
The fight against the confirmation of
]. V. Powderly to be commissioner gen
eral of immigration has become so warm
that Mr. Mckinley has requested Repub-
llcan senators not to have a vote taken
upon the nomination until the regular
session of congress. The labor leaders
who are fighting confirmation say they
have pledges from a sufficient number
of senator's to make the rejection GER
tain, if the vote were taken now, and
Mr. Mckinley regards rejection as so
probable tnat he has promised to give
the place TO another man He wan s
Powderly to mold it during the recess of
congress, In payment of campaign OBJ
legations.
Senator Tillman Was very mad man
wnen Gar Reed made the house COM
mittee on rules refuse his request for
special order for the house to vote upon
his dispensary bill, already p 'ssed by the
| senate, at this session. Representative
Elliot, of S. c., opposed the granting of
| Senator Tillman'S request.
According to an expert business man,
The following is the tax that will be paid
to The sugar, tobacco, and leather trusts,
on account of the new Republican tar
| if: An average of 30 cents more for
each pair of shoes: from % cents to 81
more for every leather satchel or trunk :;
| from 10 to % per cent advance IN price
| belts, straps, harness and other leather
| goods. to l cent a pound more for
sugar, and general advance in prices
and decoration in quality of all candies
and preserves; an advance of so cents a
box on imported cigars and general
lowering of quality in all grades of ci-
gars and cigarettes.
Some of Speaker Reeds admirers are
very sore because they accepted that lit
tie fairy story about the house confer
ees standing out for a sugar schedule
that would operate against the trust, and
played sugar stock to fall. Its tremend-
Gus use, which is now history, caught
them for large amounts.
Although Senator Wolcott, Mr. Ste
| venson and Gen. Paine NAV not know il
they are, unless all indications are al
fault being used as tools by the single
standard gold men. While they sup
pose themselves in Eupope for the pur.
pose Of making friends for international
bimetallism it looks as though they were
there merely to'help the single standard
gold men retain their grip on the Uni.
ted States. 1t will be remembered that
these gentlemen We're ins ,ructed before
their departure for Europe that all their
negotiations must be conducted through
or in conjunction with the u S Ambas-
sadors Therein lies the whole plot
The U. :. Ambassadors to Great Britain, l.,
France and Germany are each as strong
advocates of the single gold standard as
Secretary Gage is. They had privately
made known the situation IN the u. s
to the governments to which they are
accredited before the arrival of the sill.
yer commissiOn-that unless the single
gold standard countries came to the res
cue the silver men would elect a majOri-
ty of the next house, the senate already
having silver majority, and be in a po-
sltlon to pass free coinage bill. Moth
ing more substantial was asked than that
those governments should agree to the
holding of an international conf renee
next year. and now the announcement
has been made that one will be held
next fall. The date will be specially ar
ranged so that the congressional elec-
uons will take place before it is known
that the conference is failure as il is
certain to be. The conference is relied
upon to keep those Republicans who be-
lleve In the possibility of international
b'metallsm In the party traces. 1t is
quite nice scheme, but its success de
pends upon the willingness of many
voters to allow themselves TO be hood
wlnked into the belief that the interna-
uonal monetary conference will dc
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