The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-24

ing he was given a reception by the Old Dominion club and delivered an address before the law school of Columbian university, and tomorrow evening he will be the guest of honor at the big democratic Jefferson celebration.
 Among the many prominent business men who are in Washington for the pur- pose of pointing out to the Senate Com- mittee on Finance the bad features of the tariff bill, is Marshall Field, the widely-known Chicago merchant. Mir. Field was asked if he cared to make statement for publication eoneerning the tariff bill, and he replied: s.Nos ex- cept the one general remark that. it is the worst tariff bill I ever saw, not only. as regards the rates of duty imposed, but in the complicated a. 5Sz t1i suoug method Of imposing them There is scarcely q line n the oil thas will not have to be interpreted tlY the snpreme court "
 Speaking of whether the democrats in the senate ought to resort to fllibuster ing to delay or defeat the tariff bill, ex- Representative Clunie, of California, said: 'I am in favor of allowing the republicans absolute sway and full scope in the making of tariff The freer they are left to work their will the quicker will the country repudiate their acts, for I hold that prosperity can never come from taxation, but only from re- adjustment of cur financial system that will put silver back to its old footing of equality with gold" This is substan- tially the position taken. by Senator Jones, chairman of the democratic na- tional committee, in letter made pub lie few daysago, and which is endorsed by most of the democrats in both branches of congress.
 The republicans are doing considera- ble worrying about the civil service rules and how they are going to get around them-at least, those who are after of flee are. About the only man who has already got his office who has shown any special interest in this matter is Public Printer Palmer, who has been praCtic- ally discharging democrats from the government printing office Dy asking for their resignatIons every day since he took charge. Ex-Congressman Bowden, of Virginia, who is willing to become a federal office-hoder. voiced the opinion of the office-seekers when he said: "I have met during my present visit to Washington, with republicans from ev- cry part of the Union, and almost 10 man they are opposed to civil service reform, so-ealed IL is fact that there is revolt against the whole system, and ], for one would be glad to see it uo,nouauou ~, Etttfu:o. ..e.... ident Mckinley s going to do what lie thinks is right, but do not believe he is going to ignore the claim of those who stood by him in the campaign. That sort of talk is heard every day, but Mir. Mckinley has given no sign, and 1t doubtful whether he will set aside any of the extensions of the civil service rules made by Mr. Cleveland unless au- thcrized by congress so to do, and the average republican congress nan, while willing to talk against the civil service law to please their office-seeking con- will hesitate about voting against it, and there are number of them who will stand by the law through thick and thin
 Boss Platt's henchmen are much eX- ercised over report that MT Theodore who will qualify as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in few days, having already been nominated and will investigate the Brooklyn navy yard. It was because they feared this very thing that they fought Roose- ILg :-k f<,t Vlo