San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-23
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE TARIFF TALK AND THE WEEK
LY DEMOCRATIC ROW.
Senate OOmmittses-Japs Want Hawaii
But Uncle Sam Says Keep Hands Off.
- Judge Days Mission to Cuba.

either for or against any of the pro-
posed amendments to the Dingley tar
| if bill. All he has asked of senators
is that they will act upon the bill as
speedily as possible. He believes that
when the bill is passed and the amend
ments adopted by the senate have
been acted upon by conference COM
mittee that the bill will be as good a
measure as it possibly can he made
under existing circumstances.
The much talked about amendments
to the Dinley tariff bill, which western
senators have asked for, turn out to
| be very different from the predictions
made by those who have been hoping
for a breach in the Republican ranks
| in the Senate wide enough to defeat
the tariff bill. The amendments deal
mostly with the wool schedule, and are
largely devoted to so classifying wool
that some of the frauds known to have
been perpetrated under the classical
ton of the Mckinley tariff will be
avoided. 1t is also claimed by the
western senators that these amend
ments are intended to equalize the
protection given to the wool manufac-
turers and the wool growers.
The regular semi-weekly row be-
tween the followers of Representative
Bailey, of Texas, and those of Repre-
sentative McMillin, of Tennessee, the
rival would-be leaders Of the Demo-
Gratis has become a feature of the
short meetings of the House, which
draws full galleries and which drove
Jerry Simpsons little Populist circus
to the wall. In this rivalry local pa
per, which poses as Bryan's mouth
piece, has sought to convey the i'm
preston in its daily diatribes against
Bailey that McMillin was the personal
representative of Mr.. Bryan. One of
these editorials was denounced on the
floor of the House as IAN infamous
and malicious lie" by Mr.. Bailey, who
added by way of emphasis: Il de-
nounce every man who has helped to
circulate it as an infamous and malic
ious liar" The editorial in question
said in effect that the leadership of
Mr. Bailey was the leadership of Hr.
Reed.
Not wishing to keep. the new SEN
ators out of the privileges belonging
to members of the committee any long
er, the Republican caucus committee
charged with comforting with the DEM
ocratic committee on the subject, re-
ported to the caucus in favor of ac
cepting the last Democratic PROPOSE
ton for filling the committee vacan-
cies This program gives the Republi-
cans all vacancies, including chair
manships, that were made by the re-
tirement of Republicans, and gives one
place on the appropriation committee
that was filled by Democrat to Re
publican, while the committee on post
offices and post roads will get one ad-
ditional Democrat. This arrangement
is not altogether desirable but it is
the best the Republicans can do until
they get a majority in the Senate. II
allows them to retain the chairman
ship of all the most important commit
tees, but on some of these committees
they will be in the minority.
The opinion of a gentleman, who has
recently spent long period in Japan,
on the intention of that country toward
Hawaii is interesting, in view of recent
rumOrs concerning the sending of war
ships to Hawaii by Japan, and of the
statement of the Japanese minister to
the United States that this country
has no improper designs on Hawaii.
This gentleman Is Mr., W, B. Edmin-
ster, now in Washington, and he says:
1T is my opinion, based upon long
intercourse with the Japanese, that 1t
is their ultimate aim to swoop down
on Hawaii, capture the island, and
through force of arms set up a govern
ment of their own. 1t is the common
talk in the streets of Japan's capital.
that Japan is entitled to plant her flag
in Hawaii for the reason that the ia
panese Outnumber any other national
ity on the islands" 1t will be remem-
bered that Congress has explicitly de-
clared that the United States govern
ment would not countenance any in
reference with the government of Ha-
wall by any foreign government, and
many believe that it is that declara-
ton alone which has caused Japan
to keep her hands off Hawaii up to
this time.
Judge Day, of Canton, Ohio, who is
going to Cuba as a special United
States consul to cooperate with Con-
sui General Lee in making an investi-
CATION of the charges concerning the
cause of the death of DR.. Ruiz, is in
Washington for the purpose of con-
ferring with President Mckinley and
making a study of all the documents
in the department of state that are
likely TO assist him in the investiga-
ton. While Judge Days official mis-
sion to Cuba will be confined to the
Ruiz investigation, he will not close
his eyes to what goes on around him,
and it is certain that President Nc
Kinley will get the benefit of every
thing he learns over there.
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