Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Last Week of Tariff Bill De-
bate.

Tho Vacant Oregon scnatorstip- Ohio
Editors Forecast Patent Attorneys
In Trouble g. sprccIscls Hope TO Pre-
vent the Annexation of Iawaii-seua-
tor Jones as TariG Acrobat.
That this will be the last week of
the tariff debate in the Senate is tho
general opinion of Senators Some
think that the bill will be passed as
early as Wednesday and some that
the final vote will be taken Satur-
day. At any rate, unless there is
unexpected delay, the bill will be
passed in time to add to the iollidca-
ton of the Fourth of July celebra-
ton all over the country. This
early disposal of the bill will be far
from satisfactory to some of the
Democratic Senators, but fear of the
wrath of their constituents has pre-
vented them from resordng to any
like filibustering tactics to delay it
further.
1t is impossible, at this time to
say how long the tariff bill will re.
main in conference, but Chairman
Dingley, who is thoroughly posted
on the sentiment of both Senators
and Representatives, and who will
be Mt the head of the House CON
ferees, expresses the opinion that an
agreement will be speedily reached
ON the bill.
Ex-senator Corbetts claim to the
vacant Oregon seat in the Senate will
not be acted upon until the regular
session, but the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections has had printed
for the convenience of Senators, the
elaborate report prepared by Sena-
tor Hoar in favor of seating Mr.. Cor
bett ON the certificate of the Cover
nor of Oregon. Mr.. Corbett is much
disappointed, as he expected the case
to be settled at the present session,
and hoped to get the seat.
Mr., l. f. Mack, the we'll l-known
Ohio editor, who is now visiting
Washington, has been talking in
terestingly of a subject on which he
Is thoroughly posted-Ohio politics.
He said "The talk about the Re-
publican party being torn with in
. / fart,GaiVaxa sskr.ffa 10
We are thoroughly united and har-
monious and will win in Ohio this
year by a heavy majority. There is
no sort of doubt about it, and way
down in their hearts / do not believe
the Democrats think they have any
show of success. There is no Demo
cratic party in our state, anyway, for
those who used to be Democrats
have gone over to the Populists. "
Commissioner Butterworth hasn I
lost any time in beginning the need
ed work of raising the standard of
practice before the United States
Patent office. Eight attorneys have
recently been disbarred from prac
tice before that Office for not CON
Quoting their business under honor
able methods, and the Washington
firm of John Wedderburn 81 Co.,
has been ordered to show cause why
it should not be disbarred for hav-
ing made fraudulent, deceptive
and improper searches, with intent
to defraud and the result of defraud
ing clients, to their injury and
wrong doing, to the scandal and re-
proach of the Patent Office, and con-
trary to equity and good morals, -
and for other causes.
Certain gentlemen, notably Mr..
Claus Spreckels, the California sugar
king, have been expressing more
confidence in the rejection of the
treaty for the annexation of Hawaii.
20 which they are violently opposed,
than there is any thing in sight to
Justify. But there is a reason for
their confidence, as will be fully ap-
parent before Congress meets next
winter. It lies in the manipulation
of big corruption fund to create a
public sentiment against the treaty
with the hope that enough Senators
can be influenced TO prevent the
necessary two-t thirds vote being OBJ
tanned for ratification of the treaty
And all of this corruption fund will
not come from American sugar men
A considerable portion of it will
come from the secret fund of Euro
pean governments. There are al
i least two European nations which
, are more interested in the failure OF
the treaty than Japan is. But being
) smarter than the Japs, they have
not protested and will not protest
} against the treaty, but will try tC
, accomplish its defeat by the ust
of money, just as they have before
tried, and sometimes succeeded IN
influencing the course of the United
States 1t is really a great pity
that this scheme could not be head
, ed of by the ratification of the treaty
by the Senate at this session, but il
/ is known that the opponents of th'
? treaty would not alloWa vote to bl
! taken 90 the treaty at this session
= even if it We're possible to keep a
. quorum of the Senate in Washing
ton for any considerable time afte
the tariff bill has been passed.
The difference between being
tariff expert and posing as one wa
made painfully apparent when Sen
ator Jones, Of Ark, tied himself al
Q in a Jungle of figures supplied to hin
I by the opponents of a duty on tn
, cheap silks of China and Japan. Be
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