Fair play., 1897-10-02
Washington Letter.
trrom our Regular Corrcs,,ondeni.l

tFrom our Regular (0rres!,on,irni.l
Washington. u. e., Sep, "a, 1897.
Mr.. Mckinley aud his Au"rne.
General are in New England juat in
time to receive the thahks OF the
numerous persnms in that section whO
will be largely hencfiicd financially by
the construction the Attorney Gen
era'. under direct orders from Mr.
Mckinley. has p.srcd upon section %
Ut the Eew tariff law. II has long
been a saying around Washington
TIA, "New England never gets lief.
in tariff legislation" For time i,
locked rs though that sa, ing would
prove false. because il seemed certain
that the discriminating duties pre-
scribcd by section p would be levied
uprn imrorta,ions from other coun,
tiles TIM, come into the United States
through any portion Of Canada. II
was stated that Attorney General
McKcnns favored that construction,
which Senator Elkins declares wa-
what those who framed the section
intended, but New England influences
were brought to bear upon Mr.
McKin'cy aud he promptly responded
he will need New England snp2or!
in the next republican convention.
The resui, is the opinion OF the At
trrn'y Geueral. which will be hc-
cnpted as law BY the Treasury off
cia!s who administer the tariff, de.
claring that the section does not i'm
pose discriminating duty Of impor-
iariuns from other countries shipped
through Canada nor upon imports-
,ion. ;icm countries other than
British possessions shipred in British
vessels. Senator T. kins announces
his intention to make a fight in Con
yrcsS tor legislation that will compel
the collection of discriminating duties
npon iEe class Of importa.i"ns cx
ern;acd by the Attorney Generals
opinion. but with the administration
against him he is not likely to make
mlch headway. It's probable that
he j. ouiy making bluff, anyway.
|, WAS M absolute waste of breath
for Secretary Sherman to deny the
trU'. Of the story csbicd from Europe,
he2
,itimaium to Spain saving that the
war IN Cuba must I've ended before the
last of October, or this government
wom.n take steps TO secure the inhe
peuiencc of Cuba. 1t WAS very well
known TO every person who had
watched the antics sf this adnihistra-
ii"n upon Cuban matters that no such
prompt and business like policy had
been pat into effect, although the
ad miui.trs,ion may huve some such
story sprung upon the public q day
r.. cue rh1O election and
ALLOW it to 60 nndenied nutil after the
votes are counted.
Speaking of the Ohio campaign, il
looks now as though Boss Hanna
Eai succeeded with his little scheme
10 put a muzzlc on John Sherman
Eniii after the election in that Stale.
All along Mr.. Sherman has stated it
TO be his intention to make some
speeches in Ohio, aud he reiterated
that intention, even after Mr. MrKin-
lev had h;n,ed 10 him that he had
doubts Of the prorricty of the Secre-
ta'y of State making stump speeches,
lut the o'a man had been silenced
Some wav, aud this week lie said
tiIs, he had about decided that the
STATE cf his health would not permit
him 10 take any part in the Ohio CAM
paign. Some day the whole story Of
tue manner in which john Sherman |
las been treated by Boss Hanna and |
Mr.. Mckinley will get out. and you |
NAV be sure it Will make Interesting
reading.
Eleven more or less eminent ad-
voc.ies Of the single gold standard |
anl enein,e- of bisnetaliism, inierna-
ti"nal or independent, met in Wash
iug.on this week, aud with all the
egDi;-m of the taiinrs OF ToOley |
who, il Will be remembered,
sisirh Themselves Eve, the people,"
,.mI organized themselves into
,npnetnr, conference, under au:hOri |
" of resolution adopted by the
. all hanknrs convention that met at
| Iiiianapolis last January This job
is also being hnssed by Hanna, but
49, ~ ~ H,"'ac M- X Il. llama
Ut l"dianappi-, win, nagyei Mr.
,hrk 'niey into sending that sperin,
message to Congress, lust before nd-
,urntuant. asking for authority to
appoint monetary commission, is
The hn-s "f ii,i- "utti'. Congress
Ignorci la! recommendation, hut a
iiliir i!.'"4 like ihrt !i.i,'t worry this
point innnafnrt c,r.'ui--i"n of hi.
pwu, srd ~" - pr' tisilv too i-,, enough
to '"'ir'. t.r Congress Will pa,
-"ti.,j- "r'rtsio" - tj,- rec 'r",u.nda
j"n- !. ~;. nnk", wiirh are Ger
nin 80 b. 3.ii'. er.ll~r1r - silver.