The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-07-23
Washington Letter.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE expected has
happened. The Republicans of the Tariff Con.
ference Committee have agreed to cut out the
Senate sugar schedule and insert the House
schedule with several changes of course, in the
interest of the sugar trust. The result is just
as stated it would be. 1t is heraldcd rs II dc
feat Of the sugar trust, and the agents of tho
trust are doing their best to look disappointed
while they are entirely satisfied, as the amend
ed Dingley schedule gives them little more
than they expected to get, although, of course
not everything they wanted; they want the
earth and the Tulluess thereof. Now that the
farcical fight in conference has been concluded
there is very little doubt that the conference
report will be accepted and the bill sent to Mr
Mckinley during the present week. There
may be u little delay in reaching vote on the
report in the Senate. Us number of Senators
wish to express their opinion of several buncC
schemes which were worked in the conference
NOTABLY the restoration of the 81 duty on white
pine lumber, which will put tax of something
like $40, 900, 900 Oh the people for the benefit
OF the white pine combine, and the replacing OF
cotton ties and bagging on the dutiablc list
Mr.. Terrence V. Puwderly, the labor lead.
or, has received his reward for making McKin
ley campaign speeches last year, by having his
nomination to be Commissioner General oil
Immigration sent to the Senate. Terrence was
on the anxious bench for quite u while, and in
fact be bad very close call, owing to the OPP
position OF the labor organizations to his APP
pointmeRt.
Why doesn't John Sherman resign :" asked
one Ohio man OF another, after he had been
listening to some of the current talk about the
manner i'll which the old gentleman is sighted
and Inundated by Mr.. Mckinley. That qucS.
ton has become one OF the conundrums of the
day and it has been discussed more frequently
since the publication of the instructions given
to Ambassador Hay, concerning the Seal Fish.
cries negotiation. Although those instructions
were signed sherman" there are few who be
lievc that Secretary sherman wrote them, and
some who openly express doubt as to whether
he ever even saw them previous to their pub.
lica.ion. There is nothing Objectionable from
an American point of view in the facts upon
language is not that which one who has been
so long connected with things diplomatic ;s
Mr.. sherman has been, by reason of his service
on the Senate Foreign Committee, would be
apt to use. One gentleman whose long and
him thoroughly familiar with his style of OK.
pressing himself said: II will stake my exist
encc that Sherman neither wrote nor was giver
an opportunity TO edit those Instructions; alsC
that he knew nothing of the intention to have
them published" In view of this sort of talk
is it any wonder that men are asking why Sher.
man doesn't resign! Assistant Secretay Day
has had charge of all Cuban and Spanish mat.
I
he is the man credited with having written the
| Hay Instructions; also the man slated to he
Secretary Of State after the Ohio election, when
1T is believed to he the intention to use pressure
TO force sherman out of the Cabinet. Mr.
Sherman isn't the sort of man to have made
warm friends, but he has well .wishers who
would like TO sec him upset the Mckinley.
Hanna Day arrangement by rcsipnng now
and telling why. But official title is dnar IL
Mr.. herman.
What has the Carnegie ArmOr Plate Trust
done to the Senate? While Democrats are
glad to see even one trust hit, they are at all
loss TO know what it was that caused the SEN
| ate to limit the cost of armor plate to $500 ii
| ton and Senators to inform members of the
House that it was useless to add II cent to that
limit, because the Senate had fully determined
that no more should he paid. Republicans
friendly TO the Carnegie trust made hard
fight for an increase in the House, but failed.
and the trust win have to make armor for that
price, or wait until Congress authorizes the
paymen: of more. Mr.. Carnegie should apply
to the sugar trust for pointers on how To man
age Congress. Jerry Simpson says that Carnc-
gie is being punished because of his lack of
liberGIity in contributing to Hanna's corrup-
ton fund in the last campaign.