The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-07
Washington Letter.

Democratic members of the senate
finance committee very properly de
clIued 20 agree to the proposition to al
low the amended tariff bill to be report
ed TO the senate as soon as the Republi-
cans have finished work upon it, which
| they say will be the first of next week
| The Democratic members of the COM
mittee do not expect to be able to get
| the bill changed in committee, nor DO
| they desire to unnecessarily delay either
| its report to the senate or Its reaching
| final vote. but they insist upon taking
| time enough to go over the bill, Whlch
has been so extensively changed that 1t
| is practically a new one, IN order 10 ac-
| quaint themselves sufficiently with 1t to
| inform their colleagues in the senate,
| and the country, why they oppose 1t, be
| fore it is reported to the senate 10
| show that the demand is not made for
| DELAY, the Democrats of the committee
| have employed two outside tariff ex-
perts to assist them in going over the
| bill
The belief that Mr.. Cleveland wants to
| be the Democratic candidate In l9OO is
prevalent among Democrats In con-
gress. and that his New York speech was
| his first move in that direction. Speak
ing on the subject Representative Rich
ardson of Tenn said: GAS soon as he
was out of office before, plan of cam
paign was organized in his behalf. Al
though his nomination seemed to be the
result of popular wave In his favor the
fact is that a sentiment for him was
adroitly stimulated by articles in the
country press and by literature sent out
by mail, both emanating from a head
| quarters in New York. His friends had
plenty of money and the same organl-
Zation is at his disposal to-day" Re-
preventative Bland, of Mo, said: ''Ies,
Cleveland hopes to be nominated. and
he will be, but not by the Democratic
party which will remain true to the
principles declared at Chicago last year.
He will be the candidate of the handful
of people at ths Reform Club dinner. l
shall be very glad to see the issue direct
| ly made, for | do not believe Mr.. Cleve-
land will find corporaPs guard to fol-
| low him. There is one good thing about
| the dinner. 1t shows that there is TO be
no concession and no compromise, and
| that the Cleveland party will not
coalesce with the 6,5OO,0O who follow
the regular standard bearer" Represen-
|
| should not wonder If Clevelanc hopes to
gather to himself the Republicans, es-
| pecially in the West, who are not favor
able to a high tariff. He will get sup
port from wherever he can and from
whatever party that is willing to help
him i'll his ambitions. The Democracy,
| however, will go ahead and make its
| fight without him." Representative
| Carmack, of Tenn, said: 81 have
| heard the gentlemen who participated
In the Reform Club dinner called the
Waldorf Democracy, because they met
at the hotel of that name, but call
them the walled off Democracy, because
| they are by themselves, representing no.
body, and unable to influence vote. |
have no doubt that Mr.. Cleveland or his
| friends are scheming to have him NOM
mated in 1900, but they will certainly
not be successful if they hope to have
him at the head of the regular DemOc-
racy. He will never be in the ranks of
our party again.
Teddy" Roosevelt was acting secre-
tory of the navy for a whole week but
about the only indication the public had
of it was ct. Roosevelt, acting secreta-
| ~ printed at the bottom of an adver-
tisement for sealed proposals for the pur-
chase of the waste paper of the navy de-
| partment for the fiscal year beginning
July 1st, next. The suggestion has
been made that Teddy is a victim of
the tired feeling incidental to the com
ing of warm weather and that he will
have to brace up on tonics before start
ing to get frisky.
| Mr.. LOrin A. ThurstOn, who was ear
" in the Cleveland administration given
a hint by the late Secretary Gresham
that his resignation as Hawaiian minis
Ter to the United States would be agree
able and who was wise enough to accept
the hint and go home, has been in
Washington for several weeks. He is
now special annexation commissioner
of the Hawaiian government. He
! thought the annexation business was all
fixed, but the fight that is being made
to have clause inserted in the new tar
iff bill abrigating the treaty with Ha.
waii, under which sugar comes into the
U. S. free of duty, has frightened him.
Next to annexation his government val
ues that treaty, which practically
amounts to commercial annexation
Mr.. Thu ston has filed long argument
| against aDTeSallOu Vi the treaty Win lllt
senate committee on finance, in which
he endeavors to prove that the treaty is
of great financial advantage to the Uni
ted States.
1t is believed that the action of Pen
sion Commissioner Evans, in calling fol
the resignation of every Democratic
chief of division in the pension bureau
to take effect May /, indicates what will
be done in all the other Department.
with the chiefs and other high-salarieC
positions. NJ