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Show Washington Letter. (I'romour llcgular Corrtipoudtnl; i Senatorial oratory has had full swing this week and will continue to havo for four hours each day the Senate Is iu session as long ns lln present agreement between tho democrats and republicans holds good forprobably n fortnight moro anyway. Tho echoes of Senator Hill' speech nro still heard.nnd will continue to bo heard for sometime. While his speech hns only liccn publicly endorsed by one Senator of his psrty Urico, d( Olilo-s- there nro good reasons for faying they wcio indorsed jirlvnt-ely jirlvnt-ely liy others among them. There is no longer any doubt that Senator Hill Intends to nld In defeating the tariff bill unless lls party associates will consent to modify H Id nn extent Hint would make It-n new measure, nnd thero nre no .iirDfntulndicfltiunsUiat they will do Senator Hill's portion on tlio umu has brought up nn old but never decided question ought n Senator to vote In accordance ac-cordance with tho sentiment of n major ily oflils party or w illt th'ot of tho State he represents? If tho (irStSenator Hill hdscoinmltted n political crlimn ll,e InM, Ills opposition ton majority of his panv Is justified by undisputed facts. Tlio southern democrats nro ns much down t(n Senator Hill ns th-iy nro upon I'Msideiit Cleveland, nnd mnny'of them do not hesltatota charge both -ol them with acting eokly In tho Interest ol the Stale ol New York, ono on tho tariff, tho other on tho llnance, without regard to tho Interests of tholr party orof other sections. Tlnf closing wencsol tho l'ollsrd-flreckcnrldgo l'ollsrd-flreckcnrldgo trial were at times highly dramatic. Kx-CongrcBsman I'hil.Tl.om-eon I'hil.Tl.om-eon of Kentucky, one of IlrecUenridgo'a law'or, in tho course of u speech teeming teem-ing Willi black-guardiBiu, made probably prob-ably tho most Infamous statement ovci imulo by n respectable lflwypr i courl when he said that ho did not blame tb glcl for preferring to bo the mistress ol t man of prominence who could nld hei In maintaining u good nodal posltloi rather than lo the w He of a jioor Ken ucky farmer. Indlcutiona nro not lucking that the Lctlou of the democratic House caucus hU week in diclaringlu forolthe Biicnl of tho tax oiiSlnleb.ink cnneiiey tlno tnoie lu wtUly voniliti.ri.ts than ftlth'nny idea thnt lopcnl can losuih.y bo nccoinpllslied hi the manner pro-scd-asn ilder to anotlier bill. Tllero is liltlo doubt that n qunro proposition for unconditional rcpoal would bo voted down il) the llouso. Tho largest claim made by llioso who Jmve polled the HoiieO Is 120 voIcb1 In favor of unconditional un-conditional repent. Tin caucus which adopted tho repeal resolution was attended at-tended by only 102of the 218 democratic members ol the Hoimh, und nearly all of tham were from the west and south, and one ol the former Kryan, of Ne-lifuskft-told tho caucus that his Statu wasoppasedtotho iesuo of money In any other way than under Federal iuporvision nnd that ho should ou against repeul iin-J tho ipullsts wjll ptobablydotho Bamo. ' '; - . - '- - ' |