Show washington letti LETTER mat say to ilia U 8 senate the th e babar S u g a r S eh ed u 1 e R d p ab li e a u gaab G a t b e ri n m i in u A any n y 0 old 1 d C office afi c e T the h e T tillman il 1 m a a liquor bill favorably r reported the senate the greatest BAY is in the world if shakespeare were alive and w writing biting about the sugar trust scandal he would probably make tack rack say what cowards the senators be instead of what fools these mortals be the tillman resolution has not been reported to the senate but it is dead killed by the fears of some senators and the absolute cowardice of others an investigation is not wanted by either the sr sugar trust or its legislative servants and there aru are enough elou h senators Se so go wrapped in what th they ev are please i to call conservatism and respect ct for tho honor hondr of the semite S who will ivill join in voting against the resolution when it is reported to the senate to defeat it senator jones of nevada who is chairman of the committee com mutee to which the resolution was referred has hag acted rather queerly he first firs told senator tillman Tilli flan that the co committee in m it would report tho resolution favorably but bat now beis beia be is ia opposed to that action and has haa fallen back on the c anae that f important a matter tot be atti 17 acted upon there is however one consolation in the situation the sugar trust may escape the ex that would follow a thorough investigation but it will also lose 0 much u acius of the money it would have gained ld by tile tha augur edgr schedule it had inser inserted tea in the tariff bill by the republicans of the senate finance commit committie tte as that ule is as dead as a last years yeara bird nest how favorable faro rable a schedule the trust will lie be able abla to secure escure is yet to be teen reen it is fighting hard and the subject is one upon which crooked work can ea ealy eaily ily be done as a sugar schedule is of such a technical al nature that it requires careful study even on the part of experts to understand stand and is greek to ordinary folk republican ex congressmen are taking i about any old thing of an office that comes within their reach these days the latest cat bes in this line were ex congressman andrews of nebraska who has been nominated to be auditor for the treasury Tre abury department and ex COD congressman gessman crown brown of pa who has been nominated to be auditor for the war department senator chilton of texas a member of the interstate commerce committee the chairman of which has been so active in trying to push the foraker railroad pooling bill through till the committee since the supreme court decision adverse to railroad pooling took the side sida of senator butler of N C when he declared that there had bad been indecent haste in pushing pushing the bill chairman cullom of the committee tried to deny the acau gallon by saying that the committee had bad been con considering a polling poling bill long ion before the supreme sup remo court decision Sella senator chilton said he be had been a member of tile the committee for two years but had bad no knowledge of any an attempt to consideration of a pooling bill until after the adverse decision of tile supreme court senator butler gave notice that no railroad pooling bill could be acted upon by the senate until the bill meetings mee meeting the objection of the supreme court to an income tax had bad been acted upon the tillman bill giving states stales the same control over liquors impelled into their borders which i they hey exercise over liquors of do jestic manufacture has been favorably reported to the senate it is ia intended to in part meet the recent decision of a federal court against the south carolina dispensary law representative champ dark clark I 1 of mo ile has been boom booming irig representative bailey ol of texas tor for tile the presidency dency ever since they returned from their triumphant campaign for the election of a democh democh it t to fill the vacancy in the missouri delegation in the house mr baile dailey sas he has no presidential as aspirations asni rations and is in favor of the no I 1 aaion of mr bryan in 1000 but wishes to serve one term as speaker of the house and then to become a member of senate which he declares aies to be the greatest legislative body in the world there there has haa naturally been much talk about the very blunt warning given to boss if hanna anna by senator mantle of mont in a c on the wool schedule che dule of the tariff bill mr mantle raid aid the wool manufacturers rs wanted the crea cream and were not only willing but anxious that only skim milk should be served to the wool growers he told mr hanoa hanna that unless the wool schedule was made satisfactory to the wool growers lie would be retired to private life instead of being returned to the senate bianna is beginning to show that he be has bas fears of its turning out that way regardless of what the tariff bill bili may or may not contain mr mckinley Mc Kinky hai nominated ellis II 11 roberts of N Y to be U S treasurer to please boss platt and his big machine and has nominated conrad N jordan for a second teim to be assistant treasurer at new york to e the gold democrats of wall street I 1 it is a cae of attempting to carry carev water on both shoulders shoulder washington 0 june 7 1897 |