| Show CAPITOL CHIPS A stab at the cotton begging trust representative WHEELERS BILL TO BREAK IT UP ThoRe pubs to report their tariff bill this week ey senator pasco replied to the recent lurid remarks of little billy chandler on the last election in louisiana mr fasco said that alie miscellaneous undigested matter collected by mr chandler and laid before the senate did more credit to that senators industry than his intellect while the senior senator from new hampshire was anxious to provide education for the south the junior senator strove to revive bitterness aud ill will and to cheate fresh antagonism between the two races in the south who wore for the most part living together in peaceful relations representative belmont of new york who as chairman of the house committee on foreign affair 8 has chaice of the canadian tim BUl made a speech on allt measure which djs been highly commended by members of both panics he euid ordinarily I 1 should consider consid fr it a most serious and difficult undertaking to reply to the arguments of my colleagues upon the committee on foreign iff tirs the gentleman from illinois mr hill and the gentleman from haw jersey mr phelps fora I 1 have had long experience of the skill and ingenuity of both of these gentlemen upon such questions and greatly respect their opinions but in this instance after hearing their arguments and remembering eliat in not one single sentence Ken tence lias eitnier of them declared his intention to vote against alie bill and after hearing such remarks as they have made upon it my only difficulty is td believe that oven those who may bf politically opposed to the president of ilie united states should in such a grave crisis as this upon him motions inconsistent with his duty so bravely and well performed to guard and protect the rights of american citi zens and to maintain the dignity and honor of the nation we are not democrats and we are not republicans when confronted with the unfriendly acts of a foreign power the house committee on appropriations lias passed a resolution expressing regret at the enforced absence of mr randall and hoping for his speedy return the republicans of the senate say that their tariff bill will be reported next week benator teller in speaking on the chinese restriction bill made several personal allusions to representative scott whose haste in pushing the bill through the house lie criticized mr ingalls tho presiding officer called him to order for liis personal language but all alie effect it had was to cause him to refer to mr scott as a member of the Demo cartic national committee instead of a member of congress the democrats in congress are still hammering away at trusts and they propose to keep it up until something is done to break up sucha monopolies the department has received a telegram from the united states minister to china stating that he has no positive knowledge of the rejection of the treaty representative oates introduced a resolution in the house wednesday irek h was vigorously applauded by both sides it fixed the instant a the date for adjournment alie members of the house are all anxious to get allt tho v abot 10 lo without the senate and if the republicans of that body are in earnest in saving that they intend to pass their tariff bill before adjourning it is more than likely eliat there will be no adjournment this year As as unofficial though it ws of the rejection of the chinese treaty by that government was received here representative cott prepared a bill restricting chinese immigration very vey ve y stringent and it was promptly passed by the house without n division it has been hung up in the senate to heir from china representative wheeler lias intro bucel a bill putting cotton bagging on the free list A similar bill lias already been introduced in the senate I 1 either 0 these bills become a law it will be good ave to tho cotton bagging trust that contribution of mr cleve lands is steil worrying the republicans senator plumb referred to it in the course of a running debate in the benato alie other day but lio took care to pay that lie did not object to it nobody had asked him whether he dh or not the claims of beveral prominent democrats 1 arc being pushed for the russian i mission made vacant by the 0 mr lothrop of michigan how soon alie appointment will bo made is not known but owing to the number of other important things upon which mr cleveland is now engaged it is not probable that it will be made for some time rumors continue to float around here of alie contemplated removal of alie chicago postmaster postmaster general dickinson refuses to or deny the rumor postmaster general dickinson Dicki naon was an interested listener lo 10 the debate in alie retaliation bill in the house washington september |
