| Show FROM washington A budget of congressional items THE impression MADE BY CLEV ELANDS LETTER the retaliation bill ann up by the senate committee editor ot the senator george created consternation among the republicans of tho senate when he offered an amendment 10 the very wild bill against trusts which the republicans of the finance committee had agreed upon to the senate making it the duty of the president when satisfied that the price of any article of merchandise is raised in consequence of agreements or combinations to issue his proclamation suspending temporarily the of duties on each article this was lurther than the republican trust loving senators wanted to go and senator hoar unbent himself to hawl against placing anch a v ast amount of power in the hands of the president tha people of this country had much rather give the power to the president than to have it wielded by the thieving trusts as aliey are doing now harrison was very unfortunate in having his letter of acceptance come so close to mr Clev elands it invited comparison between the two documents and the comparion was anything else than favorable to harrisod Harri sou As one witty congressman expressed it it was like comparing a tallow dip to an electric light harrison swallows the whole chicago platform is evident that alie free whisky paragraph went against the grain for he apologizes for saying that there is no like hood of its adoption for a long time to come he acknowledges that a revision of the tariff is needed and et he and the republican party are opposing the mills bill which only makes a fair revision of the war tariff in regard to trusts harrison agrees with the chicago platform and cot biarne at least he sas he does but what a republican says about trusts must always be taken with a grain of allowance harrisons letter is on the whole regarded nere as very weak and is not calculated to gain any votes for his party mr Clev elands ringing letter af acceptance cep tance has made a tremendous impression here many democrats consider it the strongest and best letter of acce tance ever written it shows mr cleveland to be firm in his intention of having taxation reduced in this country to the extent necessary to economically i administer the government the house has reduced alie appropriation for reclaiming the arid regions from to the senate committee on foreign relations have up the retaliation bill for the present the republicans are getting a good deal of consolation out of the fact that they after great efforts in holding their own in vermont and maine they will discover in novem ber how every foolish they were to think of defeating cleveland on tariff reform blackguardism seem to be on the increase among the republicans in the senate the latest oH enders are blair hoar spooner and mitchell senator quay came over from new york this week to try to persuade the republican senators to take his advice and not attempt to pass a tariff bill at this session he has made some converts but whether enough is somewhat doubtful the impression among those who ought to know ia that an attempt will be made to pass the bill if they can ever succeed in getting it reported to the senate alie time set for its report las now gone by now they say it will be next week A naval officer is for the statement that the new double turreted monitor puritan which is being built at chester pennsylvania will when completed be able to disable ind sink in fifteen minutes the strongest iron clad if this be so about a dozen puritans would be good things for uncle sam to have around senator beck is seriously ill with an affection of the heart he has by his physicians orders been compelled to give up hid congressional duties for the enta session his loss will be severely felt if there Is a tariff debate in the senate as he was expected to lead the democrats in their attack upon the republican tariff bill it is hoped that perfect rest will restore his health the democrats of alie house will shortly leold a caucus to determine what action aliey shall take on the adjournment question republican officeholders office holders in the departments part ments here have received circulars asking them to contribute to the republican campaign fund hows that for cheek speaker carlisle expects to go to kentucky tomorrow to morrow while there lie will probably make a few speeches to help the good cause along several bills have been introduced which are aimed at the cotton bagging trusts and it would seem to be almost certain that some of bliem must pass all they want ia an opportunity as everybody seems to be opposed to this trust the senate lias not yet disposed of the Cliine sa exclusion bill if one tenth of the bills introduced against trusts could become laws we would never hear of another trust an immense ratification meeting presided over by speaker carlisle was held here wednesday evening it was attended by many congressmen and officials fici als and the enthusiasm was something governor hills nomination by the new york democrats gives much satisfaction to alie democrats in congress they remember that it was cleveland and hill who carried new york by majority washington sept |
