Show NEW THE CLEVELAND BOOM Sim TRYING TO straight einuis CROOKED RECORD republican presidential aspirants Black guarding each other correspondence of the anything to delay the bill is the secret motto that seems to have been adopted by the republican publican Ee members of the ways and means committee of the house in their delaying with the now perfected bill to reduce the war tariff under which the industries of the country are staggering the whole committee has held two meetings this week at both of which the republican members plainly showed that they intended to delay the report of the bill to the house as long as possible it is well for the country to know who is responsible for this delay already the republican aspirants for the presidential President iBl nomination are black guarding each other the grant blame fight of 1876 bids fair to bo repeated in their national convention only this time and somebody else senator beck will make a speech in the senate on tuesday next in which fie says that he will prove the charger which senator tried to squirm out of the other day and besides he gives notice to the ofilio presidential aspirant that he will read extracts from speeches of senators acison and ingals denouncing tho of silver in terms compared with which his own language was mild poor old john and this is only the beginning the new chinese treaty is complete and will shortly be signed by secretary bayard for the united states and by the chinese minister for the emperor of china the treaty contains rigid provisions against the importation of chinese laborers into this country only those having property valued at 1000 ora more shall have the privilege of returning to this country should they visit china the republican members of the house divided on the tariff question and unless the lican minority of the ways and means committee shall bring forward a bill reducing the revenue to as great an extent as the mills bill it is extremely likely that many efthem will vote with the democrats for that measure their constituents demand that they shall vote far a reduction of the revenues of the yov emment and they dare not refuse even if they wanted to mr thomas a republican representative senta tive from nii nois has introduced a bill inthe house to which all good can say amen that any person or firm who ahall use the picture of any female living or dead who is or was the wife daughter mother or sister of any citizen of the knifed states as an advertise ment without the written consent of the person choso whoso likeness is to bo eo used shall be guilty of high misdemeanor and liable to a fine not less than nor more than and to be imprisoned until the fine is paid john sherman 13 trying very hard to straighten out his very crooked record as a public man he tried to make it appear that his nashville speech and his springfield illinois speech were consistent but failed most signally on tuesday he tried to answer the charge of senator beck made recently he was guilty of having secretly connived at the of silver again he made a failure no use john you cannot make wat errun up hill nor can a record with as many twists anit as yours has ever be straightened john sherman thinks he is to be nominated for president this year and every democrat fijn in hoping that he may be for no easier man to beat could possibly bo put up by tho republicans a speech in the senate tuesdays which senatorial dignity was trampled under foot to a greater extent than was ever known before truly the presidential bee is a dangerous thing to be buzzing around the average mans head in this rase it caused the gentleman from kansas to lose that valuable portion af his anatomy entirely senator blackburn made a dignified reply to the stump speech of ingalls ln galls in which he completely demolished moli shed the little argument there was in the kansas mans impassioned remarks A rumor from now york started probably by tho republicans baya there is a strong anti cleveland feel ing among democratic member of congress tour correspondent has diligently searched for this feeling find it every demo craf questioned was enthusiastic for the of cleveland and they all expressed a belief that he boulo be acclamation and triumphantly elected ele |