Show DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL SENATOR mcdnoald DOALD Mc FOR CLEVELAND senator bill 0 o devent the of trusts correspondence of the representative mills left here today jeor west virginia to make tariff reform speeches from thero he goes to new jersey and then to the northwest he says he proposes to talk tariff reform to the people in their diomes from now until election day he feels absolutely certain that cleveland and elected senator morgan in his exposition of the reason why the republican senators opp oso the fisheries treaty bore down on the new england brethren in a manner that was anything but pleasant for the representatives of section ex senator mcdonald of indiana is in this city in answer to a question he said things alook very favorable for the democrats J have never had any doubt about In dianas going democratic conditions are very favorable to us I 1 think ara shall carry the state by a good majority the canvass is going on but this is the heated term and things are a little quiet mr harrison has not been able to arouse much enthusiasm very little has been accomplished by these excursions receptions etc they have been a sort of a failure representative matson the democratic candidate for governor of indiana says ha will stump the state in company with representative hovey liis He publican competitor and that they will haye joint discussions campbell has introduced a bill in the house providing an annual pension of for mrs sheridan 5 it seems a little queer to see a democrat in command of the army but its all right democrats are always competent to fill the highest 0 cices and it is only a question of time when they will fill them all by the way a movement has been already started to have congress promote general schofield io lieutenant general at a caucus of democratic senators held wednesday it was decided that no obstructive tec jacb lo 10 used to prevent the rejecting the fisheries treaty the senate committee on epidemic diseases reported adversely mr calls bill to pay for property destroyed st in stamping out yellow fever all the money necessary will however be furnished from an appropriation made by the last congress for the suppression of epidemic diseases and if necessary another appropriation will be made the delay in mr Clev elands letter of acceptance is havinga terrible ef on the republicans another week without it and some of thorn will bo put into straight jackets the banate chinese bill will probably be called the house to imor rov there is no opposition to it senator keagan has introduced a bill to prevent the formation of trusts it define a trust to be the combination of capital or skill by two or more for the following purposes arst to create or carry out resti ic eions on trade second to limit reduce or the production on prices of merchandise or commodities ichird to prevent competition in the manufacture making sales or purchase of merchandise or commodities fourth to create a monopoly john sherman thinks that congress has no constitutional power to pass such a law if is right the sooner the constitution is amended the better but I 1 dont believe hes right if congress has power to make the inter ustate commerce law it has power to prohibit trusts representative thomas of illinois has prepared an original design for a war vessel tho Ee publican senators had nearly an all night caucus wednesday on the tariff bill itis it is understood that there are still wide differences of opinion among them particularly on the subjects of sugar and lumber of all the farces ever enacted in this city the so called national convention of tha american party was one of the broadest only three or four states were represented by bona fide delegates the rest were self ap pointed this gathering actually herd the cheek to nominate a ticket and formulate a platform of principles they nominate james L curtis of new york for president and jas N greer of tennessee for itce dent aug |