Show AT washington affairs at the nation capital THE those foreign protests iba treaty the cu lisi question anne 26 1897 special correspondence the protest of the people against democratic delay of the tariff bill baa been so laud and clear that even the members of that party could not resist it toe progress upon he bill this week haa been rapid so rapid that there is reason to that it will pass the senate by the end of the month A SHOUT not only ia the progress made by the bill extremely satisfactory BO far as relates to tho senate but the prospects are that the time occupied in conference will ha unusually brief ordinarily a tariff bill ia in conference conle rence several weeks months but there is reason to believe that the time mccu 0 ed by ohp conference will be ns brief comparatively as has been the time occupied with the other features of ahe bill tee fact that the senate has restored the house rates in a large number ol 01 cabes and has nearly reached the house figures on the most important of ahe changes made by the finance committee very much the time that the bill ia likely to occupy in reaching a complete agreement and charu is detill reason to hope that the dill may become a law by july ath FOREIGN rOTI ITa the closing days A the consideration are punctuated with one or two further mild protests from foreign countries with reference to the bill there have been possibly a half duzan forms bome of them coming formally through the for eign representatives here and filed at the state department and others merely in the way of scolds in legislative bodies or newspapers of forr ei agn countries these do not create the slightest flurry among the statesmen who are engaged in framing the tariff measure Near lyall of the countries who have made protests of this bort have themselves protective tariffs many of them very high and against none of these have the united states any complaint or protest while phe hes protested vigorously against discrimination made with reference to products of abe united states alone and not applied also to similar products of other nations they have made no complaint of abe general tariff systems or the high protective rates which other countries levy upon articles which ve may happen to offer for aale and it is not likely that these protests from other countries will have any weight with the framers of the bill RATES BEING it is probable that the tariff bill when it reaches the president will contain the house rates on nearly all the important features while it could cc arcely be expected that the senate would reject tha amendment which its own committee had proposed and eo absolutely back to the house schedule there is a strong disposition among senators to allow the conference committee to restore absolutely the houe schedules on first and second wools sugar pottery farm products and many other articles in which the amendments made by the senate committee have proven unpopular the bill is framed by the house committee and passed by that body was especially acceptable to the agricultural ri interests and especially acceptable cep table to republicans generally in the lacfi abut it precluded the possibility of suspicion or successful charge thai it was framed in the interests of or to abe advantage of trusts of any kind whether the senate amendments are more favorable to the trusts or not tha mere fact that many persons believe them to be BO ia likely to isad the conference committee to restore absolutely the house re tea and there Is every reabon to believe that the senate will promptly attempt them THE HAWAIIAN TEEA IY the hawaiian annexation treaty continues to be the subject of anch attention and discussion and abe more it is ibe more it becomes and the greater the prospect of of ratification while it is scarcely expected that it will be baken raken up for final action at this cession there ie every reason to believe that it will be confirmed at no distant day and that the american flag which was palled down in hawaii dy an ex confederate ftfe the direction of grover cleveland will ba hoisted permanently under the direction of that union soldier william mckiniry thas QUESTION tha fact that Pie aident so promptly nd earned out this important feature of the foreign policy outlined by the st lauia platform has given additional confidence in his and prospective success in shaping a satisfactory po i y with reference to cuba the demand for instant action on this subject which was eo strenuous a month ago koeng to have entirely and here is a to permit the president to formulate and carry out bis policy which it is believed will be a just one and satisfactory to ha of cuba |