Show washington LETTER law and order proclamation generally endorsed democratic sanator St on dul will make good document washington july 13 1894 republicans in the senate and house to man support mr cleveland in the stand he haa taken against anarchy nil in favor of law and order butto their shamu be it recorded there a number of democrats in congress who stand with the protesting democratic and populist governors against the action of the administration amock his opponents are ot course the mot of the extreme states rights democrat and the lists whoso public utterances have done more to encourage abo spread of an arclie in this country than all othe causa combined the question of the rightfulness rightful or wrongfulness of abo original strikers against the pullman company became a secondary consideration with everybody the moment alie free the united states mails was obstructed and the authority of the united states courts doties alio united states government ha nothing whatever to do with the strikes of employee against individuals or but achas everything to do with tho rights of the people of the several states to communicate with and to do business with each other at wilt and sir cleveland would have neglected his sworn duly had he dono less than he lias done it the rights of the strikers that are at stake but the very life of republican institutions in america fortunately the number of men in congress Con gresa who s re opposed to the position of tte administration is too small to be factor in any congressional action that may become and as long as mr cleveland stands for the preservation of law and order and maintaining dignity and authority of the united states government he can count boon the support of conferees Cone rees and nine tenths of the people regardless regard lesa of their political opinions there is no politics in the present situation it is americanism against anarchy senator call would baa better allowed that little episode of pulling of his shoes in the senate chamber while that body ans in session to die of itself as it would soon have done then lie would have been considered merely as a man with questionable taste but since lie made that so called personal explanation and attack upon the washington correspondent he is considered as a blackguard and a well call it a little unbalanced it is clear that the Deroo craf c members of the senate committee that investigated the sugar trust scandal are in no birry to get report before the sen ate having tailed to get either senators locce davie or alien to agree to a support that would practically dismiss the whole matter the senators propose making a report will bo in keeping with the evidence taken and owing to the extreme nadaire of some of the conclusions drawn ty senator alien lie will aby make a ee parate report devoted largely to showing that the money which the augar trust people admitted to having contributed to democratic state committees commit teea was actually used to help the democratic national committee and was so intended to bo used tho re publican Dub lican vote will only agree with that of the democratic senators in one tiling it will exonerate secretary carlisle from any blame for having at the request 0 senator jones written that sugar schedule it will then show that the sugar trust controlled the making of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill and alie passing of the bill the report will make the roost interesting eon of campaign document and the republican congressional campaign committee will see gets widely circulated if the applause which the democrats of the house gave mr wilson chairman of the ways and means committee when be attacked the senate amen l ments to tho tariff bill meant anything it meant the house is going to make a hard fight to knock out every one of amendments which gaisea the duty or which puts a duty upon articles which were put on the free list by the original wilson bill upon taft result of that fight depends tho falo of the tariff bill if it la it la believed that the bill Is doomed unless the gernian brice combine edall abjectly surrender as every member of it has openly stated that thoy would not vote for the bill without the amendments they demanded and obtained from the senate it must not lq forgotten that a lose of three vote in the senate means the final defeat of tho bill the republicans are not of course expecting anything quite so good 09 that but they will not be surprised if it happens and you may be sure that they will do nothing to make the fight between the and senate leee bitter nj |