Congress his passed the Tariff Bill in the form proposed
by the Senate, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, after a long struggle, and finding that the Senate could not be moved, preferring to give way rather than to lose the Bill altogether. President Cleveland is strongly opposed to the passage of so weak a measure ; but it is said that he will not take the extreme step of vetoing, but will allow the Bill to become law. It is dated August 1st, and. will therefore come into operation immediately after it becomes law. The House of Representatives, immediately after passing the Tariff Bill, passed three "pop-gun" Bills,- i.e., Bills which it is known will not pass the Senate, but which are intended to show the good intentions of the House. One of these puts coal on the free list, another barbed-wire, a third sugar. The plain American citizen is, we fear, willing to endure almost anything from his commercial oppressors. He is the easiest man to pillage by law on the face of the globe.
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