Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-10-27
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Corresrondentl

WAsHISGToS, ID. C., Ost l9, 1888
 Senator Teller. in his speech on the tariff bill, said shat he would not have yentured to trouble the senate with any remarks if the Secretary of the Treasury had not seen fit, recently, to make some statements ID a public speech from the steps of the subtreasury ID New York city, winch were not supported by the record. The explanation which the sec retary had made of the financial policy of the administration was sn after con sideratlon. and was not the moving cause at the time of the commission Of the acts of which there had been consid- erable criticism. The Secretary had fallen Into the very general mistake that the interests of Wall street were the interests of the whole country: and that if the scis Cf the administration We're in accordance with Wall street ideas, they must necessarily ID the interests of the whole people, The Senator In strong and forcible language denied the cor- rectness of such su inference, and went on to state that what he complained WAS that the finsncial policy of the sc minIstrstion had been conducted on Wall street basis. and that the Govern ment was controlled 'by Wall street in- tuences and Wall street interests, to the entire disregard of the great iuIaIests Ot the people. The frs. movement Of pre- sident Cleveland had been to place bank president at the head of the tres- sury department, and 10 select the Trea. surer of the United States from a New York bank, These two officials had come into office thoroughly Imbued with Wall street ideas. Neither of them had had sn idea in common with the masses of the people. Andyet democrats hsd been found In both houses to defend every act of omission or commission on their part, and to resent every criticism ss 10 the administration of the finances of the country. Mir. Teller ia conclusion gave Mir. Cleveland some hard knocks for his fight on the coinage of silver.
 Senator Allison had offered 8 concur rent resoluHon providing for a recess Of both Houses of Congress from noon to- morrow Saturday until Nov, l9 Sena- tor Cockerell opposes recess and fsvors adjournment 10 the first Monday in De- cember. There is DO doubt of the adop. tion of Mir. Allison's resolution and by the time this letter is in print it is not probable that a single member of Con gress will remain in the city
 Last Monday was pay day in all of the departments of this city, and the demo cratic campaign committee reaped rich harvest. In the room and on the desk of nearly every chief of division or bureau, wss pile of bright new notes, ranging from S20 to $50 each, which had been left by the bulldcZed olerts in an- sWer to Chairman Bsrnum's positive de maDd for five pe- cent. Of tbeIr Bnnusi sRlaries. Some innocent reader might ask If this WAS not viois,ioD of plain law. Yes, if was, m tbe eyes of honest folks, but not according 10 Mr. Cleve- iaua's definition of things.
 The visit of the sixty Sioux Indiau c5i-'s, who have bee h heIe for nearly ws k. hos amounted 'u nothing except big bill for Uncle Sam to settle. They came here ;o confer win inc interior dc pertinent in regard Co the treaty propos- ing to -el ll.O)1.0OD a: .hsir reservation. Some cpuces-icrs .r~ra csie by Sa-ra- tary Vllas, but be iudians rc,used tr 4ccept or Te'u tbem until they went back and coufcrred with theIr people The idea l. slowly msking its vsy through the hesI o' Secretary NilEl tla- these crafty relski1s only wanted io Indulge ID EIce liitle pleasure trip a. h. expense of the goEernment.
 Senator Blair speaking on the veto Ci Ere .Gsion bill Of Mary Ann DOugheI- tv, sad that the president wss an mia raous lrbeII"r for hhv.Bg used hiz great power to defAme and libel this womRu 1cnecl ssarily. Coniiuuing, Mir. BiBiI sad: There has been an amount O conpivence, trickery srd fraud perpe- ;raled by government ofiicisls to victim ize the woman and pu. her ID the wrong that would shame the very denizens Of the pit itself. Mary Ann DOuGherty is a women of irreproschRble character, hut there Is DO proof of the character oi her ssssilsnt,"
 No democrat has yet been found bold enough to deny the fac. that the present administration keeps Bn average of SGO OO0,O00 on deposit. without interest, with favored national banks.
 Nearly every prominent democrat hol- ding office in the departments here IS st present away making stump speeches for free trade.
 Justice Matthews continues 10 i'm prove, though he IS not yet well enough 10 resume his duties.