Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-10-25
WASHING TON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAsHINOToS. Oct. 10th. 1888

the tariff bill, said that he would
not have ventured to trouble the
Senate with any remarks if the Sec
rotary of the Treasury had not seen
fit, recently, to make some state
ments in a public speech from the
steps Of the subtreasury in New
York City, which were not supported
by the record. The explanation
which the Secretary had made of
the financial policy of the admins
tration was an decentralization,
and was not the moving cause at the
time of the commission of the acts
Of which there has been consider
able 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 acts of the
Administrative were in accordance
with Wall Street ideas, they must
be necessarily in the interests of the
whole people. The Senator IN
strong and forcible language denied
the correctnesss of such an infer
ence, and went on to state that what
he complained of was that the tnan-
cial policy of the administration had
been conducted on a Wall Street
basis, and that the Government was
controlled by Wall Street influences
and Wall Street interests, to the en-
tire disregard of the great interests
of the people. The first movement
of President Cleveland had been to
place a bank president at the head
of the Treasury department, to
select the Treasurer Of the United
States from New York bank.
These two officials had come into
Office thoroughly imbued with Wall
Street ideas. Neither of them had
had an idea in common with the
masses of the people. And yet
Democrats had been found in both
| Houses to defend every act of
omission or commission on their
part, and to resent every criticism
as to the administration of the
finances Of the country. Mr.. Teller
in conclusion gave Mr.. Cleveland
some hard knocks for his fight on
the coinage of silver.
Senator Allison has offered \
concurrent resolution providing for
recess Of both houses of Congress
from noon tomorrow Saturday
until Nov. 10. Senator Cockrell op.
poses recess and favors adjournment
to the first Monday in December
There is no doubt of the adoption
of Mr.. Allison's resolution, and by
the time this letter is in print 1t Is
not probable that a single member
of Congress will remain in this city
Last Monday was payday In all OF
the departments in this city, and the
Democratic campaign committee
reaped a rich harvest. In the room
and on the desk of nearly every
chief of division or bureau was 8
pile of bright new notes, ranging
from $50 to $50 each, which hat
been left by the bull-dozed clerks II
answer to Chairman Barnum's pos
tive demand for per cent. of their
annual salaries. Some innocen
reader might ask if this was not
violation of plain law? Yes, i
was. in the eyes Of honest folks, bu.
not according to Mr.. Cleveland
definition of things.
The visit of the sixty Sioux In
dian chiefs, who have been here FOL
nearly week, has amounted {
nothing except a big bin for Unel
sam Is settle They came here Z.
confer with the Interior Department
in regard to the treaty proposing q
y sell 1900 900 acres of Jheir reseI
f walton. Some concessions wer
, made by Secretary Villas, but q
indians refused to accept or retas
them until they went back aud sar
ferred with their people. The iae
4 slowly making it's way throug
the head of Secretary Villas, tha
these crafty redskins only wanted {
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