Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-09
Washington Letter.
IL 81 Regular Corre.pon4ent.l


what be people thought it did, or that
those who made it did not intend 10
carry into effect is declarations. said
he tod Mr. BrJ an some time ago that
he would learn the difference between
promise and performance 5y The demo
crats when he came to test the matter.
Speaking for himself Mr. Reed said he
had 10 doubt the country was better
off whenever me democratic party
disappo nted it The trouble with
the country" said Mr.. Reed, ''lies
deeper than the money panic. 1t is
due to doubt as to the policy Of the
democratic party upon the tariff. and |
expect great manufacturing depression
to continue during the winter, dispte
the passage of the (Voorhees repeaD
bill" A great many people who
worked hard 10 secure the passage OF
the voorhees, bill are now acknowledging
that they do not expect such great ben
efits therefrom and that they shed the
purchase of silver stopped to prevent
things from growing worse rather than
because they thought it would make
them grow very much better
The Voorhees, bill was signed by Mr.
Cleveland within an hom afterit passed
the House, falsifying the democratic
prediction made on the floor of the
Senate a few DAYS ago, that the Presi-
dent would, because of his dislike of
the declaration in favor Of the use of
silver as money confined IN the bill,
not sign it, but would allow it 10 be-
come law without his signature. Mr.
Cleveland's dislike Of silver is well
known, but there are few who believed
that he woJld be impolinc enough 10
fuIthur advertise that dislike By de-
Ginning to sign the bin, course that
would have further aggravated the
silver men, without benefting nybodv
1t is understood that it is principally
because nearly all of the republicans
believe with Senator Sherman that the
repeal Of the purchasing clause of the
silver law should have been accom-.
panied by authority for an issue of
bonds that Mr. Cleveland has deter
mined to put off asking Congress to
au holize bond issue as long as he
can. Another reason is that be knows
the proposition win be opposed by a
considerable number of democrats in
both the House ard the Senate and
that he will have to once more depend
upon the patriotism of republicans to
save him from his own party. Those
whose opinions are entitled to weight
say that by the tins the President gets
ready to send his message to the regu-
lar session Of Congress he will have
been convinced that Secretary Carlisle's
as to the enormous in
crease in government receipts which is
to enable the administration to get
along without issuing bonds belongs to
the list of things that ought to be but
are not, and that the message will ask
for authority TO issue bond.
Another diplomatic position pur-
chased by q democratic campaign
last year, was this week
partially delivered by the nomination of
another American who spends more
than three-fourths of his time in
Europe. The man is James Roosevelt
the place, Secretary of the
u. s. embassy to Great Britain, and
the price $4,000. The nomination
has not yet been confirmed, but as the
nominee is a brother-in-law of $4,000
Van Allen, who slipped through so east
" the other day, there is no reason for
that it will be in due time.
The democratic idea of making things
cheap apparently does not include
places in the diplomatic service. Per
haps if Mr.. Hornblower could have
shown receipt for a big campaign
contribution his nomination to the
Supreme Court would not have been
hung up SO loug.
The administration has developed
bad case of crank scare since the assas-
sination of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago.
Ever since Mr. Cleveland was inaugu-
rated his every move outside Of his
private apartments has been watched
BY private detectives, and this week the
force of detectives has been doubled
Somehow the idea has got ont that Mr.
Cleveland has a morbid fear of assassi-
cation at the hands of some crank.
1t begins to look as though the Sem
ate would soon make some radical
changes in its rules, which have re-
NAMED practically unchanged for more
than three quarters of a century, Sew
eral amendments have already been
offered and the sentiment Of the Sena-