Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-10-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 90, 1895

w WASHINGTON, Oct. 70, 1919,
From Our Regular Correspo ndent
The compromise bill to get
down to straight-for ward English,
provides that the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the silver
law shall take effect October l,
1894. and that the silver purchase
aud the seigniorage now in the
Treasury and to accrue from fu-
ture purchases shall from time to
time be coined THAT is certainly
indefinite enough to make future
trouble. J and that all greenbacks
and treasury notes under $40, shall
be retired and silver certificates
or silver dollars (more indefinite
ness) shall take their place. That
is all. Not word about issuing
bonds or any other method of in
creasing the rapidly diminishing
gold reserve, which now amounts
to only SS1, 100000. This is the
compromise that Mr.. Cleveland
has promised to sign, if it can be
passed, and WHICH the steering
committee are compelling Demo-
cratic Senators to pledge them
selves in writing to support. This
is the sum total of Democratic f.
nancial ability. 1t will require
the full Democratic support to
pass this compromise. as 1t is not
expected that Republican Sena-
tors will vote for it and the popu-
list Senators ale up in arms
against it. While the Republi-
cans will probably not vote for the
compromise, they will not be like
ly to do anything to prevent
vote being taken. If the demo-
Gratis can stand this measure the
Republicans certainly can.
Tie ink should at least be al
lowed to get dry upon announce
ments of Democ, attic retrench-
ment and reform before the alleg-
ed reforms are discarded by the
Democratic administration. The
other day notice was served upon
the Republican who was execu-
tive officer of the q. S. Geological
Survey that Secretary Hoke Smith
had come to the conclusion that
the Office was a sineeure end hsd
been abolished by the admins
tratlon. Now comes the sequel,
which will not be SO widely cir
culsted by the Democratic press.
1t was the Republican who held
the alleged sinecure, who was
abolished; the sinecure was left 80
it might be given to a Texas Dem
ocrat, endorsed by Senator Mills,
who now practically controls all
federal appointment from or in
that state. So there was neither
reform nor ratrenchment Ill this
move, which WAS just a plain
spoilsman's change-a Democrat
in place of a Republican: but it
illustrates very strinkinglY one of
the leading characteristics of the
the present administration.
Considerable surprise has been
expressed by Republicans that
ten Republican Senators should
have voted to confirm the nomina-
ton of Van Allen to be Ambassa-
dor to Italy, when by casting their
votes against him they could have
defeated the nomination, which
pulled through on a vote of 80 to
%. Tha Republicans who voted
to confirm the nomination were
Cameron and Quay of Pennsylva-
MIA. Aldrich and Dixon OF r, l.,
Davis of MINI; Frye of Me,
Higgins of Del; Jones of New,
Mcmillan of Mich; and Wolcott
of Col, and Democrats who voted
against the confirmation were Hill
of n. Y, Martin of Ksns., Irby of
s. c., and Vance of n. c. The
Populists with the exception of
Stewartof New, clsssed by others,
but not by himself as populist-
voted against the confirmation.
The War Department furnishes
an interesting problem for the
students OF such things. Gen.
Grant, stsunch Minnesota Re-
publican, is practically in charge
IF the department, having remain
ID in the position of Assistant
Secretary which he held under
he Harrison administration, and