Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-11-09
washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1870.

did net mean what the people
thought it did, or that those who
made it did not intend to carry into
effect it's declarations, said he told
Mr.. Bryan some time ago that he
would learn the difference between
spromise and performance by the
democrats when he came to test the
matter. Speaking for himself Mr..
Reed said he had no doubt the coun-
try was better off whenever the
the democratic party disappointed it.
E'The trouble with the country"
said Mr.. Reed, Giles deeper than
the money panic. 1t is due no doubt
as to the policy Of the democratic
policy upon the tariff, and | expect
great manufacturing depressions to
continue during this winter, dispute
the passage of the voorhees, repeaD
bill" A great many people who
worked hard to secure the passage of
the Voorhees, bill are now acknowl-
edging that they do not expect such
great benefits therefrom and that
they wished the purchase of silver
stopped to prevent things from grow
ing worse rather than because they
thought it would make them grow
better.
The Voorhees, bill was signed by
Mr.. Cleveland within an hour after
it passed the House, falsifying the
democratic prediction made on the
floor of the Senate a few days ago,
that the President would, because Of
his dislike of the declaration in favor
of the use of silver as money contain
ed in the bill, not sign it, but would
allow it to become a law without his
signature. Mr.. Cleveland's dislike
of silver is we'll known, but there are
few who believed that he would be
impolitic enough to further adyer
tise that dislike by declining tos sign
the bill, a course that would have
further aggravated the silver men
without benetiting anybody.
1t is understood that it is principal
ly because nearly all of the republic
cans believe with Senator Sherman
that the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the silver law should have
been accompanied by authority for
an issue of bonds that Mr.. Cleveland
has determined to put off asking
Congress to authorize bond issue as
long as he can. Another reason is
that he knows the proposition will be
considerable number of democrats
in both the House and 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 lby the time the
the President gets ready to send his
message to the regular session of
Congress he will have been convinced
that secretary Carlisle's expectations
as to the enormous increase In govern
ment 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 bonds.
Another diplomatic position pur-
chased by a democratic campaign
contribution 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 CT the U, S. En-
baSSy to Great Britain, and the price
$4,000 The nomination has not yet
been confirmed, but as the nominee is
a brothe-in-law $4,000 VanAllen, who
slipped through so easily the other
day, there is no reason for doubling
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 big campaign
contribution his nomination to the
the Supreme Court would not have
been hung up SO long,
The administration has developed a
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. Some how the idea has got
out that Mr.. Cleveland has morbid
fear OF being assassinated by some
crank.
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