The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
LFrom our regular correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, D. G., April %, 1898.


contrary" said Democratic Senator,
who has reputation for going straight
at any point he wishes to reach, and
little patience with those who adopt
roundabout route, "this administra-
ton is going TO issue bonds, and nobody
knows it any better than Mr.. Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle, and in my opin-
ion they will issue them before the first
of July" That seems to be the opinion
of all those who who have given the
subject any study and it is probable that
the present attitude OF the adminlstra-
ton on the subject was assumed for the
purpose OF being able to meet the criti-
cisms certain to be made when it be-
comes certain that bonds will be issued
by the statement that all other suggest.
ed expedients had been tried and that
their failure had compelled the issue OF
bonds. Indeed, it has been positively
asserted by personal friend of Secre-
tary Carlisle that Mr.. Cleveland wanted
to issue S50,0O0,000 of bonds last week
and would have done so had not Mr..
Carlisle stood 80 firmly against it and
finally told him that he might get an
other Secretary OF the Treasury to issue
them, as he would not until everything
else had been tried.
Mr.. Cleveland's proposition to the
Wall street men to borrow 100000
in gold from them for one year at 8 per
cent. interest, and in default OF payment
at the end of the year to issue bonds for
that amount did not strike the average
mind as very brilliant one. it was de-
clined, however, because the Wall street
men did not wish to take any chances
about bonds; they want them issued
and will not help the Treasury unless
they are issued, or definite promise
made that they will be issued at stated
time. There is disposition to criticise
Mr.. Cleveland for having taken this f.
nancial business into his own hands
but as distinguished Republican Sen
ator remarked, "It is Cleveland and moi
Carlisle who will be held responsible fol
the success or failure of the fnancia
policy adopted by the administration.
1t is stated by those who know wha
is going on inside administration circle
that the reason for the Democratic at
tack on reciprocity, which Mr.. Cleve
and and his advisers have made up thei
minds to destroy, by annulling all tn
treaties made by the Harrison admins
, tration, is that it stands in the way {
putting sugar and coffee back on the du
: liable list, from which they were take
by Republican Congress. No dut
can be levied upon sugar or coffee con
ing from any country which has treat
granting their free entry into theaUni
ed States hence the determination
wipe out the treaties. The programm
is for the administration to get all tl
6 reciprocity treaties out of the way b.
fore Congress gets ready to pass the az
ministration tariff bill, which is to put
q duty upon sugar, coffee and probab'
tea. The small wage earners and farm
}. ers OF the country cannot fail to appr
4 ciate at its full value this bit OF Dem,
cratic craftsmanship, which will mate
tally increase their living expenses wit
;. no possibility of benefting them to eve
= the slightest extent.
Ex-Congressman Mckinney, OF Ne
. Hampshire, who wanted to be Commi
; sioner of Pensions, has been given tt
comparatively insignificant position
Minister to Colombia, while ex.Congrea
b man Thompson, of California, gets tt
Brazilian mission, and Wiley, OF Ne
York, the consulship to Bordeaux. Tn
rule against appointing "ex's" has BET
Il laid on the shelf, along with oJher rul
y which were violated almost as soon
G they were announced.
d The government is being run just nc
n with only one member Of the cabin
Secretary Smith, in town, the rest
e them, with the exception of Secreta
at Lamont, who remained in New YoI
being on the way to Chicago with N
" Cleveland to attend the opening OF d
Worlds Fair. The Office seekers we
somewhere, lots Of them didn't ha
money enough left to so far, to wait
the return OF the appointing powers,
IL they nave completely disappeared fro
y Washington for the first time since t
re assem- bling OF Congress, last Decembt
Sc Mr.. Cleveland is expected 10 retu
e. next Tuesday, when the Office seekt
y can make fresh start.
Among the five government directt
OF the Union Pacific Railway Co. g
pointed this week, were Hon. Don Die
inson, the gentleman who has been p
s. ing as the Warwick OF the administ
in t;on and who said that he declined