Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-14

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WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. lS-lSpeciaLI-
There has been good deal OF curiossty :.
the country concerning the iaitofc -
Vice President Stevenson TO take some az
t;on that might help out the adinihistra
tion in its struggle for unconstitutional ~ i''s
Of the Sherman law, The 'rsi'e i;e~s'P -
the capital. which year correspondent o'..'
youch for as being well founueei, mas
that the president and vice presiueh. ssss
NOT ON the best of terms. While u wo"a
NOT have r,atterea so very ihneh II '"es
had been, 50 far as the repeal oii was ~. !.
cerned. the rites Of the senate nass'ns y
almost impossible for sae vice president !"
helm along a vote, the fac, still remains
-, ,bara has been n hreakage Of ali
ap,ieable relations between the men VINO
were n the head and tail respectively OF
the Democratic ticket last year,
Ipst what the hone az contention was be-
tween these two great headers of the Demo
c-s,ic marty no one seems to know. Inc
prn,,abilities are, however, that 1t was pat
rouare. IL happened during the progress
~ the campaign last year that General STE
veuson promised a good many of his pe-
t;tieal and personal friends to do something
,,r ,ham when he came 10 Washington Tn
ARRIVING here he found that the patronage
which he controlled in his own Office
amounted 10 two places, private secre-
tary and a messenger, and as these were
not sufficient to go round among his many
friends and dependents he naturally, IKE
the generous and loyal man that ne Is,
sourht to do something at the other emu Oh
the avenue There his efforts net with nc
response. The appointments which the
vice president asked for President Cleve-
land did not make The visits OF the wee
president To the executive mansion became
fewer and fewer. and now he does not 90
there at all. He has his opinions OF the
administration and of President Cleveland
as he has of many other things. but he does
no, say "A word. There has been no open
rupture between Cleveland and Stevenson;
simply gulf, cold and dismal, has yawned
be.v-era them. This is what the gos>ips
ara saving in Washington, and for once
the cussips are not far wide Of the mark
ou..r WAYS the Politicians Have.
MANY southern Democrats think great
mistake has been made IN repeating the
federal election laws. While they were all
exceedingly anxious to have those laws
wipt,l from the statute books. as they had
promised to do i'll their campaign speeches
and in their party platforms, now that the
house has taken action they are sorry from
a partisan standpoint that the thing Is
done. 1t is not that the southern Dem
ocrats love the federal election laws or that
they really wish to have continuance OF
superyisurs and marshais Mt the polls. but
in the south the Democratic party has
made stock in trade of the election laws,
which the Republicans had passed ana
were ~.mpelle,l to defend and this stock
in trade they are now wiping out by their
own votes.
So long as the Republican election laws
were in force Democratic orators through
out the south had the best sort of argument
with which TO stir the blood Of the faithful
and hold them in line 1t was with this
hagaboo, or banshee, or bad man, real or
imaginary, that they threatened their fol
lowers into subsection and loyalty and pre-
vented them going over to the Populists.
As soon as these laws disappear from the
statute books Democratic leaders through
out the south will find themselves severely
handicapped. Gone Will he the weapon
which they have been accustomed to use
with such effect. At least this is what
many leaders from that section say, and
the regret Of these men that the law Is To
be repealed stands rs curious illustration
of political methods and insincerlty.
wharton Barker, the Great sehemer.
Mr.. Wharton Barker who won notoriety
u week or two ago with his proposition To
put tariff and silver in the same boat and
defeat all efforts to change existing laws
concerning either of them, is u remarkable
man. This is not the first time that Mr..
Barker has projected himself upon the pc
li.ical sky. At least twice before he has
shot meteorllc across the armament, Mr.
Barker is II Quaker, n banker, man oi
wealth and learning and one of the most
persuasive and seductive takers that the
good city of Philadelphia ever produced.
Mr.. Barker loves to take up some polit-
ical scheme, usually Of his own invention,
which must he carried to successful is
sue, if ut ALL only by unexampled combina-
tious of men, secret movements, long head
cd anticipation of events and conditions
and skillful work under cover. In this
manner, according to Mr.. Barker himself,
he foresaw the warfare between the Blaine
and Grant factions in the Republican ma
tional convention of $50 and ioresaw, more
over, that a dark horse or compromise can
didate would carry of the prize With
this idea firmly fixed in his mind Mr. Bar
ker went to work not only to select this
winning dark horse, but to arrange that
there should he no mistake about his nomi
nation. As Mr.. Barker himself tells the
story. he selected James A. Garfield, put
Garfield in training, induced him to 90 to
Chicago and make himself conspicuous be-
fore the convention, and then, when the
proper moment arrived, started the Penn
sylvania delegates voting for him.
The Gold Reserve and Bonds.
The plan to amend the Sherman Law by
providing that there shall always be main
tanned in the treasury 0OO00,m0 Of gold
to hold as "A reserve fund and AS u pledge
of our government to maintain parity be
tween gold and silver issues il much talked
about just now at the senate end Of .hc
capitol, the first hint of this as a basis
of compromise in the great silver fight
coming from Senator German 10 days ago.
after his return from visit to New York.
Later it transpired that the suggestion
came originally from Pierpont Morgan and
his associates, who had been giving much
attention to the situation in the senate
The 5000 600 reserve is Il mere trndi-
ton, having its origin at the time when
John Sherman was secretary Of the tren,,-
ury and making his plans for the res,imp
ton OF specie payments. He instituted the
elD.Ho,Uc reserve, and following admins.
tratons have regarded it as n precedent
worthy the highest respect. This reserve
has been ms high as sl50000,0o0 and it has
been as low ~ s.I3, 100000. 1t was the grad
ual dwndling away Of this reserve TINT
brought on or at least marked the al,.
proach Of the panic Of last summer Inas-
much as 1t would be idle to declare by law
that reserve must be maintained without
providing means for maintaining it. an is
sue of bonds is a part of all the schemes of
compromise, but a tremendous opposition
has been met with ia both senate AMI
house.