The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14
CLEVELAND AND THE CASH.
The Party Leaders Mapping Out a New
Financial Policy.

tits to Be One That VIII Commend It.
self to the People and Preserve the
Country's Business Interests-An
Income Tax, Repeal of the Sherman
silver Law and Reduction of Tariff
Duties Also to Be Aimed At.
Washington, May 13.-The democratic
leaders in congress and the administra-
+ion are engaged just now in the endeavor
IN map out financial policy for the
futre-a policy that will commend itself
totbe people and at the same time pre-
serve the business interests of the coun-
trv The money question is much
dreaded sub ect, but it is believed that a
programme has been drawn up and that
the administration and congress will
dwell together in harmony next winter.
1t is understood that the silver night
mare will be disposed of by some
compromise measure which will re-
peal the Sherman bullion purchase
act and sanction the re-establishment of
the state bank system. At any rate those
members of congress who are kickers
against contraction of the currency can
be satisfied by such an arrangement, and
the state bank plank in the national plat
form introduced by a Georgia delegate,
Mr. Garrard of Columbus, promises to
become operative. 1t is designed also to
levy an income tax, and it is believed that
Mr. Cleveland will favor this. Briefly,
there are four things which it is the de-
sire of the party leaders that the coming
congress should dispose of as
speedily as possible, and it
is believed that the President will dwell
upon all of them in his first message.
They are the repeal of the federal cleo
tion laws, the levy of an income tax, the
repeal of the Sherman law and of the tax
on state bank currency and a complete
revision of the tariff, making very de-
cided reduction of duties all along the
line
BUCKS REMOVAL.
Secretary Hoke Smith, Speaker Crisp
and Representative Moses called together
at the white house to-day and had
lengthy interview with Mr. Cleveland.
The subject matterof their talk was Buck
and the prospect of his early removal
from Office. The President expressed his
willingness to dump Mr.. Buck if the fact
could be established that he had been an
active partisan, and again he asked for
sight of that now famous circular issued
from the marshal's office some day last
October. Speaker Crisp and Secretary
Smith both searched their trousers for a
copy and the situation was about to be-
come embarrassing when Representative
Moses relieved it by saying that he had
copy fled away at Turin, COweta county,
in hair trunk. When that
hair casket delivers up the
document there is. going to be
sulphur in the air. 1t is understood now
that Col. Pod Dismuke, who was shown
of in dozen or more separate and dis
tinct positions in Photographic inter-
view with the New York World, and who
has been a heavy text for Editor Dana of
the Sun, is a mistit. and that Washington
Renfroe is really to be the marshal. There
is no sort of doubt about Secretary Hoke
Smiths friendship for Col RenfrOe, and
II may be as well understood now as later
that what he says about Georgia affairs
has lots of weight at the white house.
Secretary Carlisle gave Speaker Crisp
a chlet of division for his district, and he
mas named a brother of Railroad COmmis-
sloner Fort for the job Mr.. Fort has not
arrived in Washington. Before he can
be appointed he will have to undergo a
rigid civil service examination, covering
vast number of subjects, much difficult
mathematics and three days of time.
The following Georgians have very re-
Gently applied for places in the treasury
Department.: Thomas e. Scott wants to
be collector of customs at St. Marys;
George e. Murphy asks to be made SUI
perintendent of construction of the public
building at Rome, and Charles L. Price
longs to serve in a similar capacity in for
Warding the government improvements at
Columbus.
A NEGRO AFTER BERTH.
John w Thompson (colored), editor of
the Peoples journal of Jacksonville, Fla,
Is IN Washington and expects to have a
talk with President Cleveland. He has
Eeen securing Endorsements for the
Haytian ministership, which are now on
deposit with Private Secretary Thrber.
thompson is an original Cleveland
man and his paper strongly opposed the
passage of the force bill. The name of
nearly every prominent southern demo-
crat Is ON his petition for the Office.