Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
pEc1AL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR
Washin0ton. MAJ. 8, 1892.

trif1ed with without danger. Up &c
this time the administration has
followed the conservative line lalc
down by its predecessor, and as
natural consequence, it has been sup
ported by patriotic citizens, without
regard to political affiliations, ano
danger has been averted. But now
if those who are claiming to represent
the administration are telling the
truth, it is meditating a change, and a
very dangerous one at that. Accord
ing to these men the President has
determined, in order to compel Con
gress to Internationally repeal the
Sherman Silver law, to so manipulate
our finances as to create popular
fear of panic, and then to charge it
all to the operation of the Sherman
law. This a short sighted policy, and
if it be really carried out it cannot
fail to react with deadly consequence
upon it's author. There are plenty of
republicans in Congress = Senator
Sherman among them, who would be
willing to vote to repeal the present
Silver law, but there is not one of
them who will support a policy which
will risk a financial panic in order to
brighten Congressman into voting for
its repeal.
1t is well known now, and was
equally we'll known when Mr.. Cleve-
land was nominated, and elected upon
a platform, which was interpreted to
mean a gold basis for the gold men
and free silver for the silver men, that
his special hobby was the repeal of
the Silver law. 1t is also we'll known
that he has refused patronage to those
democratic Senators who will not
promise to vote for it's repeal. But
these things do not effect the coun
try at large; therefore no one seri
ously objected. But the case is very
different when it is proposed to adopt
a course that may effect disasterously
every person in the United States, as
he will soon find out If he persists in
it.
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sonal investigation of the charges
made by New York publications
against the official integrity of assis
tant Secretary Spaulding, supervising
special agent Jingle and General Itch
enor, president of the board of gener-
al appraisers at the port of New York,
and as a result authorized the publ
cation of a statement affirming their
of the charges. The charge
was that of undertaking the importa-
ton of favored firms. AS the officials
mentioned are all hold over republi-
cans their exoneration by Sec. Car
Isle is highly creditable both to him
and to them.
Senator Brice has been among the
democrats ''outside the breastworks'
ever since the new administration be-
gan business. The other day the
President seemingly in spirit of
asked Mr.. Brice to name
a man. for third auditor of the Treas
ury. Mr. Brice submitted three names.
either of which would have been sat
to him. Several days later
mitch to the Senator's chagrin the APP
pointment was given to John @. Reil-
ley, known to all Ohio people as bit
ter personal enemy of Mr.. Brice,
it appear that he had been
asked to recommend a man for the
place solely to be snubbed. Mr.. Reil
ley declined the position, but that did
not soften the open affront put upon
Mr.. Brice, who lately remarked sig
Gwen the man with the
longest credit has to face a day of
settlement sometime"
The administration is delighted at
its success in getting the re-assemb
ing of the international Monetary
conference postponed from May 80,
to next November. 1t was afraid that
if the conference came together this
spring it might really agree upon
some plan for the increased use of
silver as a money metal, which would
have upset it's plan for forcing Con-
gress to act as it wishes.
The appointment mill is again at
work, but it is not turning out much
grist for the patient walters. A few
foreign appointments, bureau chiefs,
postmasters, ETC., have fallen into
outstretched hands, but a ma
lority of them have made more enc
mics than friends for the appointing
power, because of the failure to rec
ognize the recommendation of men
whose positions in the party are such
rs to entitle them to influence.
Work upon the tariff administration
5ariff DILL is not proceeding as smooth
Y as it was expected to do. Obsta