Milford chronicle., 1893-09-29
FRIDAY, SEPT "a 0os.
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ance from hla cabinet nem9tra curing ms
struggle to seeare the passage Of the repeal /
bigt through the senate. Secretary Carlisle, |
oddly enough. is the oaly member of the |
cabinet, with the exception Of Secretary |
Herbert, who has ever served in congress, |
and unfortunately Mr. Carlislehas for some |
Years trained with the men who are now
opposed to repeal Indeed the secretary's |
own speeches ia favor Of silver are FIRE
ouentiy cunscd against him on the floor.
Mr.. Carlile las many friends among SEN
ators on bo;a sles OF the chamber and has
been ablrtN move many IN obstruction IN
the roal SECRETARY Gresham hr' not ex-
cricd Lirleer IN thi6 csse. His iime and
ener..p. l..,v- h,cn fnliy consumed by tle
state dtnartmenr Affairs. iie has at ihe
t.r...st inc many important questions 70
deal with and has no opportunity TO do any
work on The finances.
Postmaster General Bissell, Secretary
Smith, Secretary Morton and Attorney
General Oiney are new men in Washing
ton. They have little acquaintance among
senators. aad have not AS yetg been able TO
form those Intimate friendships which
gonld place much influence in their hands.
Besi,les. they. TOO find their own depart
nents quite as much as they can take good
rare of. Secretary Herbert has had long
experienoe in congress and has an excel
lent standing among the leading public men
of thcday But he has littletime and per
hans still less inclination to mix himself
up in this financial combat,
Lamont, ti,s Great Diplomat.
Secrotary lamont knows every public
man in Washington. lie is besides diplo-
matte astute and energetic, and in his qllet
way las been able 10 render the president
some service in this emergency, y sngu-
lar itat;ye Of the Situation is that while
Secfptarg Lamont IS supposed to be nearer
the p-psiaeat than ANY oiherlaemberol ne
cabinet and TO possess very fully his chici ;
copGderte. he is still on intimate terms
with Seu.itar German who, as is now pref
" well known, l. the ieip!cr OF the Deao
cratic Marty IN congress and not wholly III
accor,l with the president Near!y every
day Senator German calls npon secretary
lamont at the lattcr's hotel Thereare few
me-, in ti,e wCrld who have the peculiar
eL.lities oF aid and character which
u Aitll enable them TO carry on tllis dual
VT Of relationship, Int Ar. Lamont is a
fm.rs.,lle man llclsadiplomat u there
kvtr was enc. aud lie is able to bear cohll-
DENTAL relations with le.ttlers Of opposing
forces without any display Of bad faith with
eithlI.
Tl,e president has been hard pressed in
this Aelr for repeal, but he has not had
the support and cooperation OF an IN
aneniiI e4lEinet The situation presents
50 many difficulties that even as strong a
mar. rs Mr.. Cleveland must at Times feel
the necessity Of having lieutenants On
whom to lean.
why the President 10 Worried.
The Importance Of this struggle 10 the
preside..t as well rs to The couatry cannot
easily be overtstimated 1t is so Ear the
sipnul feature Cf his second adninistr-
tion. Not only has he set his heiIrt upoa
accomplishing this object, lint he las en-
ployed mel hUds which naturally subject
him TO fierce criticism and denunciation. |
1t is CHARGED that he has used the power Of |
his Office IN u manner in which no presl- |
dent has dared TO use it since the days OF /
Andrew jackson, with the possible eXcep- |
tion Of that brief period Ira which Andrew
johnson sought to bold the $olfitry up by
Ihetail.
Mir. Cleveland is severely Nticised for
attempting to he not only tlMNeyecutiye
head Of The government, but the }gjalative
as we'll a dozen times % day onslnay heer
in the capitol the xpression th VII w ,se y
CleveLnd is big man. l}Ssgblished. or t
enough, and this cQusg 3o5 are under r90 d.
duceil i. man la = es.79-.i .isss5i isssss5iprsstis'z 4
shoulders ,a dr -, = sci = -, 4
~, ~ IS y ~ Assiity 81 managing
- ollooo Natiie execttiYe. delart
2, "Al ~, S,-scea 81 representatives ana she
i tefris botOe same time. SIM, n"ti'ng
,la1l W ay,iige snocess and The best 'uisWer
Ssrs.,lsir Cleveland could possibly make 70
,.s,.s. criticisms would he by having his I
6,,vn way aud passing the repeal llll With
oar Change OF Amendment. Defeat nnder /
fh4s., circumstances. after the employment |
Of these vigorous and almost uneXampltd |
n1gil.1ls. @uuld be douhly Lunilinting
Demands of business Men.
people who have attended the hearings
on the tariff lield by the ways and means
committee have keen much impressed by
-la ennsta,i.t restoration of the desire on the
r,a,.i. ,f manufacturers and business men for
information rs to when the nely tariff law
is TO e. into effect. In the nature Of things
they cannot hope to learn much about
vyhat the changes in the schedules are TO he
until after the Democratic end Of the COM
nitIee shall have agreed dpon them; but IL
they could soon know at what date iLese
changes, whatever they are, viii go into et-
feet. that would hean enormoQs advantage
70 them TLis demand for son2e basis OF
operatiaus and plans comes as weld frQm
those people who want the tariffs reduced
as from those who want them let aloneo or
increased The suggestion has been made
that congress pass u i2int resolution liking
a date for the new law to so ntooperation
While It Is apparent that congress could
not absolutely bind itself in this manner
and would even after passing such joint
resolution be free to change the date, it
ia-ss,ellld u honor adhere 10 the date il it
on tnaO ,,saI, wonS nave noport Ss.-r:4| III help
8 and curiosl.isS ~. :. -,islr rcorreSpondeEtthat
lld run lar 1asJ 1I,;Sa al mi Lis cOmmttecfully
5tery ol % ,.o .sll1Ton ard Will very sooa
colSthe A AmericaTything, they can do 10
this dlfecesgsl..s
Tired of Tariff Tinkering.
There is one thing that even the most
careless observer is now able to perceive
among the public men Of Washington. 1t
is a rapidly growing impatience of polit-
ical system which makes the tariff laws,
which are so intimately bound mp with busi
ness operations and the prosperity of the
people. mere political football Men who
fhinkahigh tariff is bad and men who think
a low tariff is bad agree that something
should be done to stop the frequent change
of rates. with consequent disturbance of
values and business conditions One finds
some OF the ablest and shrewdest public
men at the capital willing 70 predict that
before many years have passed publicopin-
ion will compel tine adoption of a constitu-
tional amendment which will forbid tariff
changes oftener than once in 10 years OF
after each federal census.
A one armed man at Manchester n. H.,
IS said to be an expert pool player.
The father Of Kepler, the mathematician
and astronomer, was o private soldier.
Milk applied once week with soft
cloth is rcputed to freshen and preserve