Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-07-07
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

| WASHINGTON, June 80, 1893.
/ Secretary Carlisle has had no less than
three extended conferences with Mr..
Cleveland in the privacy Of the latter's
suburban residence, since the news was
received Of the practical demonstration
Of silver by the government Of India,
which has for some years been the larg-
est purchaser Of silver in the world, not
even excepting the United States under
the Sherman law. A person unaquainted
with democratic ideas OF what consti-
tutes craftsmanship might suppose that
these conferences, some Of which lasted
until long after midnight, were DEVOTED
to a study Of ways and means to save
tho United States from the i'll effect OF
India's new policy, which many fear
may result in large demands upon the
treasury gold reserve fund, as hundreds
Of kilograms have been received from
bankers and business men imploring the
administration to take some immediate
steps towrad relief. Not so, however
These momentous conferences between
the president and the chief fnanoia.
officer OF the government we're entirely
given up to determining who should be
appointed collectors of internal revenue
| in number of districts where the re-
moval OF the republican collectors had
been determined upon Every school
boy is familiar with the picture Of Nero
fddling while Rome burned Future
generations Of school boys may see a
picture of president and his secretary
Of the treasury haRgllng over the APP
pointment of few collectors of internal
renenue while a nation clamored for
financial relief and restoration Of
public confidence, and clamored in vain.
Nothing need be expected from the
administration in the shape # relief.
1t has deliberately thrown the whole bus
devote its entire TIME to settling SQUAD
bles among democrats as to who shall
get the little offices. Secretary Carlisle
when asked what he intended doing said
there was nothing to Rdd to the policy
of the administration already announced,
which means that Mr.. Cleveland's do
nothing programme will be continued
until it is changed by congress.
A member of the cabinet let the cat
out Of the bag as to why Mr.. Cleveland
continues to turn a deaf ear to the nu-
merous appeals for an Immediate extra
session os congress that are being made
to him, by saying in the course of
general conversation: "If the president
wee convinced that congress would i'm
mediately after assembling repeal the
Sherman law that body might be con-
vsned before September"
Ever since the establishment of the
present form of government for the
Dis; rlct OF Columbia it has been regard
cd, as it was intended to be. as being
strictly non parrish in it makeup, and
| for many years the loudest shouters IN
favor OF keeping politics out we're the
democrats. But radical change has
taken place in their views and the local
democrats, assisted by several Maryland
and Virginia congressman, are negging
at Mr.. Cleveland in order to get him to
direct the dismissal of republicans and
the appointment of democrats in their
places, and in order to get him person
ally interested they have produced files
of paper edited by one Of the clerks in
in which the usual campaign attacks
upon the opposing candidate we're made
upon Mr.. Cleveland III "a, '8S and '92,
none of them half so cutting as attacks
made on him by democratic editors
whom he has since rewarded with offices.
The unjustness of these democrats is
made all the more apparent by a table
prepared some time ago, it is said at
Mr.. Clsveland's request, which shows
that OF the 2j2 offices under the Dis
trict government above the grade of la
borer l34 are already held by democrats.
/ The trouble with the democrats is that
they always want to get the best of
bargain. When there is a republican