The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-06-29
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER
Correspondence of TIE RRcosn

| Correspondence of TIE RECORD
WASHINGTON, June %, 1893
Mr.. Cleveland is the first President
since Buchanan to publicly plead the
baby act. and the sight is humiliating to
every man who admires pluck and brave.
ry, and all Americans do. Instead of
making use of the means provided by
wise Republican legislation years ago for
such continge ncies, to relieve the fnan.
cial distress, ne says in effect: Il didn't
make this financial stringency and I will
take no step towards relieving it, unless
expressly authorized by Congress, which
is responsible so to do" Nice language
that, for President, isn't it? Please
understand that there is no politics in
this question; il is strictly one of bust.
ness, and Republicans ara ready and
willing to support and uphold the Presi.
dent in any and every effort he might
make to relieve the country, but it is diff.
cult to see how any man cap uphold him in
pleading the baby act. That neither he
nor his Secretary of the Treasury are
financiers is already well known. but
they might at least have been wise
enough to have taken advantage of the
safeguards provided by law, instead Of
leaving the country to drift until Con.
gress meets. Mr.. Cleveland is apparently
40 blindedSby HE anxiety to compel the
repeal of the Sherman silver law that he
can see nothing else. and his blindness IL
little short Of a public misfortune.
A large force of pension examiners ara
to 20 over the papers in every pension
granted under the act of 1890, for the
avowed purpose Of discovering how manv
OF these pensioners can be dropped under
secretary Smiths recent ruling as to a
portion of that law. Another purpose
will thus be accomplished that is not
avowed, but which is thoroughly under.
stood here: the number of original pen.
sions granted will necessarily bs CON.
siderably lessened while these examiner.
are putting in all their time going over
old cases.
Although the officials at the State ds
partment still maintain a silly air Of
mystery about the resignation of Minis. |
A. n
ter'paramount Blount, the man who
achieved more snotoriety in one minute
by lowering the American Gag in Hawaii.
than he had been able to get in all his
previous life, there is little doubt that he
has resigned and that his successor bs.
been selected. He never would have
been made minister at all except to
attempt to legalze the illegal acts he Der.
formed while acting as "my personal
a position unknown TO
The constitution or laws of the United
States. There are reasons for believing
hat his resignation was not voluntary
'ut was requested by the administration
or several reasons, chief of which ia il.
'nxiety to crawl out of the awk ward nos.
tion in which Blount's acts, while act.
ng under its carefully prepared instruc.
lone, have placed it.
The Democratic Congressman have
creed Postmaster General Bissell to oct
own frcm'the high horse upon which he
limbed in the curly days Of the admins.
ration, and is DO longer requires charge.
gainst Republican fourth.cla.s post.
masters to get their places for Democrat.
he edict has gone forth that all Renub.
can postmasters must 60, and il is now
My question Of how soon Maxwell can
rake the preparations for the deoapita.
on act, It no longer requires any other
adorsement than that Of the Democratic
congressman from the district to get a
emocrat appointed fourthclass post.
aster. This pleasss the Democratic
ongressmen immensely and Repu blicaus
Use no objection, 1t is only the mug.
jumps who are unhappy because Of the
citing OF the p. NJ. CO murwumn
Ickbone.