The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1898.

WASHINGTON, May 8, 1893.
President Cleveland is being impor.
tuned to call an immediate session Of
Congress, and the presence of ex-
Speaker Crisp in town started a rumor
that he had so decided. If he has,
the decision is not made public. There
is little doubt that Mr.. Cleveland would
call an immediate extra session if lie
knew that it would promptly repeal
the Sherman Silver law, but Of that he
is not certain, and refusal to repeal
might have bad effec: on the fnan-
ciI situation, which has not been af.
fected by the Wall street excitement
during last week. Many democrats
express the opinion that it would be
the proper thing at this time to call an
extra session and throw the response
bility of maintaining the government
credit upon Congress, but they also
express their confidence in the Presi-
dents ability to do the right thing.
Secretary Carlisle took long step
in the right direction when he demand
ed the resignation Of A. l.. Sturtevant,
chief Of the division of stationery.
Sturtevant has been in Office 81 years,
is rich, salaried officer Of a prosper
Gus safe deposit company and savings
bank, and is moreover a ring leader in
what is locally known as the "Treasury
ring" members of which have for years
boasted that no Secretary could get
along without them. 1t has not been
two weeks since local paper printed
a list of probable changes in the Treas
ury, singing out those who belonged
to the "Treasury ring as men whose
services it would be impossible for
Mr.. Carlisle to dispense with and still
continue to do business, and even
now the same paper says that Mr..
Carlisle will upon consideration of the
matter request Sturtevant to withdraw
his resignation, but all the same he
will not. He will probably get rid of
every chief who belongs to the ring,
Just to show them how easy it is to
get along without them. He Certain
ly ought to.
Secretary Lamont" said a New
Yorker to your correspondent, "has no
intention Of remaining in the cabinet.
He only accepted portfolio as favor
to his old friend, the President, and
with the express understanding that he
would resign as soon as certain work
was done in which he was to take
part. Exactly what that work is l
don't think anybody except Dan and
Mr.. Cleveland know but there are
good reasons to suppose that it relates
largely to the federal appointments in
New York, and as soon as all of those
appointments-the prominent ones,
mean-are made, am under the i'm
preston that Secretary Lamont will
resign and resume his connection with
the Whitney street railway syndicate,
where his salary was more than three
times what he now receives" Secre.
tary Lamont declines to discuss the
probability of his early resignation,
dismissirg inquiries with the statement
that he has no present intention of re-
signing But there are other things
which point to the probability of his
doing SO. The Secretary of War has
less patronage than any other member
of the cabinet, but Secretary Lamont
has not availed himself even of the
little at his disposal, and many believe
that it is because he wishes his success
sor to have the choosing OF the officials.
Another thing which has been COM
mented upon is that the Lannon'S have
not given up their residence in New
York city, and when Mrs. Lamont was
in Washington short time ago, she
spoke very indefinitely about her COM
ing here to live again; and only last
week she accepted the presidency of a
New York social organization, which
would not have been rendered to her
had it been supposed that she had any
immediate intention Of removing her