Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToS, April 27, 1898.

IS no higher authority upon questions
relating to national finances. says he
regards tine present situation as being
too grave and the questions involved
too weighty to warrant careless dis
cussion, and he thinks it would be in
delicate in him to either criticize the
administration or to offer any sugges-
tions or advice as to what ought to be
done. The senator also said: 81 do
not know Mr.. Carlisle's intentions;
have no means of knowing them. The
Democracy is in control, and must be
left to deal with these matters in it's
own way" Whether it be true or not,
as reported early this week, that there
is a serious difference of opinion be-
tween. Mr. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle about the issuing of bonds, it
is certain that Mr.. Carlisle is as much
avefse to issuing bonds as Gen. Harri-
son was under he same circumstances,
and that he will not do so until he re-
CARDS 1t as last resort to prevent a
panic. All sorts Histories are current
about the intentions OF Secretary Car
Isle in order to keep gold in the treas
ury, but none of them nave any very
solid foundation. In fact, there is
good reason for the belief that he has
not himself reached a final conclusion
and probably will not unless obliged
by circumstances to do so. The siru-
alton is now regarded as much easier
than it was early this week.
Mr.. Cleveland wants to throw over
board all the reciprocity agreements
made by the last administration, and
he will probably do so if public opin-
ion does not set too strongly against
such a policy. In order to feel public
opinion a statement was made this
week that Secretary Gresham had con-
fered With the ministers of all the
countries with which we have such
and they had expressed a willingness
to end such agreements. Nothing
strange about that; these agreements
were not made for the benefit of other
couatries, and they will doubtless very
gladly withdraw trade privileges
granted to us, if they can still continue
to receive the benefit of the clauses OF
the Mckinley tariff law for which we
exacted these trade privileges. 1t will
require something more than this to
reconcile the people of this country,
without regard to politics, to the alb
rogation of the reciprocity agreements
now in existence.
Mr.. Cleveland's civil service reform
talk at the White House is all very
well in its way, and it unquestionably
nleases thA n,pawnm..s- hnt the record
OF the appointment of fourth.o,-.--
900 in the six weeks
that Maxwell has been in office-gives
a much clearer idea of the policy oi
the administration. Men are not
judged by their talk, but their acts.
After having appointed twenty-five
or thirty more men than Gen. Harri'
son did up to this date tour years ago,
Mr.. Cleveland has temporarily shut
down, presumably to get rid of the
swarm of office-seekers.
The feeling against the lowering oi
the American flag in Hawaii is just as
strong as when the news was first re-
ceived, but it is being held in until the
intentions of the administration be-
comes clearer.
Conspicuous among the daily at.
tendants at the white house levee are
Representatives Springer, OF Illinois,
and Holman, of Indiana, who were re.
spectively chairman of the ways and
means and the appropriations com
mittees in the last house. They have
both presented constituents for every
sort of position within the presidents
gift. but if either of them has succeeded
in getting even the most Insignificant
appointment nobody has heard about
it. Still both of them turn up smiling
at the white house every day, just al
though they were getting everything
they asked for, instead of nothing
Although both of these congressmer
would like to get a few places for theil
supporters they have another reason
for hanging around Mr.. Cleveland
They would like to get the same chair
manships in the next house as they
held in the last, and knowing that Mr.
Cleveland has declared against thei
getting them they are trying to max
him change his mind by taking ad
vantage of every opportunity to taft,
him up and to endorse his opinions
when they can find out what they are
Doubtless Mr.. Cleveland is laughing a
the exhibition these two Democrat
are making of themselves, just a
everybody else is doing.
Senator Murphy found out befor
he left Washington that even tn
smallest federal appointment in tn
state must be o. KID by Secretar
Lamont before it can be made, an
the knowledge added nothing to hi
pleasure or his admiration for thi
administration. He discovered
when he filed the papers of frien
for appointment as fourth-class pos
master, to succeed Republican VIII
has held office just four years. tt
, appointment not having been mad
he called on headsman Maxwell, a fe
days after filing the application,
find out why. Maxwell did not a
tempt to explain. he merely hande
Mr.. Murphy the papers of his frien'
upon which the following was write
in Dan Lamont's handwriting: Z"
will be at least a year before az
change is made in this Office. ID. L