The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-07-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

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From Our Regular Corespondent.I
Washington, June 80. 1898.
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 Iarg-
est purchaser of silver in the world, not
even excepting the United States under
the Sherman law. Aperson unacauaint-
ed with democratic ideas of what COZ
stitutes craftsmanship might suppose
that these conferences, some of which
lasted until long after midnight, were
devoted to study of ways and means
to save the United States from the i'll
effect of India's new policy, which many
fear may result in Jorge demands upon
the treasury gold reserve fund, as hum
dreds of kilograms have been received
from bankers and business men implor-
ing the administration to take some inn
mediate steps towards relief. Not so,
however. These momentous conferen-
ces between the president and the chief
financial official of the government were
entirely given up to determining who
should be appointed collectors of internal
revenue in number of districts where
the removal 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 a president and his secretary
of the treasury haggling over the ap-
pointment of few collectors OF internal
revenue while a nation clamored for
financial relief and restoration of pub
lie confidence. and clamored in vain.
Ever since the establishment of the
present form of government for the Dis
trict of Columbia it has been regarded,
as it was intended to be, as being strict
" non-partisan in its makeup, and for
many years the 1oudest shouters in
favor of keeping politics out were the
democrats. But radical change has
taken place in their views and the local
democrats, assisted by several Mary
land and Virginia congressman, are nag
ging at Mr.. Cleveland in order to get
him to direct the dismissal of reppbli.
cans and the appointment of demo Gratis
in their places, and in order to get him
personally interested they have produced
files of paper edited by one of the clerks
in which the usual campaign attacks
upon the opposing candidate were made
upon Mr.. Cleveland in 'S4, 'ss and 's2.
none OF them half so cutting as attacks
made on him by democratic editors whom
ne has since rewarded with offices. The
unjustness of these democrats is made
all the more apparent by table pre-.
pared some time ago, it is said at Mr..
Cleveland's request, which shows that
OF the 252 Offices under the district gov.
eminent above the grade of laborer 1874
are already held by democrats. The
trouble with the democrats is that they
always want to get the best of bar
gain. When there is republican admin
istration they want things run on the
comparison order, but now they want
everything. Fair play they do not
know.
An interesting bit of gossip is floating
around Washington in connection with
the refusal of ex-Speaker Crisp to speak
at Tammany's Fourth Of July pow-wow,
on the ground that his wife was i'll.
While Mrs. Crisp's health is bad it is
said that the reason why Mr.. Crisp did
not care to speak in New York was q
superstitious dread, caused by the
trouble which has invariably followed
his speaking i'll that town. While he
was making his first speech in New York
after his election as speaker he received a
telegram stating that one of his sons
was dying and he did die before he
reached his bedside. Upon the second oc-
casion ne received telegrapllic notice Of
the fatal illness of another SON, and the
last time ne went there to speak he was
snubbed at the memorable Reform Club
banquet and not allowed to deliver the
speech ne had prepared. 1t is also prob
able that desire to postpone commit
ting himself on the silver question until
after his reelection as Speaker had some
thing to do with his refusal.