The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-22
CARLISLE CHANGES FRONT.
RECoHHETDA TIOys IN mrs REPORT
CONTRlRE TO mrs FORMER Views

ne was Opposed 60 che Issue or Bords, sss
Now UrEee Its Nssessity-8s ArEued
AesIsst 80 Eseresss OF the Tsx o. whis-
ksy. Esd Now Recommends ns lacrosse.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2l.-.Those portions Of
Secretary Carlisles report in which he makes
an argum emit in favor OF an issue Of bonds and
recon m ends an increase OF ten cents gallon
on distilled spirits have been the subject o
| much discussion in Congress to-day. These
| recon nj endAtions have attracted attention. for
the reason that they appear TO be directly op-
| posed to the views held By Secretary Carlisle
| during the first few months OF his administra-
ton OF the Treasury Department IT mat
| ter OF common knowledge with those who
| had the confidence OF the Secretary OF
| the Treasury last spring. that he was rad
| ically opposed to n bond issue for any
| purpose whatever and that he welcomed
! the report OF the judiciary Committee OF the
| last Congress that no had no authority to issue
bonds under existing law to meet the tempo
rary exiRencies OF the Treasury. The Secre-
tary was. in fact among those who denounced
the preceding Administration for having adj
vocntei the Issue Of bonds for such purpose.
md the discovery OF the fact that the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing. by the direction Of
Secretary Foster. had made preparation for
the issue OF bonds was heralded as an i'm
proper proceeding. Secretary Carlisle's friends
quoted him ut the time as saying that n o bonds
should ever be issued while he was Secretary
OF the Treasury. and some Of Ills admirers
drew vivid pictures OF him as about to take his
hat and leave the Treasury. to part company
with Grover Cleveland. IL an issue Of bonds
should be forced upon him.
II was about this time that Secretary Car |
Isle was said 10 DO disposed to make use Of
silver for the REDEEM ptiou OF the so-called Sher-
man Treasury notes. In order to put check
TO the expectations OF gold and to counteract
what was charged by Carlisle's friends as an
organized movement on tho part OF certain
New York BANKERS to exhaust the Treasury
gold for their own speculative purposes. So
great was Secretary Carlisle's zeal to make |
use OF silver for the REDEEM ption OF these Sher-
man Treasury notes. with the object indi-
Gated. that lie pref AIRED letter designed to be |
forwarded to the sub Treasurer at New York. |
directing him to make such REDEEM rtions in |
silver Whether that letter ever reached Mr.. |
Conrad W. Jordan Is not known: but 1t Is |
known that. as soon thereafter as Mr.. Jordan |
could reach Washington after the Information
dent Cleveland at tho White House during
ceedlnG sunday ON that Sunday night Tresi-
dent Cleveland sent to The rnited Press an In
peculiar hand. ia which he declared that tho
ADMINISTRATION did not contemplate the re;
thought OF doing so Yet there are very en-
who stll will say. II they have not forgotten
s to tell the the truth; that they bad knowi;
fSs' IT ,Sa his eatpose Gs to
redeem those Treasury notes. There Is credit:
ABLE authority for the statement also, that
which was reduced to manuscript. although Il
ma may not be unon tho Treasury iles, is stilI in
Garlislo did not then leave the Treasury.
There, can be little doubt. however. that at
tween the resident and his Secretary OF the
Trea1rury ast9 tho issue Of bends. the lrssi.
to be issued Mf CARLISLE Therefore y Ras c sms
directly around to the nosition which he de-
iavors tho issue OF a large amount OF short
time. low rate bonds.
Secretary Carlisle has manifested like versa
tty in IN. matter OF the ,wniskey tax. il is
not very many days since the Secretary OF the
Ways and Means tSss he 81 w tno S
an Increase Ia the tax on whiskey, and that
ought not IT, apply TO whiskey in bond. In |
deed. Mr.. Carlisle made an elaborate state.
ne ITO to some OF the Demoeratic members Of
10 convince them that a tax ought not TO Ie
Imposed upon whiskey in bond and that It
the contract between the owners Of the
bonded whiskey and tho Government. which
bonded period. Mr., Carlisle further gave
The Democratic .mombers of the committee
whiskcy men, in Washington. VERY powerfHi
and influential in Congress. which would in-
list, II an increased tax should be placed upon ,
whisGey. that the bonded period should lie en- /
ended to eight wears. which was n object ,
which they much desired to Accompl ish. There =
IS an organization OF whisSey men In Wash
nRton. but II was not to be supposed that the
secretary ot the Treasury knew OF IL. That or /
sanization Is active and influential and is ap- ,
rarently we'll Informed. For 1t happens that :
hose who could get the proper introduce
ion and who applied at the, hotel where ,
his organization makes its headquarters :
night have been Informed at the very
line that this vigorous protest was
icing made by the Secretary 81 the Treasury
Q Democratic members OF the Committee on
ways ana Means against any increase in the
AK on whiskey, that tho persons in the secret J
II this peculiar organization knew that the !
erort OF the Secretary 0f tho Treasury would
contain a recommendation that there should
70 an Increase OF ten cents u gallon on whIs-
iey: And there Is nothing In the ant ecedsnts
" the occupation Of these gentlemen to raise I
doubt that this Information. Of which they
we're 40 confident. notwithstanding the noisy c
'rotests In the committee and out OF il against
my Increase Of the tax. was OF great COM | I
nercial value TO them. Many curious things 4
ave happened here In connection with Prof. | h
Wilson's deficiency schemes. but there Is none i
more curious than this I
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