Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-06
Washington Letter.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington. June 30. 1898.

ashlngton, June 81, 1875,
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 de.
monetzation of silver by the govern
ment of India, which has for some
years been the largest purchaser of sill
vtr in the world, not even excepting the
United States under the Sherman law.
A person unacquainted with demo
cratic ideas of what constitutes states
mansbip, might suppose that these con-
ferences, some of which lasted until
long after midnight, were devoted to a
study of ways and means to save the
United States from the Ill effect of In
dia's new policy, which many fear
may result in large demands upon the
treasury gold reserve fund, as hundreds
Of kilograms have been received from
bankers and business men mploring
the administration to take some imme-
date steps towards relief. Not so, how
ever. These momentous conferences
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 a number of dist
riots where the removal of the republic
can 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 picture of a
President and his Secretary OF the
Treasury haggling over the appoint
ment of few collectors of internal
revenue while a nation clamored for
financial relief and restoration of pub.
lie confidence, and clamored in vain.
Nothing need be expected from the
administration in the shape of relief.
1t has deliberately thrown the whole
business over to Congress and continues
to devote its entire time TO settling
squabbles among democrats as to who
shall get the little offices. Secretary
Carlisle when asked what he intended
doing said there was nothing 10 add to
the policy of the administration already
announced, which means that MIR,
Cleveland's do nothing program win
be continued until il is changed by Con
gress
A member of the cabinet let the cat
out of the bag as 10 why Mr.. Cleveland
continues to turn deaf ear to the
numerous appeals for an immediate ex-
ira session Of congress that are being
made to him, BY saying in the course of
a general conversation. IF the Presi-
dent we've convinced that congress
would Immediately after assembling re-
peal the Sherman law, that body might
be convened before September.
Ever since the establishment of the
present form of government for the
District of Columbia 1t has been re-
garded. as it was intended to be, as
being strictly non-partisan in its make
up and for many years the loudest
shouters in favor of keeping politics out
were the democrats. But a radical
change has taken place in their views
and the local democrats, assisted bv
several Maryland and Virginia con-
gressmen, are Raging at Mr.. Cleve-
land in order t. get him to direct the
dismissal of republicans and the ap.
pointment Of democrats in their places.
and in order to get HIM personally in
terest2d they have produced files Of 4
paper edited BY one Of the clerks ID
which the usual campaign attacks upon
| the opposing candidate were made up
on Mr.. Cleveland ia S4, S and 80.
none Of them half % cutting as attacks
made on him ~ democratic editors