The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-11-10
Washington Letter.

WAstINGToN. u. c.. Nov 4th, 1898.
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle are both firm in the belief that the
repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Shermrn silver law. now an accomplish
eli fact, will soon bring about state OF
affairs that will make the muCh-talked-
about of bonds unnecessary, and neither
OF them wishes to issue bonds until cir
cumstanceS shall make such an issue
absolutely necessary. The Democrats
in Congress, or at least a majority of
them, would like to escape authorizing
an issue of bonds, If il can possibly be
done Ii will he much easier for PRESS
dent Grover Cleveland to speak posi-
lively and definitely on the bond queS-
ton Il month hence than il is now, and
it is probable that his message 10 the re
gular session Of Congress will take a de
cided stand one way or the other on the
subject, and | venture the prediction
that the state Of business, public and
private, for the next month will decide
which. Ii the expected increase in
business shall result in largely increasing
the revenues of the government, rs Sec
retary Carlisle believes it will, the ad-
ministration can get through without
bonds
The movement for a change in the
rules of the Senate is growing quite
rapidly, and it is among the prohahili-
ties that a change Will be made early in
the regular session. Formal amend
ment to the rules have this week been
proposed by Senators Hill and Black
burn, and other senators speak of offer
ing others. All of these Will bc referred
to the committee on rules, which viii, IT
is believed, in due time report an
| amendment that Will accomplish the end
aimed at-give the majority of the Sen
ate the authority to order vote when
ever it may think that the debate has
been sufficiently prolonged, an authority
possessed by the House and by nearly
every legislative body IN the world.
| Unless the Republicans shall oppose the
| change, it is expected that it viii bc
easily accomplished.
Representative Bailey, ofTexas, thinks
| Uncle Sam pays out lots of money with
| out receiving anything approaching an
| equivalent in return therefore. He has
| introduced two bills, each of which he
thinks will stop big leak of that kind.
| One of them provides for the repeal OF
| the laws providing for the payment of
retired army and anval officers and that
the pay of such officers heretofore re-
tired shall cease when the bill becomes a
| law. The other repeals the law provid-
/ ing for the payment OF retired judges
| from the United States courts and stops
| the pay of all those now on the retired
list. Whether there is any probability
of either of these bills becoming laws il
is too early to say, but Mr.. Bailey i.
thoroughly in earnest and will do his
best to push them through.
Mr.. J. ;. Harrison, of Kansas City
ex-President Harrison's Democrat,
| brother is in Washington seeking al
| Office He wants to be Surveyor a
Kansas City.
While all of the senators and repre-
sentatives are doubtless glad of the OPP
portunity to 90 home for few days be
fore the beginning of the regular session
there are quite Il number of prominent
Democrats who expressed the opinion
that it would have been better to hav,
let the extra session run right along un
til the time for beginning the regula
session. The majority, however
thought that no time would be saved 10y
| remaining in session, and the maiOrit,
rules, usually, in the Democratic party
One real reform was adopted by Con
gress this week when it decided tina
bills which pass either House or Senat
shall be printed instead of being enrolle,
by hand. 1t is believed that this chang
will prevent many and costly error
which have occurred during the closiu.
hours of every session of Congress, il
| tho aDr,llmpDt Of hills
Inreply to "A question as to what actor
the president had taken on the rcpor
that emmisafrics of several Europear
nations were secretly aiding the Brazil
ian insurgents and that their purpoS
was to overthrow the republic and II
establish the monarchy, "A promincn
official, not member of the cabinet
said: II am not at liberty to enter int
details, but you can rest assured tina
this administration viii assert the Mon
roe doctrine and protect the Commercial
| interests of American citizens in BraZi
and elsewhere ut all hazards, and it Wi
do it without the buster and iiugoisn
which characterized President Harri
SON 5 dealings with Chilli" All of tn
facts concerning the Brazilian revolution
in the possession of the state department
were laid before the cabinet this wee
and a unanimous agreement wa
reached, the nature of which was not
for obvious reasons, made public NJ.