The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-07-13
QUA WARRINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Of TIE RECORD.

WASHINGTON, July 5, 1893.
1t will be long time before those ia
miiar with the circumstances that led to
the calling of the extra session of Con-
gress for August 7, instead Of q month or
more later, as had for months been in.
tended, get through talking about how
Mr.. Cleveland's nerve went to pieces and
he got thoroughly ratified" some of his
admirers say for the first time in his life.
His friends have tried hard to smooth
over his "break" by giving out inter-
views in which they state that for ten
days Mr.. Cleveland had been thinking of
calling the extra session in August.
That is simply rot. Only the day before
his proclamation was issued he told
personal friend who was trying to per.
suade him to call an immediate extra
session that he had fully made up his
mind not to call it until Septemb Der.
What ratified him! Why, the ava.
lanche of petitions from all section. and
from all classes Of citizens, asking that
Congress DO called together at once,
many Of them telling him in polite but
plain language that if he failed to do SO
he would by that failure assume personal
responsibility for any further damage
that might be done through the continued
financial stringency. A majority of
these petitions, which were as rule
forwarded by telegraph, mentioned the
repeal of the Sherman Silver law as the
end sought, but many merely asked that
Congress be called together and given an
opportunity to do something to restore
public confidence. Added to these petit,
tioDs we're the opinions Of the members
OF his cabinet, who had themselves been
under the same sort of pressure, that
August must be substituted for Septem.
Der, and in the language Of one of them,
"Ths old man got ratified and threw up
the sponge, issued the proclamation and
left for Buszard's Bay before it was made
public"
Republicans are as rule glad that the
extra session has at last been called.
They have from the first been Of the
opinion that the sooner the Democratic
Congress got together the better it would
be for the country, as the worst possible
legislation would not be any more dis.
astrous than the dread and uncertainty
of coming legislation which has pervsded
business circles from the frat day Of the
present administration, and with Con
gress 10 session public opinion will have
an opportunity to at least try to inflaepes
legislation.
Another political debt incurred during
the campaign was settled by the appoint
ment of J. F. Tillman. of Tenn, to be
Register Of the Treasury. Mr.. Tillman
was promised good place if he would
use his influence as secretary of the
Tennessee Farmers Alliance to head ofI
the Populists in that State and prevent
their absorbing the Alliance. The prom
Use was made by Senator German, bu.
the good place" was not forthcoming
until almost = row was kicked up by
Tillman and his friends. This is the pos.
i
ition which General Rosecrans was
allowed to keep during the entire Harri.
son administration. His health com.
PEELED him to resign it few weeks ago.
Mr.. Cleveland was either misrepresented
or he broke his word in connection with
this Office, a. he was reported to have
said weeks ago that no oce but an old
soldier should have IT, Mr.. Tillman
isn't an old soldier.