Milford chronicle., 1893-07-28
wAsH1NeToN LaTTER.
wAsHINeroN, July IS, 1898,

It takes very lively hustliug these days to
keep up with the changes in the plans OF the
administration The announcement was
made months ago that the administration IN
conjunction with several eminent free-traders
intended 10 prepare a tariff bill and that Sec
retary Carlisle's supposed knowledge on the
subject was the principal reason Tor his nav
ing been made Secretary of the Treasury
his best friends never claimed that he was
selected for mis- financial knowledge, they
couldn't because he had none. This was
printed in al the administration papers ard
was never denied uHtil now. when Secretary
Carlisle SAYS that no tariff bill is being pre-
pared. and that neither he nor President
Cleveland ever ''thoueht Of doing anything
which might be interpreted as an attempt TO
dictate TO the House what it should do IN re-
gard to the tariff He foTgeis however 10
tell WHY this statement was not made long
ago, which makes the inference clear that
the free trade idea has been, for the time any
way, abandoned.
Democratic congressman have already
begun to do some very plain talking to Com
missioner Lochren about the wholesale sus-
pension of pensions he las been making,
and unless they are quieted in some way a
number Of them representing districts hav-
ing large number Of old soldier voters Will
ioin the Republicans ia bringing this matter
before Congress.
There seems to be hitch some where in
raoard 10 the House Committee chairman
ships. Inasmuch as Mr.. Ciisp's re election
to be Speaker has been a certainty for
months past it is difficult 10 understand why
there should be any delay in announcing the
committees ard it was not supposed there
would be. Mr. Crisp's friends have beeu
saving ever since he was here several weeks
ago that he would arrange the committees
before he returned and expected to announce
them lust as soon as he took his seat as
Speaker; but, as l said, there seems to be
hitch somewhere, for these same men now
say that he hopes to complete the committees
/ within a week or ten days after Congress
meets. This sort of thing IS mere child's
play. and this announcement is now made,
not because Mr. Crisp does not expect te
have the committee assignments all mads
when he comes 10 Washington next week
4 bnt because he fears that the rows which viii
follow his having obeyed Mr.. Cleveland
orders in making those assignments VIII
uecessitate making some changes atler ne
/ gets here before they are made public
Comptroller Eckels wants 70 be Secretary
of lie Treasary that Young man has gall
and he is chaIged with having started the
/ last rumor about the intended retirement O
! Secretary Carlisle because Of a disagreement
with Bir. Cleveland.
! Secretary Carlisle denies very emphaticalll
the runor which came from New York, tina
he had been rendered the vacancy in ih'
/ Supreme Court caused by the death of JUS
tice Blalchford, But when asked whethe
he would accept it if it were rendered to bin
he was discreetly silent, as becomes maj
who would be very glad TO let some cthe
| fellow hold up the financial end Of the ad
ministration, if lie could only read his iit'
clear to membership in the Supreme Court
His anxiety on the subject has not been less
ened by The statement made several day
ago by friend Of Secretary Gresham au'
not up to this time. cou,radicted, that Mr.
Cleveland had promised that the infnehce O
the administration should be eXeItsd Il
make Gresham the Democratic Presidential
nominee in 90 Mr.. Carlisle had been en-
couraping the bee to do a little buzzint
around his head, but he knows there canno
/ be two administration candidates.
There is one set Of Democrats in Washing
ton who are not slow in expressing their dis
! like ofthe cheese-paring in the last Congress
on at least one OF the appropriation bills
| is made up Of officials of the Post Ofhce De
partmeut who find themselves unable t
meet the expectation Of postmasters through
out the country in the matter of additiona
help, owing to iusuficieucy Of the approprl
alton. These officials are already gettinl
some plain talk and it will probably becom
plainer when they shall have allotted tn
money at their disposal for increased help q
the Presidential postOfiices. Some of tn
very Cougressmen who were lOudest i'll thei
demands for reduction when the appropria
tion was before Congress are now loudest II
complaining because offices in their district
cannot get what has been asked for.