The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-07-27
From Our Regular Correspondent

AlthOugh secretary Carlisle, who has
just returned from the world'f fair, re-
fuses to be interviewed upon the some
what remarkable speech delivered at the
New York bankers Banquet by Comp
troller of Currency Eckels, or indeed up
on anything else-he is so hopping mad
his friends have let the cat out of tine
bag, and it is Known that about the first
thing the Secretary did after he got back
to his Office was to send for Mr.. Eckels
and give him about the worst ten MIN
utes he ever had i'll his life. Mr.. Carlisle
has temper, as is well. known in Wash
ington, and it was reused to the highest
pitch by the "taffy" which Mr.. Eckels
so literally distributed to the New York
bankers, whom Secretary Carlisle has
not forgiven for refusing to let the treas
ury have part of the gold lying idle in
their vaults, unless bonds were given
them for it. Having just returned from
Chicago where he learned of the injury
done by the refusal of the New York
banks to furnish western banks money,
| even On the best of security, was not
calculated to make Mr.. Carlisle take
more kindly to the sentiments expressed
| in Mr.. Eckels' speech.
There is a snothered storm of indigna-
ton among democratic congressman
from the south and west on account of
Eckels' speech, and il may burst out be-
fore, or upon the floor of congress at any
time. One of these men, speaking to
several OF his colleagues and personal
friends said: "If Mr.. Cleveland knew in
advance OF the sentiments contained in
that speech, and approved of them, it
means that he has surrendered boot, bag
and baggage to Wall street, and that
| the people who voted for him under the
impression that he would not be con-
trolled bv Wall street influences have
been BETRAYED. Ii he did not know of
them he should lose no time in firing
Eckels for having expressed them, as a
practical and convincing proof to the
administration. No halfway business
will do; if Eckels be retained in his pres
emit important position the country will
not be slow in taking it to mean that he
expressed the sentiments of the admins
tration. and then-well, lust keep your
ear to the ground and you will hear
something
Republicans are disposed to regard
the whole thing as merely the result OF
chsmpagne, and the attentions of lot
of elderly wealthy men to a young man
who is poor and ambitious of being
known. Still they recognize the bad
taste OF the man who holds a position
second in Importance only to the secre-
tary of the treasury, from financial
standpoint, making such speech under
existing circumstances. 1t hardly seems
probable" said a senator, "that he
would have spoken as he did without
Mr.. Cleveland's approval, and if he had
that approval indicates a financial split
between Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle" 1t was along ago predicted
In this correspondence that Eckels was
bound to get into trouble.
Congressman Bynam of indiana, is
opposed to the wild cat state bank
currency part of the democratic pro-
gram, AND is not afraid to express his
opinion. He says: II do not believe that
legislation authorizing the restoration
OF state bank currency will be passed by
congress. The day for that sort of
money has passed." Mr.. Bynam is, of
course, in the democratic minority o.,
this question, but it begins to look as
though there might be enough demo
Gratis who think as he does, in cor.iunc-
ton with the solid republican vote of
the house, to save the country from the
wildcat experiment, unless the. southern
wing OF democracy, which is rab1d for
wildcat money, succeeds in making it a
caucus question.
The democratic tariff snag will prob
ably be struck in the senate, where their
majority is small. There are at. least
four democratic senators-Gorman, OF
Maryland; Camden and Faulkner, of
West Virginia, and Gray, of Della ware
who are regarded as certain to oppose
any reduction of the present duty on
coal, iron, lumber and several other ar
ticles IN which they and their constitu-
ents are largely interested, and without
their votes no democratic bill can pass
the senate.
One of the odd things in the coming
congress will be the appearance oil
Representative Bourke Cochran, of Tam
many, whose o'clock-in-the-
anti-Cleveland speech was the sensation
of the Chicago convention, on the floor
of the House as Mr.. CIeveland's special
champion.
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