Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR ]
Washington, Jan. Is, 1892.

Washington, Jan. Is, 1892.
The president has almost, but not
quite, made up his mind that he pos
sesses the authority, without further
Congressional legislation, to withdraw
the privileges now enjoyed by the
Canadian Pacific Railroad. The mat
ter has been discussed at several Cabi-
net meetings, and if the president
finally concludes that Congressional
action is unnecessary he will make no
recommendation in his message which
he will send to Congress with the in
formation concerning this matter
which has been gathered by the exc
cutive department of the government,
but will at about the same time issue
an order-possibly a proclamation
withdrawing certain privileges, among
them the carrying of imported mer-
chandise through the United States
under consular seals, which puts a
large sum of money in the pockets of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad people
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this country or its citizens.
Representative Burrows, of Michi-
gan, thinks there is something in the
charges which have from time to time
been made against the whiskey trust,
of defrauding the government out Of
large sums of money by the use of
poisonous drugs as adulterants, and of
violating the laws in other ways, and
he has introduced a resolution in the
House providing for an investigation
of the charges by a special commit
tee of five; the same committee also
to ascertain and report the names of
all persons connected with the trust.
1t is believed that if this resolution be
adopted and the investigation be
thoroughly made it will uncover. a
great scandal, involving many men of
prominence, not only in public but
also in private life, including more
than one man of high scientific at
tainments.
The slowness with which the regu-
lar Appropriation bills are being re-
ported to the House makes many be-
ieve that chairman Holman of the
House Appropriation committee, was
in earnest when he said the other day
that unless certain legislation-pre-
sumably the free coinage silver-was
passed at this session he would feel
justified in forcing an early extra ses-
sion of the next Congress by causing
the failure of some of the Appropria-
ton bills. 1t would however, be
very dangerous precedent for chair
man of the House committee on APP
to deliberately delay APP
bills to force an extra SEES
sion.
Mr.. Cleveland is a shrewder politi
clan than many people are disposed
to believe. An evidence of this was
given when he sent a trusted personal
friend to sound Senator Morgan, of |
Alabma, to ascertain whether he would |
accept the portfolio of the Secretary
of State. Now, Senator Morgan is,
and was all during Mr.. Cleveland's
first administrations AN outspoken OPP
ponent of a number of Mr.. Cleveland's |
ideas, particularly those on finance.
At the same time he is one of the best |
posted democrats in public life on our
foreign relations, and is as vigorous in
his Americanism as the most ardent |
would ask that the Secre-
tary of State should be. If Mr.. Cleve
land could get him to become his Sec
rotary of State he would at one and |
the same time secure an able and t
capable adviser on foreign matters
and remove a dangerous democrat |
from the Senate. There is
a doubt, however, as to whether Mr..
would be willing to associate
himself with the Cleveland admins
tration, although the honor of being
Secretary of State is not one to be
lightly refused.
All things come to an end, even the
debate on the anti-option bill, which is
to be voted on Wednesday. 1t will of
course be passed.
THE VOTE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL |