Milford chronicle., 1893-11-24
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, November 90, 1898.

WASHINGTON, November 20, 1893.
A more disappointed crowd than the
members of the administration it would be
hard to find So certain were they that
Saturdays steamer from Hawaii would bring
news of the restoration of the Queen that
every employe Of the State Department was
compelled to take aud oath of secrecy be-
| fnrehand, in order to prevent any of the de-
tails contained IN the dispatch from Minister
Willis getting out prematurely, It was
| clear, however, from other dispatches that
/ the infamous programme had miscarried,
aud the belief here is that the monarchy will
not be restored, aud that Mr., Cleveland is at
( last beginning to realize that between the
one-sided representations Of Minister para
mount BlOunt and Secretary Gresham s
hatred of ex-President Harrison, he has
/ been hoodwinked into taking a course that
has been more generally and, perhaps, more
harshly criticised than any single act of any
American President
The great question with the administration
now is how it can best sneak out Of its uu-
pleasant predictment, although it is believed
thar positive assurances have been given to
the British Ambassador and the japanese
Minister that the monarchy would be re-
stored in Hawaii, 1t is not thought that any
attempt will be made to do it, at least not
openly or by force. In fact friends of the
administration are now trying to deny what
they were few days ago positively assert
ing as to the nature Of the instructions given
to Minister. Should it end IN Mr., Cleve-
lands making Gresham the scapegoat and
throwing him out of the cabinet there will
be no tears shed by either Republicans Or
Democrats, as GTesham's course in this mat
ter has caused him to lose the few friends
his political somersault had left him.
Representative Bourke Cochran, the New
York Congressman who has been sat upon
by Tammauy because he objected to being
a mere puppet of Crocker's, threw a bomb
shell among his Democratic colleagues on
the House Ways aud Means committee who
had in his absence decided that an income
tax should be attached to the new tariff bill,
when he informed them that an income tax
imposed on a Democratic administration
and Congress would result in making New
York city, now the Democratic Gibralter,
Republican stronghold; he also told them
that this proposed tax was an attempt by
certain would-be leaders of the Democratic
party to pander 70 the Populists aud warned
them that if 1t was carried into effect it
would prove disastrous to the Democratic
party. Mr.. Cockrau's remarks created a
momentaTy stampede amoug his fellow
Democrats on the committee, but will hard
ly result in getting the income tax dropped
from the bill,
The administration having by its lack of
foresight and of frmness when frmness |
would have proven beneficial, brouPht the /
cash IN the Treasury down to the lowest |
point at which It has been since the Buc- /
hanan administration came so near to bank
rupting the government, is now very dill.
gently at work stopping the leak at the spig-
OF while that Of the buDghole is going right
along all the time. Here are two instances
that will illustrate the attitude of the spgot
style of statesman Tho Postmaster General
Ia glanciug over the list Of supplies pur-
chased for post-ofiices discovered an item
hat deeply aroused his anger He was
SO to speak, when he saw
hat the D. S. government actually bought
wine for the letter carriers to use for tying
Up bundles Of mall ''Iet them buy leather
traps and use them shouted this apostle /
4 spigot ecolomy as he dictated an order ]
hat no more swine was to be bought for
heir use. The next great act Of spigot econ.
my also relates to the letter carriers. A {
ot Of old cast off letter carriers leather bags
7hich have been from time to time for I
1arded to Washington by postuasters who /
lake acquisitions for new ones, D :. = y. !
[ Considerable erueuae Matched ana