The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-30
ashingtOn Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March %, lS94.-
President Cleveland has devoted tine
greater part Of this week, night and day,
to listening attentively To arguments for
and against the Bland coinage bal, al
though it is known that he has long been
a close student of the question involved |
1t is because of the differences In opIn- /
iol among Democrats on the matter
that he has been anxious To hear all that |
both sides have to say. Up To last night |
he had not indicated what disposition he |
would make of the bill. In view of the |
record of the President it Is "A waste of
space to say that there is absolutely no
foundation for the stories sent out from
Washington making him party To a
bargain with the silver men in congress
They are simply sensational libels upon
the President as well as upon the silver
men. No man ever occupied the White
House who was clearer of bargaining,
either for person or political gam, than
is Grover Cleveland, and, while his de-
cision must necessarily be against the
wishes of many good Democrats, 1t can
be set down in advance that 1T will be
the result of his honest convictions, and
there is little doubt that it will be so ac-
cepted by the Democratic party at large.
Since the tariff bill was reported To the
senate the Republicans have been max
ing desperate and concerted attempts TO
make it appear that there Is formidable
Democraict opposition to the bill in the
senate. That the bill will be changed
before it passes the senate is altogether
probable, inaSInuch as it Will produce,
in its present form, according to the
latest estimates, something like S3O,-
000, 900 more than will be required. and
it is the policy of the Democrats only to
levy sufficient taxes to raise the money
necessary to run the government. Dem
ocratic senators who favor changes iOOk~
ing towards reduction of the revenue
to the amount required will state their
reasons and ask their Democratic col
leagues for the votes to make them, but
it is not believed that any of them will
! seek Republican votes to get those
changes, or will vote against the bill
| should the changes desired not be made.
The four appropriation billS-the Dis
trict of Columbia, the general pension,
! the fortification and the sundry civil
! already passed by the House, represent
"A reduction of S24 33i, 95S from the to-
| the current fiscal year This shows that
! chairman SayerS and his Democratic
colleagues on the House Appropriations
committee are carrying out Democratic
ideas of economy in public expenditures.
Mr. j. W. Ady, who pretends to think
that he has claim of the seat now filled
in the senate 10y Hon. John Martin, of
Kansas. is in Washington, he says for
the purpose of conteStIng Senator Mar
| tin : right to the seat, but ln reality
merely to get little notoriety which he
hopes To be able to turn To account IN
! Kansas in the near future.
Hon. Daniel Magone, who was collect
or of customs at New York city during
the first Cleveland administration, and
who has for many years been II recog-
nized authority on the politics of his
state, is in Washington. He says of
politics: There is no sort OF doubt III
my mind that New York is a Democrat
ic state Occasional losses are due to To-
cal causes, but do not affect the party as
q whole. The New sNork Democracy,
too, stands squarely for tariff reform.
There Is no backing down with us ON
that issue. The one thing now for con
gress to do is to pass the tariff bill Al the
earliest practical date. With that out OF
the way, SO that trade may resume IT.
normal condition, there Is no reason tC
be apprehensive about Democracy
The successful trial of the thirteen
inch cannon made AT the gun shop o
the Washington navy yard, which Wa:
made this week, at the proving grounds
t "A few miles down the Potomac river
marks an epoch in the history of fin,
gun making in the United States, be
sides establishing the wisdom of the gov
eminent making its own guns. Secre
tary Herbert and a distinguished part
: numbering several hundred were preSen
ut the trial. Experts pronounce it on
, of the finest guns ever made.
Representative Breckenridge is no,
T having hIs inning in the sensations
y trial of Miss PolIard.s suit against hin
q for breach of promise of marriage. III
> denies in toto the main charges agains
him, and if the evidence to be submit
e ted by him sustains his denial, as hi
Il friends believe it will. he may succee
in getting "A verdict, Notwithstanding tn
Il terrible testimony of the defendent
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, is dar
= gerously i'll. He was this week stricke
@ miti L''i"'S9i9, anu MS PhSsIcldhS NAV
II little hope of his recovery.
IS "CoXey's army is regarded in Wasi
% ington as sort of All Fools day hoa
! pulled before it was ripe, and nobod
" has the remotest idea of making an
d preparation for its reception, for ii
is very simple reason that no one believ
e it will ever come here in any such nun
bers as its originator now talks about
ghbly.