The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-30
SPOKE TOO LOUD.
Some Like CleveIand's Letter
Except It's Tone
But the Democratic Party is
Hard to Kill.
ALL THAT is NEEDED.
Mrs. Lease and Mrs. Diggs Would
Supply a Deficiency.
ALL THAT is NEEDED.

clear across the country, and Mr. Abbott
Of Texas adds that there was such dark
cloud gathered in the north that his con-
stituents expected a dry nOrther.' This
is only rhetoric for the general truth that
many of them felt call to return to Wash
ington at once and have been hurrying in
bringing the latest opinion Of their con-
stituents. They come with some rather
doleful stories Like the successive mes
sengers in Job i, 1919, each one told a
worse tale than his predecessor, and it was
soon made apparent that the difference OF
opinion among the people was as great as
IL not greater than that in congress For
twoor three days the house was almost in
capable of transacting business, and on
the day Senator German made his great
speech it adjourned at half past for want
of a quorum.
Spoke Too Loud.
My people, says Mr.. Abbott, 'sstill
have great faith in Cleveland. They talk
of his letter as trumpet call to action
and excuse his rudeness by charging it to
his carnestness. I may say that they look
on his production as if it were meant for
a sort Of private letter to the Democratic
party in general Yes, we must in all our
calculations keep in mind that the AIneri-
can people have q confidence in Cleveland
so great that the critics might call it an
infaruati0n. n Men from the central west, |
especially Indiana and Illinois, say. All
our fellows have been asking, Why dOesn' t |
Cleveland speak out?' which bill is he
for-house or senate?' They have been as
much puzzled over it as we used to be in /
the old campaign as to what side of a
question Andrew Jackson was on Well, |
Cleveland has spoken cut, and little too
loud, some of them think, but they do at |
least know where he stands, and they are I
glad Of that Mr.. Lapham of Rhode |
Island may be taken as fair representa-
tive Of middle, northern and eastern Dem
ocrats, and he says. 4 lit q bad idea to I
write such a letter and worse to publish /
it, but it isn't every mistake that kills. If /
it were, what politician could survive3'' I
Mr. Patterson of Tennessee represents a /
similar class in the south in saying, ssWe +
ought to have taken the senate bill with I
such changes as we could get, for ut the /
worst it was vast Improvement on the /
Mckinley bill. =
Such men as Judge Culberson, Mr. |
Bailey, Champ Clark and Mr. Coombs Of T
New York arc quite reserved, and when /
questioned merely give shake of the head, /
which, as the correspondent sees it, may |
be interpreted, Il wish he hadn't done /
it, To many questions Private John |
Allen briefly replies, The Democratic I
party is id hard to kill, - from which /
we draw infercnces- Once only, it is re-
ported, did he grow facetiOus on the sub /
ject and say that if Kansas should vote the /
woman suffrage amendment and send Sen /
atrix Lease and Senatrix briggs to the 1
upper chamber it would supply all that is /
needed. little hairpulling would be q /
positive relief Such facetise as the most |
humorous Democrat can now evolve lift 1
the cloud but very little. if any Out Of /
all the talk, however, comes this conclu- /
sion, which is but a quotation from so /
Democrats of both houses We must pass +
a bill A generation has passed since the 1
Democratic party had a real chance to do /
anything. The people have commissioned /
US to do this work, and if we fail they
will take us at our own valuation and /
hand the power over to some other party. y
This is tho language Of the really judicious
in both houses.
Tax on GreenbacIxs.
Business in the house, except for the
two days Of greatest excitement, has gone
right on, and great deal has been done
by senate committees The judiciary COM
nittee has examined the Cooper bill per !
hitting the taxation Of green backs and I
the constitutional points involved with
great care and reported in favor of its
passage There is some difference in the
committee IN the lines of reasoning, though 1
all arrive at the same conclusion. Some
members say that so long rs the green back +
was q government note merely it could not
cOnstitutiOnally be taxed, but when it was
made redeemable in coin on demand and
receivable for customs dues 1T ceased to be I
a note and became money equally with /
coin, and therefore taxable The commit
tee ON territories has also accepted the re
port OF It's subcommittee on New Mexico
and Arizona, and little doubt is now cx-
pressed that both viii become states con
temporary with Utah.
The vote by which the Tucker resolu-
ton for am 81 ling the constitution passed
the house is spoken Of with surprise by
senator's and some of them are inclined |
to consider 1t q sort of blow at the senate
Mr.. Tucker, however, is quite confident /
shat it Will so through the latter body /
and be adopted, though he thinks it may
be years before enough states approve of /
it.. There is, - he says, no limit on the /
time the states are to give assent. If 10 /
approve and one rejects it, the 10 are 1
counted in its favor, and the one in the 1
negative is not counted, and the matter
may be submitted again and again. The /
precedent established by the ruling of the /
secretary of state when one state wanted /
to withdraw its assent to the fifteenth |
amendment IS in point: With A states |
we should need the assent of SO, and that |
of IA is assured in advance, their legis1a- 4
lures having formally resolved in its favor
1t has been overlooked that this amend /
ment is practically going into force now,
as several states are nominating their sen /
ators at state conventions Illinois started /
the practice Michigan followed, and other /
states are falling into line
Some Out of Work.
Changes in the departments, which had |
been suspended for time, have been be |
gun again though there are mparatively !
few dismissals- According to the state |
bulletin, there viii be in the department of /
the interior at the close of this month 1873 |
promotions, Ga reductions and 38 dismis-
sails, all in accordance with gradings made |
Altar azazninatioD By the commissioners.