Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-10-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Sugar Trust. Reducing Salaries.
Out Of Funds.
WARRINGTON, Oct. 10, 1894.

The Democratic managers are still
very much at sea as to Mr.. Cleveland's
real attitude towards Senator Hill. 1t
may be true, as has been repeatedly
stated by Mr.. Cleveland's friends, that
he intends to make a big contribution
to Hills campaign fund, to register and
to vote for Hill, but nobody has been
found willing to say that Mr.. Cleveland
had made any such statement as to
what he would or would not do, and 1t
looks to a man unprecedented that all of
these statements made public by Cleve-
land Democrats have had but one OBJ
ject in view-to compel Mr.. Cleveland
10 do as the party managers wish him
to do. This is, to endorse in some pub
lie way the candidacy of Hill. 1t may
be that he will eventually do so, but a
member Of the Democratic campaign
committee told a Democrat yesterday
that he wouldn't bet a nickel on it.
And people in Washington who know
something about the obstinacy of Mr..
Cleveland are predicting that the meth
DDS which have been adopted to force
him to speak will be more likely to
make him refuse to speak. The order
Of the Attorney General, that United
States District Attorneys must take no
active part in the campaign, is regard
ed by some as a slap at Hill, and by
others as merely a bluff to please the
mugwumps.
1t seems odd that the Democrats have
one scheme that they invariably try to
work just before every national cleo.
ton, whether Congressional or Presi-
Dental and Congressional combined.
That is to get 1t widely published that
their campaign committee has its hands
tied for the lack of money. The story
was promptly started this year and
every newspaper man who calls at
Democratic headquarters is filed up
with it. 1t is quite as true this year as
it aver was. The committee has had
more money than it could legitimately
use, and at the very time the commit
tee is pretending to de in trouble be-
cause 1t has no money and can get
none, some of its members IRE making
deals which involve the spending of
large amounts of money illegitamately.
Vice President Stevenson's recent
statement, that the Sugar Trust had
gone all to pieces and that sugar was
to be cheaper than ever as a result of
Democratic tariff legislation, was aston.
ishing news in Washington, where it is
known that the trust made q deal with
certain prominent Democrats, agreeing
to wait until after the election before
raising the wholesalepric of sugar, in
return for the promise that no changes
would be made in the sugar schedule of
the tariff law at the coming short SEES
sion of Congress. Surely Mr.. Steven
son must have COMPOUNDED the Sugar
Trust with the Democratic party when
he spoke of its having gone all to pieces.
The statement would have been true If
it had referred to the Democratic party.
but it isn't true of the trust, as sugar
consumers will discover when they
have to pay the higher price for sugar,
which will be within thirty days from
election day. Just keep your eye on
the price of sugar and see II you don't
find this assertion strictly true.
Another Democratic reform was this
week semi officially announced by those
connected with the administration. It
is that the excellent policy inaugurated
by the Republicans, of detailing army
officers to serve as Indian agents, is to
be abolished and the positions to be
filled by the appointmentof politicians.
The alleged reason given is that the
army officers are needed by the army.
The real reason is that lucrative places
may be found for a few more hungry
Democrats. This matter will probably
bring about some lively talk in Con-
gress, which will not see the step taken
to set aside it's act providing for the de.
tail Of army officers for this duty with
out some stirring protests. .'a i7s.
Much has been said BY Democrats
about the great production in salaries
paid by the Govern .ient which were
made by the Democratic Congress.
According to the book Of Congressional
Appropriations, an official publication,
compiled by the clerks Of the House
and Senate Committees ON Appropria.
tons, the number of salaries reduced
by Congress vas sixty nine, the annual
saving being S26. 800, while the number
Of salaries increases being SS3, TAI. 1t
is q very simple matter to deduct the
amount Of reduction from the amount
Of increases and the result will show
that the net increases in the amount
appropriated for salaries, Of Govern
ment employees by the alleged econom-
ical Democratic Congress was s6,94t.
This Is q small matter Of itself, but it
Is important because it shows up the
falsity of the Democratic claim of hav-
ing reduced official salaries, and teaches
people not to accept Democratic claims
except when they are supported by
unprejudiced proof, and those made at
this stage of a campaign are seldom in
that class.