The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-07-13
Washington Letter.



WASHINGTON, July Borrower Cleveland's
marvellous backbone was never more credit
ably displayed than in the crisis now upon the
country. He recognized from the first that
the first and foremost duty of the President of
the United States is at all times to maintain the
authority of the Federal government, which
was defied by the stopping of mail facilities
guaranteed to the people by the National gov
ernment, and by the refusal of rioters to obey
the judicial orders regularly issued by the
United States courts, and he did not hesitate to
order that the army be used to uphold the
authority of the government. No one can re-
greet more than he that men should have been
killed by the militia, but he is not blind to the
fact that 1t is better that men who openly defy
the laws should be shot down than that red
handed anarchy should be in control even for
single day of any portion of our country
He intends that the people shall enjoy their
mail facilities and that the dignity and aII-
thority of the U. S. Courts shall be maintained
no matter what the cost may be in money or
blood, and his entire cabinet and an overwhelm-
ing majority of Congress, regardless of politics,
are behind him.
1t is a matter for regret that several Demo-
cratic Governors of States and few Demo-
Gratis in Congress should have confused the
question of States rights with the patriotic
policy which the President has adopted. tits
mistake. There iS-there can be-no connec.
ton between the two. Nothing has been done
by the administration to Interfere with the
rights of any State, and nothing will be DONE
1t is for the preservation of the rights of the
National government that the President has
ordered that the tied up Pacific railroad shall
De operated taS provided Tor Ill their charterS)
as military post roads, and that u. S. troops be
used to see that the mails are not INSTRUCTED
upon any railroad and that government prop
erty is protected.
The government that does not maintain its
own authority cannot retain the respect and
allegiance of its people The United States
government claims no authority to ntefere
with railroad or any other strikers, but when
strikes are made the means for the propagation
of anarchy and the defiance of National author
ity it may be relied upon to act as long as
Cleveland There =
nothing in common between patriotic Amer
lean and the teachings of anarchy, and there
cannot be Il doubt that President Cleveland
will receive the thanks of all good Americans
for the promptness and decsiveness with which
he has acted in suppressing anarchist tenden-
cies.
There is no installing the sentiment which
caused the Democrats of the House to yigOr-
Ously applaud the plain words of Chairman
Wilson concerning the Senate amendments to
the tariff bill. which the House refused to con-
cur in and which are now being considered by
a conference committee of IA members-seyen
Senators and seven Representatives. Mr.. Will
son said concerning the work of the Ways and
Means committee of the House 1.-The committee
performed their work honestly, deliberately
and to the best of their ability. The bill was
based upon the principle that, in gathering
revenues, taxes should be levied upon finish
ed products and not upon raw material which
was In accordance with great fundamental
Democratic idea The bill comes back from
the Senate and does not recognize that princi-
pie. Only wool and lumber have come back
undisturbed by the Senate amendments" The
Conference committee held its first meeting to-
day. Daily meetings will be held and progress
will probably from time to time be reported to
the House and Senate, but it is hardly possible
that the committee can conclude its iabors in
side of two weeks, although there are not more
than % of the amendments over which there
will be any serious difficulty in coming to an
agreement
1t can be stated on the authority of leading
Democratic Senators that there is no founda-
ton for the stories sent out from Washington,
that Senator Hill was to be read out of the
party by Democratic caucus. There is gen.
eral feeling of regret among Democratic Sena
tors that Mr.. Hill should have voted against
the tariff bill, and few of them have said
harsh things about him, but there is no DISPOSE.
ton to force him out of the Democratic party.
On the contrary, the disposition is to treat him
so that he will not be disposed to take himself
out of the party.
Secretary Carlisle has been quite sick for Il
week past and he has not yet sufficiently re-
covered to actively resume his duties at the
Treasury, but he attends the cabinet confer
ences which are daily held at the White House
with President Cleveland to decide upon the
telegraph reports hourly made to General
SchOfield of the movements of the army and
the condition of affairs at Chicago and other
places where there are disturbances. C. A. s.