Middletown transcript., 1894-03-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINGToN, March Goth, 1884,
81 would sooner be day laborer than
a member of Cleveland's cabinet" re-
marked a Democrat widely known in
CONNER cal circles to personal friend.
"Why," he continued, "they rarely
know what he is going to do about any
thing until his act is publicly an
nounced. When he invites them to
express their opinions it is only that he
may ascertain how many of them agree
with him, and never with the remotest
idea of accepting their advice when
they do not" The occasion of these
remarks was visit he had paid to each
member of the cabinet, all his personal
friends. to find out something definite
about Mr.. Cleveland's intentions as to
the Bland coinage bill, He was told
by each of them that while the matter
had been discussed at two cabinet
meetings Mr.. Cleveland had not told
any of them what he intended to do,
but four of them believe that ne will
veto it, not so much from anything he
has said since the bill passed Congress
as from his previous utterances Oh the
same subject. 1t is also the general
belief in Congress that he will veto.the
bill. If he does, look out for the big
gest Democratic row yet seen.
The Republican Senators are hard at
work preparing themselves for the
tariff debate, which begins week
from to-day. 1t is their purpose to
point out IN their speeches the bad
points in the bill which are so numerous
that many Of them have necessarily
been overlooked by the casual reader.
Nobody in Washington appears to
take Coxey's army seriously, except
Senator Kyle and a fellow who calls
himself Coxey's agent. The latter
goes Coxey 100000 better and says he
expects the army to number 100000
when it gets here.
The trouble with the new treaty with
China, which is being considered by
the Senate committee on Foreign Rela
tions, and which threatens to reopen |
the entire "Chinese question" in Con-
gress, is that Secretary Gresham failed |
to prove himself entitled to stand in
the same diplomatic class with the pre-
sent Chinese. Minister, who secured |
everything his government wanted |
without conceding anything subs antial |
to the United States. So plain is this
that Gresham tries to excuse himself
by limiting about beneficial CONNER
cial treaty which is to follow. What
makes the treaty all the more disap-
pointing is that men close to the Ad-
quietly gave out tip
many months ago that the treaty would
contain clause binding China to pur-
chase annually large amount Of silver
bullion from us, some said the entire
product of the American mines. It
really does grow monotonous this hav-
ing to condemn every act of the Ad-
tion, but what can one do |
when there is absolutely nothing worthy
of cOmmendatiOn.
Judging from the record of the party
in the last house, it would
seem that if there was any one thing
that would induce quorum of Demo-
Gratis to remain in their seats it would
be the prospects of unseating republi-
can member and giving his seat to
Democratic contestant who has Just
about as much right to it as the man
in the moon, but even that prospect
did not keep the Democratic members
of the House in their seats, and, after
wasting two days ineffectial attempts
to get a Democratic quorum the Re-
publica rs very properly refused to vote
IN order to carry out the report of the
Democrats on the elt ction committee.
by outing Representative Joy, of NO.,
and giving his seat to the Democrat
ne d feated, they were compelled 10
temporarily abandon the scheme, 1t
will be again attempted this week,
and it will, Of course, in the end sue
'eed. 1t is only question of getting
Democratic quorum present.
According to relative of Secretary
doke Smith, now visiting Washington
sam Jones, the slang g-slinging Georgia ;
said lately of the DEM rats
n Congress. Of all the box x-aukled.
'andy- shanked, flea bitten, bob-tailed.
NANCY, courageless, brainless jackasses
hat ever assembled since God made s
he world, Ithiuk for pure downright t
ussedness the present gang in Con-
! ess, headed by Hill in the Senate l
nd tailed by no quorum in the House S
eats them all. And the Reverend S
am is Democrat, too. I
The defense Of Represen. ative Breck- I
nridge in the suit for breach Of promise c
marriage, now being tried in the t
Washington courts, has furnished lots (
amusement here. The idea of a c
ian of his experience, prominence and i
ears having been led astray by any q
'oman, however beautiful and artful- Q
liss Pollard is far from being beauti- t
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