The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-26
aSbin gtOn Letter.

WASHINGTON D. c. Jan. Goth, 1891
Secretary Carlisle has announced an i
sue Of bonds, under authority OF the
act of 1870, to meet the present necessi
ties OF the treasury. While neither he
President Cleveland. nor any member of
the cabinet has any doubts about his an
thoriry TO issue bonds, he and they
would have preferred that congress
should have provided fer the financial
deficit but Senator NorheeS and other
leading Democrats in congr, -, after con
sultatiOn and mature OrS5dera.iOn. ar
rived at the conclusion that IL would bc
impossible to secure Congressional az.
ton in time to render the aid needed.
owing to differences of opinion among
Democrats as To- what should be done;
and advised that advantage be taken OF
the authority conferred bv the old law
The issue of bonds Is to be limited to the
immediate needs of the government,
thus leaving congress free to act aS soon
aS it may be so disposed 10y providing
other means of raising money that must
be had from some source. The idea OF
bond issue Is not palatable one to the
average Democrat, but in this case there
was no choice; II was bonds or a default
in meeting obligations of the government.
Ihe consideration Of the Wilson tariff
bill Is proceeding satisfactory to the
Democrats, although the clauses about
which there Is the greatest Democratic
controversy have not vet been reached
\ number of minor amendments have
been adopted, and one very important
one-proyiding that the free wool clause
should take effect upon the passage ui
the bill.
Senator Berry, speaking on senator
Calls resolution for an investigation on
the civil service. said: 81 think there Is
a great deal of humhug about tins ciyi.
service business and am not in favor of
extending IL one iota further" This
statement was greeted with such up
ruarious applause from the galleries that
the chairman had to threaten tu have
them cleared before quiet was restored
Mr.. Berry voiced the popular idea.
The depleted condition of the trcaSu-
~ would prevent any considerable ap-
preparation for the enlargement of our
navy at the present session of congress,
even if majority of the Democrats were
in favor of such appropriation, which l.
doubtful Representative Holman l.
one of the Democrats who believes that
our navy Is already dangerously large
and that it should not toe added to. uu-
less the traditional policy of our governs
meut. To avoid eutangIng alliances, Is to
be Shelved and an aggressive foreign pol
ICY substituted therefor. eve need -
says Mr.. Holman, "a navy sufficiently
strong to protect our interests at home
and abroad, but we have already gone
beyond that point and ought to stop.
| do not favor a large army in time of
peace, but an army cannot, under any
circumstances, get Us into trouble The
army cannot InaUgurate foreign poll
cy. The navy can, rs witness the Val.
paraiso incident. The foreign relations
of our country are more or less in the
hands of the commander Of any Ameri~
can naval vessel, and we must sustain
him, as a rule, in whatever course he
takes. For that reason. ii is not adj
vISable to have too much Of Il navy.
The smaller the navy, the better; pro
vided II Is sufficient for our purpose ~
Strange to say no Democrat has ap-
piled. 50 far rs known, for the position |
of L. : Minister to Russia, one of the |
few positions i'm the diplomatic service /
that carries a salary aS high as S1T.JOU. !
Whether this Is because no Democrat |
bankers after a residence in the land of .
the Gar because of disgust at his Amer
lean would-be imitators, or that the /
opinion is general that the warm person ,
al friendship which President Cleveland
Is known To feel towards the present
minister-Hon Andrew ID. White, ex-
president of Cornell University-wil pre-
vent his removal, IS question. IL viii .
be remembered that Mr.. White was not
until Charles Emory Smith,
editor of the Philadelphia Press. who
was given the place in 1889, was wanted
At home to help Mr.. Harrison get re-
Senator Daniel made it plain to Sena-
Hoar this week that it was not altogeth~
er prudent to attempt to make speech
Dn the Hawaiian question with no bet
cr preparation than "a feeling of malig-
laut hatred of President Cleveland and
he Democratic party. After practically
Senator Hoar to admit his
ignorance of the official documents bear
ng on the subject upon which he was
,Peaking. Senator Daniel cunSiderateiv
lropped the matter. Senator Morgan
lad earlier in the week tripped up Sen
lOr DAVIS, of Minnesota, in a similar
way, but instead of acknowledging
lis ignorance Davis got mad and
ricd to bluff through on a refusal to Toe
'urther interrupted.
50 many misleading statements have
been made aboutthe reasons that c;nIScd
he southern Democratic Senators to
'ute against Mr.. Hornblower'S coufr-
nation, which was rejected this week,
hat | have aScertaiucd what was the
principal reason for their voting against
lim. II was simply that they had
ioubJS about Mr.. lIoIubluwer's status as
/ constitutional jurist, and did not pro
,ose to take any chances. Senator
tray, of Delaware, can have the vacan>
y if he wants it, and he would be unan-
mouSly confirmed. NJ
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