Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-06-02
Correspondence.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May %, '94
Does the sticky trail OF the sugar
scandel lead to the White House
mind you, not republicans, first in
dicated that 1t did, and the action |
Of the Investigating committee. In
pretending TO be greatly exercised |
because three newspaper correspond J. |
ents-one of them democrat, and
Senator Murphy's private secretary
have declined TO give the names of
those who give them Information,
has not wes kened the indications.
The committee may be perfectly hon
est In It's attempt to make the cor
respondents tell the names of their
informants, but experience should
warn them of the time they are
wasting. There is probably not a
newspaper correspondent in Wash
ington who would not go TO jail aud
stay there rather than to tell the
name of any man who had given him
Information In confidence, and no.
body knows this any better than the
Senators n this committee; hence
the belief that they are merely using
the correspondents In making play
for time, instead OF asking the men
whose names have been directly con-
nected with the scandal for the infor-
nation that will establish the truth
or falsity OF the charge that the SUI
gar trust dictated the sugar SEIZED
ule OF the tariff bill. The pre- sent &C.
tions of the Icommittee confirm the
impression of those who predicted
from the hrst hat the whos - s-z
CATION w0ufu De As great fizzIe as
that part of 1t which dealt with the
alleged attempted attempt to bride
Senators.
Several votes In the Senate having
demonstrated that the last bargain
took In all OF the democrats, except
Hill, as well as the populists, and
that the tariff bill as bargained for
is going to get their votes, it is
probable although not yet certain,
that republicans will In a few days
agree to tho setting of day for the
final vote ON the bin. The sugar
schedule will be reached this week
and an effort will be made to upset
it, but for the reasons set forth
above it will hardly succeed.
Civil Service Commissioner Roose-
welt has got his fighting blood up
During the debate which preceded
the democratic attempt to drop the
appropriation for the Civil Service
Commission, Representatives Pen
dleton, OF West Virginia; Enloe. OF
Tennessee; and Stocksdale and Will
liams, of Mississippi, made state.
ments rejecting upon the integrity
OF the commission, and accusing II
of always favoring republicans. Mr.
Roosevelt sent q communication &c
Representative DeForest, chairman
of the House committee on Reform
In the Civil Service, branding each
and every statement made by tn,
four Representatives as unqualified
~ false, and daring them to attemp
to prove them In an investigation
which he suggests be made. Their,
Is no likelihood of ADMINISTRATION a.
it is well understood that the state
ments were made largely TO placat,
disappointed constituents who hat
not been provided for and VIII,
might be disposed to make troubl
In nominating conventions.
Gold. like everything else,
afraid of this administration.
least, it gets away from 1t quite fast
Notwithstanding the $50, 900 900
gold received from the late bond Il
sue, the gold in the Treasury Is tt
day below $4,000, 900, and &C
cordinH to the opinion of many {
the shrewdest observers In Congress
including friends as well as enemi'
of the administration, another bon
issue is only a question of tim
and II there Is not decided ''let W
In the drain on the Treasury it wi
be very short time. All of Il
prophecies OF Mr.. Cleveland and Sc
rotary Carlisle concerning the +
turn of gold from Europe have pro
en- false. Should the tariff bill
come q law by the first of Jul
which the democrats claim, but t
republicans do not concede, the
will be an Immediate and immen
drain on the remaining gold In tres
ury, as the importers will want 1t
send to Europe to pay for the goo
which European manufacture
have been piling up to flood
American market with as soon
the democratic tariff goes into
feet. Secretary Carlisle Is doing q
soluteiy nothing to protect the &C
In the Treasury, although his expt
ence IN placing the last boz
ought to have warned him of
difficulty he may have In foati
another issue of bonds at the ga
rate. democratic Senator "
heard to express the opinion I'll
the ADMINISTRATION could not place {
other issue of bonds for less tn
four per cent and that he would I
be surprised If they had to make
five per cent. 1t was never more
parent than now that Secrets
Carlisle is not financier.
If there were no such thing
treaty obligations the bill farther