Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-01-26
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CARLISLE HAS DECIDED ISSUE
EONDS.

EONDS.
authority tiscn ~ set OF I~13-
pI".:V>>tu. sloUiy ga the Tariff
at the Navy important DipiO.
matte Position Awaiting an tp.
poininrn several Kcpubiirans
Talk of something OF which
They Are 7ynorunt.
From Ou, L..1i,ar Correspondents.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL, 1891.
Secretary Carlisle has announced
an issue Of bonds, under authority OF
the act OF 1870, to meet the present
necessities of the treasury. While
neither he, President Cleveland, nor
any member oi the Cabinet has any
doubts about lis authority to issue
bonds, he and they would have pre-
ferred that Congress should have pro-
yidcd fO- the financial deficit, but
senator Voorhees, and other lead ing
Democrats in Congress, after consulta-
ton and mature consideration, arrived
at the conclusion that it would he
/ impossible to secure Congressional &C.
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 by the old
law. The issue of bonds is to be linn
! tied to the immediate needs of the
Government, thus leaving Congress
free to act as soon as it may be so dis
posed, by providing other means OF
raising money that must be had from
some source. The idea of bond issue
is not palpable one to the average
Democrat, but in this case there was
no choice; it was bonds or default
in meeting obligations Of tine Govern
ment.
The consideration of the Wilson
tariff bill is progressing satisfactorily
to the Democrats, although the clauses
about which there is the greatest Dem
ocratic controversy have not yet been
reached. A number of minor amend
ments have been adopted, and one very
important one-providing that the free
wool clause should take effect upon
the passage of the bill.
Senator Barry, speaking on Senator
Calls resolution for an investigation
Of the civil service, said: al think
there is great deal of humbug about
this civil service business, and l am
not in favor of extending it one iota
further" This statement was greeted
with such uproarious applause from
the galleries that the Chairman had
to threaten to have them cleared be-
fore quiet was restored. Mr.. Berry
voiced the popular idea.
The depleted condition of the
Treasury would prevent any consider
able appropriation for the enlarge
ment Of our navy at the present see.
sion of Congress, even if majority
of the Democrats were in favor of such
appropriation, which is doubtful.
Representative Holman is one of the
Democrats who believes that our navy
is already dangerously large and it
should not be added to, unless the
traditional policy of our government,
to avoid entangling alliances, is to be
shelved and an aggressive foreign
policy substituted therefor. ave
need" says Mr.. Holman, ga navy
o., ffIoiop f1xy al ropr ~ vrotoot o,,r into.
ests at home and abroad, but we have
already gone beyond that point and
ought to stop. do not favor large
army in time of peace, but an army
cannot, under any circumstances, get
us into trouble. The army cannot
inaugurate a foreign policy. The
navy can, as witness the Valparaiso
incident. The foreign relations OF
our country are more or less in the
hands Of the commander OF any
American naval vessel, and we must
sustain him, as a rule, in whatever
course he takes. For that reason, it
is not advisable to have too much of q
navy. The smaller the navy, tho bet
ter; provided it is sufficient for our
purpose"
Strange to say no Democrat has ap-
piled, so far as known, for the position
of U. S. Minister to Russia, one of the
few position in the diplomatic service
that carried salary IS high as $l7,-
500. Whether this is because no
Democrat bankers after a residence in
the land of the Gear because of dis
gust at his American would-be i'm
itators, or that the opinion is general
that the warm personal friendship
which President Cleveland is known
to feel towards the present minister
Hon. Andrew D. White, ex-president
of Cornell University-will prevent
his removal, is a question. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. White was not
appointed 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 renominated.
Senator Daniel made it plain to
Senator Hoar this week that it was
not altogether prudent to attempt to
make a speech on the Hawaiian
question with no better preparation
than feeling of malignant hatred of
President Cleveland and the demo-
cratic party. After practically COM
polling Senator Hoar to admit his
ignorance of the official documents
bearing ON the subject upon which he
was speaking Senator Daniel con-
siderately dropped the matter. Senator
Morgan had earlier in the week tripped
up Senator Davis, of Minnesota, in a
similar way, but instead of acknow-
Lodging his ignorance Davis got mad
and tried to bluff through on a re-
fusal to be further interrupted.
So many misleading statements have
been made aboIt the reasons that
caused the southern Democratic
Senators to vote against Mr.. Horn
blowers confirmation, which was re-
jected this week, that 1 have ascer-
tanned what was the principal reason
for their voting against him. 1t was
simply that they had doubts about Mr..
Hornblower's status as constitu-
tional jurist, ard did not propose to
take any chances. Senator Gray, of
Delaware, can / I'VE the vacancy if he
wants it, and would be unanimously
confirmed.
WHAT ADMIRABLE DISCIPLINED
When citizens are engaged in an earn
est and united endeavor to adopt
measures of the utmost economy, to
weather a financial storm which