Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-23
Washington Letter.
Washington, Nov 10Th /

v ashlngton since the eiectioh nave
Fith one or two exceptions talked
b. a manner that indicated the prop
n spirit. Their greatest desire, they
AVE said, is to allow the past to1
lest, and to have the democratic
barty take fresh start by getting
together in Congress and adopting
ome legislation that will help the
country and incidentally the dem
bcratic party, IN 1894. Just what
legislation shall be acted upon Is u
question that will determine very
Don how deep this anxiety for par
y harmony goes. The idea | have
heard most generally expressed b.
democrats is that Senators ana hep-
esentatives should not COMMIT
themselves to the support OF amy
particular tariff Of financial leg isl;.-
lion until after the recOmmcnda-
lions on those subjects contained
In the Presidents annual message
10 Congress are made public. ThA.
would leave them free to accept ti!e
president recommendations should
they be of such d nature as to be
acceptable to the democratic rarty
| as a whole, which they are almost
'certain to be. With the democrats
BIN Legislative way during the ta'ee
months of the short session; with
|out harmony there is no hope Of
accomplishing anything and would
hot BE- even is the session were to
|be three times three months long.
Since President Cleveland an
nounced that his annual message
i to Congress would contain impor-
liant financial recommendations, bas-
ed upon Secretary Carlis 'es annual
report. democrats have been great
ly interested in learning the nature
of Secretary Carlisles report, but it
is as yet secret, confined to those
VINO have promised to keep 1t until
4 the report and the Presidents m as
sage are made public. Secretary
Carlisle has not been at his office
for several days, prcfering to work
on his report at his home where he
q is free from interruption. 1t is
3 said that tie system proposed will
supply the elasticity so badly need
s ed in our present financial system.
i Although Secretary Carlisle has
always been known as a
! friend to silver no one, who will tell
has found out what part silver is to
play in the proposed new system.
Alaborious attempt is being made
by certain parties to have it appear
that President Cleveland has exceed
ed his constitutional authority in
dealing with the proposed media
ton of the trouble between Japan
and China. Their whole story is
built upon false foundation. They
say that President Cleveland has
offered to act as mediator. He has
done nothing Of the kind. At the
request Of the Chinese government
he directed Secretary Gresham to
ak the japanese Government if 1t
would favcrahly consider propo-
sition to have the United States act
as mediator in order to put an end
to the var. 1t will be difficult to
make sensible people, who are upon
principle opposed to war, believe
that the President exceeded his au-
thority in thus trying to end q var
between two nations with which We
are Oh friendly terms. How friend
" we are with Japan may be jndg-
ed from the fact that a new treaty
has just been concluded with that
country.
There is little danger that the
republicans of the next House viii
carry out the threat made by some
members of their Congressional
campaign committee, to throw out
the entire Virginia delegation.
which is solidly democratic. The
democrats would not ask anything
better than such action by the re-
nnhlian House. 1t would not only
keep Virginia solidly democratic
Init it would bring ont thousands OF
democratic votes in other States.
The leaders of the republican par y
are too shrewd to put such club as