The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-14
NO. 80.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept 18th, 1891


WASHINGTON, Sept 18th, 1894.
Does Mr.. Clevel and wish the demo-
Gratis to lose control of the House?
He has certainly done number of
things recently which indicate that he
does, and quite number of the
shrewdest observers of things political
at the National Capital have stated
their opinions to be that Mr. Cleveland
would be glad to see either the repub
licans control, or the populists hold
the balance OF power in the next
House. His last act before leaving
Washington was to appoint long list
of postmasters, three fourths OF whom
were opposed by the democratic Con-
gressmen from their districts; thus
apparently adding all he could to the
difficulties already being experienced
by the aforesaid democratic Congress
men. He is also at the bottom of the
row in the democratic Congressional
campaign committee, which will pro-
badly result in that committee not
sending out any tariff documents at
all, leaving every democratic candidate
free to decide for himself whether he
will defend or abuse the sugar trust
tariff law.
The theory of those who believe
this to be Mr.. Cleveland's position is
that he has had quite enough demo-
cratic legislation and wishes to see
Congress in position where it can do
nothing for the next two years, except
to pass the regular appropriation
bills. He hopes by that time that the
people will have forgotten the disas-
trous first two years of his administra-
ton, and that he will have mt least n
fighting chance to be reelected should
be succeed in getting the nomination
again, which he is egotistical enough
to believe that he can easily do, not
withstanding his being on bad terms
with nearly every prominent member
of his party. There is one little
drawback certain to defeat this scheme,
even should all the rest of it work
the people will not forget.
Secretary Gresham either has q
short memory or he thinks the Ameri-
can people have. When the tariff
bill was pending in the Senate news
was cabled from Europe that if the
sugar trust schedule became law
Spain would retaliatc by abrogating
the reciprocity agreement under
which American products were given
special rates by Cuba and Porto Rico.
SO great an impression did that cable
gram mabe on the Senate that reso-
luton was adopted asking the Secre
tary of State if he had any knowledge
of an intention upon the part of
Spain or any other country to retaliate
upon the United States because of the
tariff bill. In answer to that resolu
ton Secretary Gresham said he had .
no such information and intimated
that nobody else had and that he did
not believe any country contemplated
such action. Now, when the State
is in possession of the Off
cial notification of the abrOgation OF
the reciprocity agreement with Spain
for Cuba and Porto Rico, he says he is
not surprised and that he expects
other countries to abrogate the recip-
rocity agreements made under the
Mckinley law. 1t looks us though
Mr.. Gresham also allows the interests
of the sugar trust to regulate his Off
cial utterances.
Senator Manderson is trying hard
to convince Secretary Carlisle of the
injustice Of his decision that no more
sugar bounties should be paid Senator
Manderson contends, and it is COM
mon sense contention. that the sugar
makers arc entitled to the bounty on
every pound of sugar made up to the
hour that the tariff bill went into effect
and he is not without hope that Secre-
tary Carlisle will reverse his decision,
as he has already reversed several
other tariff decisions he has made.
Whether be succeeds or not that
clause of the tariff bill which repeals
the sugar bounty will probably get
into the courts sooner or later, as it is
by many that the govern
ment is bound pay the bounty On this
years crop of sugar of all kinds, be-
cause contracts had been made with
cane & feet planters and maple syrup
gatherers by the sugar manufacturers
before it was known that the bounty
would be repealed. It is we'll nigh
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