The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-12
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 1894.

Secretary Carlisle has left no doubt
as to where he aud President Cleveland
stand on the sugar question. He told
Representative Meyer, of La, that the
administration would oppose any
attempt on the free list, but would aid
iu the passage of the substitute pro-
posed by the Senate Finance Committee,
striking out the different duty Of one
eigth Of cent a pound on refined
sugar. leaving all sugars datiable at a
fat rate of 40 per cent ad valorem.
Secretary Carlisle still holds to his
original opinion that he has no
authority to pay out a dollar for bounty
on sugar. but he told Mr.. Meyer that
he and President Cleveland were both
in favor of legislation providing not
only for the payment of the bounty
upon all sugar made previous to the
taking effect of the new tariff but for
the payment upon this years eutire
crop of the difference between the
bounty and the duty on foreign sugar
Had this information been in the
possession Of La, sugar planters it is
probable that they might have adopted
different sort eof resolution at their
meeting last week. He also told Mr..
Meyer that his letter to Senator Harris,
showing the necessity for the revenue
that the sugar duty will bring in was
submitted to President Cleveland and
was approved by him before it was sent
as stated in this correspondence at the
time, although the know.is.alls asserted
that the letter was sent without Mr..
Cleveland's knowledge and against his
wishes.
The true inwardness of the alleged
fop Of Senator Jones, OF Nevada, from
the republicans to the populists is now
known. 1t was merely republican
trick. Jones is no more a populist
than be ever was aud his pretended flop
is but the first move in game which
was to have been secret and which has
for its final object the nomination and
election to the Presidency of Senator
Cameron of Pennsylvania Jones is the
father of the Cameron boom and when
be found that the suggestion was very
coldly received by the silver men Of
the Northwest, on account of Came.
ron's well-known connections with rail-
road and other corporations, notwith-
standing the free coinage Of silver,
which was to be the corner stone of
bis canvass, he was disappointed
Then it was that Jones evolved the
scheme of joining the populists and
turning their organization into purely
silver party, eliminating every thing
else from their platform, and having
them endorse the Cameron boom, which
he calculated would induce the repub-
lican convention to nominate Cameron
on free silver platform. The scheme
would not have had enc chance out Of
possible one hundred even if it had
been kept secret as intended, but now
that it has been exposed it simply has
no chance at ALL Men of Don Came
ron's ca!ibre have been elected Pre-
sident, but no man of bis associations
ever has been or ever will be. although of
course be may buy nomination if be
will pay the price.
This isn't good administration for
sinecures. Secretary Hoke Smiths axe
has just fallen upon another. Like a
great many other people Secretary
Smith was puzzled when be first heard
of the editor of the U. S. Geological
Survey. A little investigation co.,
viuced him that the said editor was
drawing $4,000 year without render
ing an equivalent to Uncle Sam, and
straight away an order was issued
abolishing the Office, which by the