The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent),


the names OF those who give them Iufor-
nation In confidence, and the farce may
be carried the extent OF locking up
the three correspondents. Meanwhile
men whose testimony might have been
taken are going to Europe and other plac-
es 10 keep from tes:IfYng and the chances
for getting at the truth, which Is allthe
public wants, are growing beautifully
less aud less. If newspaper men could be
compelled TO divulge tEeir sources OF iu-
formation there would be few or no eX-
/ posures OF corrupt practices in public life,
for the very simple reason that in uipty-
/ nine out Of every one hundred OF such
/ exposures made by the newspapers the
first information isgiVen In con iidence by
public men, aud II they did not know that
their confidence would be respected they
would not give the information. The
I public is'nt Interested in the object the
! infOcmer has IN vlew-often not a credit.
able one to him personaliy--but in the
exposure OF wrong doing Wherever IL eX-
ISIS. The senate has before this locked
up correspondents for refusing to betray
confidence. but it never has succeeded In
making L spondent do it. audi isn't
likely that IL ever will
The end OF the tariff fight seems to be
IN Insight, and no one viii be SUR
prlscd /! a day Tor taking the final vote
be agreed upon before the close of the
present week. The reason for the change
may be found in the test votes, which have
shown that every democratic vote with
the possible exception OF that Of Hill, and
every populist vote, with the possible ex-
ception or that OF Stewert, will be cast
for the bill, unless something now upex-
pected shall occur to bring about the
change. The Developments in the in
vestigation may effect the sugar schedule
which will be taken up this week.
Treasury department officials put on
brave front when talking for publication
about the recent rapid depletion OF the
gold in the treasury, now down to ST9,-
$50, 900. and say they have no fears of its
getting dangerously low in the near future
but it is no secret here that they are very
much disturbed abouti it. When 1t reach
S65, 900, 900 the administration consider
ed the situation dangerous enough to
issue $50, 600, 600, OF bonds in spite Of its
knowledge that the sentiment of congress
was against bond issue, and many be-
gold drops TO the same amount again,
although there has been no indication Of
any change of sentiment In congress.
There is reason to believe that the ad-
ministration would like to have congress
out Of the way before 1t resorts to another
bond issue. In this connection the views
the administration, given privately to a
personal friend. are both interesting and
significant. Said he: 1.-The administra-
tion is veiy much opposed to many of the
proposed senate amendments to the tar
III bill, but II is using all the influence at
Is command to get the democrats OF the
house to agree to the bill as It will be
passed by the senate, because 1t wants
to see congress adjourn bafore the gold
reserve gets so low that another issue of
bonds will have to be resorted to, 1t hav-
ing become apparent that congress will
not authorize an ISIS ue OF bonds. and that
IL issued at all II must be under the old
law.
Representative Bryan, Of Neb. is working
hard 10 persuade thu house committee to
report fayorably his Nicaragua canal bill.
aud nc says. he is confident Of succeeding
others doubt 1t. His bill differs from that
Of Senator Morgan, which provides for a
guarantee OF the canal bonds |
Ia that 1t provides tor the outright pur-
chase of SO, 600. 900 Of stock In the canal
company by the government, the payment
therefor to be made In cash, the issue |
Of that sum In greenbacks being provided !
for In the bill. The bill also provides
that the stock purchased by the govern
ment shall constitute q controlling inter- |
est In the canal company, and that Of the |
eleven directors eight shall be named by
the U. s. government.
Coxey requested that no efforts be made
to secura pardon for himself Browne and |
Jones. so they will serve out their term
In jail, the first two devot!ng their time
to writing u history of the commonweal
Coxey's army is IN constant
with him and is kee ping
together fairly well, although it has been
, hardship for the men on account Of the
'cant supply OF food. They announce
heir intention to march into Washington
Memorial day for the purpose of decorat-
ng the Peace monument at the foot o.
he Capitol. FitzgeraId's men from Bos-
.on who have been here since last week,
but did not camp with
Joxey's men. They have presented
heir petition and will this week start
or home believing that they can do
more effective work among the people