Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-11

step is in line with a resolution intro
duced in the house some time ago by
Representative Boatner, of Louisiana,
providing for the employment of counsel
to bring suits against the original Cen
trail Pacific syndicate, composed of Hunt
ington, Stanford, Hopkins, Crocker, and
Cotton for money diverted by them for
their own benefit from the earnings of
the railroad.
Mr.. Boatner claims that the govern
ment can get at least $40, 100000 by
bringing these suits. The bonds upon
which the railroad owes the government
this money are not yet due, but the
claim is put in now so that the statute of
limitation cannot be pleaded should the
suits be entered after default in the
payment of the bonds. 1t is expected
that this congress will legislate upon the
Indebtedness of all of the Pacific rail
roads to the government, and C. P.
Huntington is now in Washington look
ing out for his end of the matter.
The southern Democrats in the house
were doubly disappointed by the defeat
of the bill for the repeal of the tax on
state bank currency. They had conf
dently expected l4O votes in favor of
the bill, but it only received 102, while
the opposition mustered 10. They
claim that men who had allowed them
selves to be counted in favor of the bill
voted against it.
The senate will have a select COM
mittee of five to give hearings to the
representatives of all the industrial
armies" and others who have schemes |
to air, a resolution to that effect having |
this week been adopted.
Nothing startling has been brought out
this week by the senate committee that
is investigating the charges concerning
the alleged sugar trust scandal.
President Cleveland told Democratic
member of the house who asked him his
opinion of the senate amendments to
to the tariff bill that his opinion on the
question Of tariff reform should be well
enough known without any additional
expression at this time, and intimated
that he considered prompt action on the
subject by both house and senate of far
more Importance to the country than
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in the bill, provided, of course, that the
bill is kept in line with Democratic
promises of tariff reform. That strikes
me as the proper position for every
patriotic Democrat to take at this time.
Secretary Carlisle waited until the fake
story that he was preparing for another
issue of bonds had advanced to the stage
of pretending to give all the details
down to the exact amount of bonds to
be issued, before he took the trouble
to undo the work of the gifted writers of
Washington fairy tales by officially an
nouncing that he was not preparing to
issue bonds, had not considered even,
and knew no reason why he should con-
3ider it at this time or in the immediate
uture Mr.. Carlisle has been during
his entire public life known as a man
who believes in the open and above
board method of doing things, and the
public may rest assured that should the
necessity for another issue of bonds arise
t will be duly and officially announced
by the treasury department and not by
fake newspapers.
1t is not believed that it will be neces-
sary to issue more bonds, as there is no
probability of the cash in the treasury
an embarrassingly low condi-
ton before August, and by that time the
increase in the government receipts |
under the new tariff law will probably |
be great enough to furnish relief. S.