The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-12-07
washington letter.

WASHINGTON. d. c, Nov. o. -.
- p-o-7der.t Cleveland nor oecfe-
l' Iy-,-t,,n, mas the slightest desire 10
var scarce by twisting inc
- lions tail. but upon represent"
, - "a. to Secretary Gresham 10y "
. -, the Nicaraguan minister 10 Ille
- S+ates the L, ;. Cruiser Culuih-
: -. ordered 10 BluefieldS, Nicaragua
'.'' ,,-l,tact the interests OF citizens oI 'nG
I-nited States in that quarter
~, ambassador Bayard WAS cah,e" III
-tr,,.tions to investigate and II the 7''''o
,,ants made to Secretary Uiesh''i' W
t.,,,d m be true to demand an lh'iiie
di.te and full explanation from
pri,isb Government. That Il the status
- tba case at this writing. mat E-"E
I'D was influenced in its refusal 10 ISo
oanize the right Of Nicaragua TO eNo-u
- control over the strip OF land kuo"H
- ,b, Mosouito coast by its desire "
a, 10 fipeers into the building or con
| 81 of the Nicaragua canal Is merely
nIausibIe surmise. Nothing onl0''l
,,,oaiciaI * known in Washington uP'n
I,bicb to base a positive statement - =
srcb i the fact. No ne" que9'io'i
ipvolved in the matter, II Il o,I9 -
onaning of an old question "hiSn ".
tEought TO have been lsiaEcSSo5ihSnteSt
tied a long whiIe.2g7 serious trouble with
anprahd ls felt by any member OF the
administration. All statements to the
contrary are merely sensational fakes
President Cleveland ate MS Thanks
giving turkey at his country residence,
to which he had been coniiIe@1i aiI the
days nv d <s.-pusaI To put the hnIshIng
I touches upon his message to congress,
| the family had no company to dinner
/ Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle entertained
a large party at dinner. Among their
| guests were Postmaster General and Mrs.
| Bissell, Attorney General and Mrs OIL
ney and Private Secretary and Mrs
| Thurber.
Representative Catchings. of Miss,
/ one Of the Democratic leaders Of the
house. is in town He says: Il would
like to see the popgun bills passed at the
| short session. But these Will not mark
the end of tariff agitation. Neither will
the Republican victory, despite the dec
laration of the leaders Of that party, to
! the contrary. If the leaders could con
troll matters and remain Of the same
mind as now, perhaps all would be well
! in that direction. But they are not cal
culating on the immense pressure that
will be brought To bear upon ithem, if
they should regain power. 10y the prO~
| tected interests and their constituents.
They came here to the Fifty-irst con
greSs with a firm intention of revising
the tariff on reasonable basis. But
they found the pressure too strong. and
/ went to the extreme Of the Mckinley
bill. You can be assured that tariff ag~
itation Will not cease IN this country
until the whole question Is settled upon
Democratic lines.
Chairman Springer, of the house com
mittee on banking and currency, Is not
hopeful Of any financial legislation at
the short session, although he fully rec
| ognizes the urgent need for speedy legis
lation on the subject. He thinks it ab
| solutey Impossible for either President
Cleveland or any other man to propose
any scheme Of currency reform that will
secure the support OF a majority of ithe
members Of the house, not to mention
the senate where there Is also a numeT-
Gus assortment OF disagreeing financial
opinions. Others think differently how
ever. and believe that some common
financial basis can be found upon which
all good Democrats can stand although
they admit that it will toe 50 difficult as
to make it improbable that an agree
ment can be reached during the three
months that congress will remain under
Democratic control The impression Is
that President Cleveland financial
recommendations will either add to the
probability of Democratic agreement or
will make agreement impossible.
Many Democrats are pleased with a
rumor that President Cleveland Will in
clude in his financial recommendation
to congress the repeal of the ten per cent
tax on state bank currency and propo-
sitiOn that will enlarge the use Of silver
by making 1t part of the basis for the
issue Of bank note currency. Your
correspondent has been unable to either
verify or disaprOve the TumOr.
The most gratifying thing about the
congressional situation, from Demo
cratic point of view, Is the unanimity
with which Democratic senators and
Representatives now in Washington re
ply to queries as to what will be the pro
gramme Of the coming session. They
all say in substance: We will wait un.
til the President has made his recon-.
mendatiOns: we desire that whatever Is
done be done harmOniuuSlv, if possible
There Is little doubt that many Demo.
Gratis who have opposed the President.
are ready to meet him half way in anv
efforts that may be made for the good ot
the party, and if the hOt-heads can only
be kept quiet there may be some pleas
ant surprises for Democrats NJ