Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
sove DEFINITE FINANCIAL POLICY
MUST SOON &C ADOPTED.
The Oa,eoms . Qas.,Ioa ef bankruptcy
q, sseeeSs aud Bresd es wsn'-A Vs.
r,s,, of Op,aioas - Ia the Ceun,ry's
Nssd.-I.ur Fiasasisi Plan.
lspeciaI Carro.Iond.nes.l

Especial Corrc-pondsnos.l
W,suIS0roS, Dec q. Washington
swns % mild surprise at the compare.
,ye Tack ~ excitement at tho opening
tf the short session % congress There
wa. sort u vague expectation that tho
defeated would come back early with
hre Ia the eye aud distraction In the a..
pect and proved 90 pitch into the prcsi'
dent aud each other with all the fury
that would naturally come from letting
loose the acrimony they restrained dur
Ing the last session; also that the vic.
tor. would b. insultinsly hilarious. In
truth, . number Of the Republican. are
not coming till after the holidays. and
many % the Democrats write 90 their
colleagues as II they would not come at
all. while several have written 30 the
sergeant. atarm. tO know II they could
draw their mileage aud stay at home
OF course he answered mo- A. o. the do.
fcatcd. instead ~ pitching into the pres.
ident and senate. most ~ them are anx.
iou.ly asking. How the deuce can the
Democratic party b. united b. ls96i'
Aud mOro than Que old observer sorrOw'
fully shakes his bead and says that u
cant be done: that the great division
between the east and west must come a.
an open aud angry rupture before that
time
Coagr.~.msn rs,'sr.oa'. Views.
10 T. amusing to observe how boauti.
fully the election figures serve 10
strengthen each mans ayOrito view,
and how every Democrat who will talk
believes a. he did last year. only little
more 81 Hon. josiah Patterson, genial
and sociable a. ever. IL even moro of a
cuckoo" talks far more froyly and
says that "the time has come for Demo
Gratis o. drop their NONSENSE. stand by
the president aud enter at once on the
work of thoroughly recognizing our
financial ,ys,em The fir.t thing a. do
II for W to unanimously resolve and
publish II ,o the world a. thr deliberate
act II congress that at all hazards this
nation intend, o. maintain the national
credit aud the parity ~ H. currency
with gold. For many years now 18th
parties have bcen dodging the Issue,
and the credit ~ the country will not
bear further uncertainty, and neither
will the rcoplo cuuntcnancc any party
which permits uncertainty. Th" repeal
of the sherman law did some goO'l, and
the new ,arif will soon justify itself,
and now the thing to L. desired above
all others Is financial certainty. \ sus.
pension ~ gold payments would b. the
greatest po-siblo calamity.
Id... - Ilir, ..d Bynum.
In response to questions ON this point
Representative lkirt of Ohio was equal.
ly emphatic In favor of certainty. but
held that the shortest routo thereto lay
Ia exactly the opposite dircction-name.
ly, In the restoration of silver to its
original place A. the money u hnal To-
demptiou. Mr.. lkirt IL decidedly the
mot hopeful man In the defeated party
Ho thinks business II already improving
under the new tariff aud will improve
still more rapidly In the near future;
that the rep.al of the federal election
law ha. already been justified. and that
even the Republicans will 'soon indOrso
10: that the Democratic party will b.
thoroughly united In 1890, and that ey'
erything will H. lovely and the goose
hang high In the party wigwams When
the extreme views ~ Mr.. Patterson were
quoted to other western men. they
promptly stigmatizcd him as "a gold.
bug hatchod from Memphis mud, -
which would seem To indicate that they
are feeling little sore
Mr. Bynum takes gloomy views of
the situation generally. He "can q sca
how business II to improve much. The
trade IN wOolons and few other thing,
has 10 come up at this season, bat there
isn't going To bo any boom. How the
mischief can farmers buy manufactured
yOo.ls with wheat nj a. cents, and cotton
,t o cents, aud hones no sale at allF'
incidentally hc adds that h. will return
To indianapolis and the practice of his
profession. aud all interviews Ia tho con-
Itrary are "fakc.