Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-01-19
WASHINGTON LE1fER,
WASHINGTON, Jan. i5, 1879

Secretary Carlisle has one good |
trait; he knows where to look for
good advice when he is i'll hole.
He is in hole now, ana it is q |
deep and dark enc. Having cali
ed in vain upon his party associ-
a'es i'll Congress for Legislation
that would provide the money to
meet the deficit made by the an
nduncement of the Cleveland ta-
riff programme, he has now called
upon Senator Sherman for advice
aud aid. Senator Sherman told
the Democratic Senators at the
time they declined his suggestion
that the silver repeal bill should
be amended SO as to authorize an
issue of bonds that the admins
tration would in the end, have to
issue bonds Well the end is in
sight and the administration is
going to issue bonds, with or with
out the consent of Congress. Ii
Congress will authorize an issue Of
bonds they can be made to run
short period and carry only three
per cent interest; if Congress will
not authorize the bond issue, they
are to be issued under the law of
1875 and will consequently carry
4 or Al per cent interest and will
run long time. The bonds have
been printed and the official an
nouncement of their issue may be
made at any time.
Mr.. Cleveland is as obstinate as
ever. Notwithstanding the hu-
initiating position in which be is
placed by the last batch of Ha-
waiisn correspondence, which in
cludes President DoIe's manly
and straightforward answer to
Minister Willis's demand that the
provisional government retire in
favor of the dissolute woman who
had previously announced ner in
tentlon to behead her opponent as
soon as she got back into power,
and which was sent to the house
Saturday and TO the Senate to-day
the Senate was not in Session
Saturday,, as he still wishes to
restore the queen, and is making
use of methods which have be-
come so familiar since the meet
ing of the extra session to "con-
vert members of Congress to his
views. If public opinion instead
of being strongly opposed as it has
been from the first had been over
whelming in favor of restoration
this batch of correspondence,
which includes the dispatches of
Willis heretofore withheld, would
have made restoration impossi-
BILE.
IL plain arguments and incon-
trovertible facts counted for any
thing with Democrats the Cleve-
land tariff bill would have been
bu ried beyond hope of resurrec-
ton by those presented against it
by the few Republicans who have
an opportunity to speak during
the absurdly short time allowed
for general debate. The orders
to railroad the bill are imperative
and there is little probability that
any of the numerous amendments
which will be offered by dissatis-
fed Democrats during the debate
under the five minute rule, which
will occupy the rest of the time
until the 29th inst, when the bill
will be voted upon, will be adopt
ed. But there is one consolation
ahead. Mr.. Cleveland will not be
able to recognize his bill when
the Senate Finance committee
gets through with it. Nothing
could show palmer what the Dem.
cratsof the house really want than
the applause they gave to the out
and out free trade speeches of
Tom johnson of Ohio. Jarrv
Simpson of Kansas. and Bryan of
Nebraska They want free trade.
and, as Representative Black of
illinois. who wants to succeed
senator Cullom, put it, to reduce
ages in the United States to the
vel of those paid in other parts
OF the world. That is beautiful
and enticing programme to lay
before nation of wage earners,
now isn't 1t?
The opposition to the income
tax proposition has urquestiona-
bly, frightened the democrats who
favor it. One result of the fright
WAS the determination of the dem
ocrats of the Ways and Means
committee not to offer the income
tax as an amendment to the Cleve-
land tariff bill, bat to report it to
the House as a separate measure. |
Another is the proposition, not yet |
definitely acted upon, to hold
democratic caucus to decide |
whether the income tax shall be
pushed or abandoned. The final
result will he the same either way |
The income tax may be forced |
through The House by very small
margin, but It's death in the Sen
ate is certain.