The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
Washington Letter.


Washington, D. C. Sept. z, 1894
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
chairman of the Democratic congresslon-
al campaign committee, who Is almost
constantly at the committee headquar-
ters. smiles significantly every time his
attention is called to new version of
the dissentiOn which the Republican
newspaper correspondents profess to
have discovered in the committee. He
saws that thoseg ferz~AnSe benefit the
committee exists have the best of reasons
for knowing that there IS no dissentiOn,
and that it will be beneficial rather than
otherwise to the Democratic party If
those correspondents can convince the
Republican managers that the commit
tee is not in a condition to render effec
tive service to the Democratic candidates.
As matter of fact all of these disSen-
ton fairy tales are based upon misap
prehension of the duties of the COM
mittee. With the exception of the
campaign text book, which Is prepared
by the committee, and which Is not for
general distribution but for speakers
and editors, the committee does not de-
eide what sort of documents are to be
sent into a congressional district, 1t
merely sends what Is asked for by the
candidates or those authorized tO/speak
for him So it Is simply impossible that
members of the committee should dis
pute over what document shall be sent
out The committee Is filling all the
orders sent to 1t, and Will continue to do
so. Senator Faulkner says the lnforma-
J ton he Is receiving from all over the
| country Is daily adding to his confidence
/ that the Democrats will retain control OF
/ the house. and ne thinks that the greater
| the improvement in business, now be-
/ coming apparent in all sections, the
/ larger the Democratic majority will be,
/ as the only thing that ever made the
/ issue doubtful was the business depreS-
! sion and the disposition of many voters
/ to hold the party In power responsible
/ for the hard times.
! Representative John L. Dunn, of New
| Jersey, has some very strong ideas on
! political economy, and they are thor
| oughly practical, as Is the man. Speak
| ing Of the effect of the Republican policy
| apOn farmers. he said: IF there Is
any class of people under the sun who
| ought to vote the Democratic ticket it Is
the farmers. Since 1850 farm values
have decreased fully 40 per cent. in the
/ United States, as shown by the census
figures There isn't a country place in
/ New Jersey to-day that is worth over 500
per acre for farming purposes. l hap
pen to own the old Doty homestead, on
the outskirts of Elizabeth, on which the
celebrated Ben Wade was born. 1t cons
I! tains eighty-four acres, and in 1850 was
| held at S25 ,OO0 | am now negotiating
to sell it for 50, 500 Land is the only
| thing in this country that has not kept
/ pace with the increase of population.
| Protected industries have absorbed the
! increase of value that, in the absence of
| laws favoring a special class, would have
gone to land owners. As legitimate
consequence of this beautiful protection
doctrine, Egyptian cotton and Indian
grain have been brought into competi-
ton with the products of our soil, fore
ing down prices of both to the lowest
point ever recorded.
In order that the matter should be
dealt with by experts, Secretary Carlisle
has designated number of L. ;. Gus
toms Inspectors and officials of the Gus
toms bureau of the treasury department,
to act as a commission to draw up the
regulations necessary for the enforce
] lltnI OI the sugar SClbUult OF the new
! tariff. This commission will be under
the immediate direction of Assistant
Secretary Hamlin.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, isn't much
of a populist, Notwithstanding his sensa-
/ tiOnal letter announcing his abandon
| ment of the Republican party and his
| intention to act with the POpuliStS in
! the future; but he Is a firm believer in
| the free coinage OF silver at ratio OF Is
to l, and a very shrewd politician
hence the publication of that letter.
His sole object, in the opinion of your
correspondent, was to endeavor to force
the silver question to the front in the
congressional campaign, because he
thereby hopes to lessen the number of
Democrats elected to the next house. ow-
ing to the known differences of opinion
in the party on the subject. / do not
hesitate to predict that upon all political
questions Senator Jones will continue to
vote with the Republicans as he has al
ways done. Mark the prediction. In
other words, the move Is a Republican
trick.
Senator Carlisle wears a broad smile
these days, in spite OF the hard work he
is having to do in connection with the
new tariff. Cause why The cash re-
ceIptS of the treasury are steadily inCreas-
ing and it is no longer necessary for
him to sit up o'nights to study out how
to meet the obligations of the govern
!