The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-15

President Cleveland told a Demo
cratic member OF the House who ask
ed him his opinion of the Senate
amendments to the tariff Dill that his
opinion on the question of tariff re
form should be well enough known
without any additional expression at
this time, and intimated that he con.
Sidered prompt action on the subject
by both House and Senate of far more
Importance to the country than the
mere details of this or that schedule
in the bill, provided, of course, that
the bill as a whole 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.
The Republican Senators are act
ing on the old legal maxim-when you
have no case abuse the opposition
Finding that they were defeated on
the sugar schedule of the tariff bill,
which they had been for weeks claim
ing to be confident of defeating with
the aid Of Democratic votes, they
have resorted to the cry of sugar trust,
thinking to blind the country to the
fact that the sugar schedule this week
adopted by the Democratic Senators
only gives the sugar refners about
half of what they are getting under
the Mckinley law. Senator Jones is
confident that all of the amendments
will be adopted and the tariff bill
passed by the close of next week, and
Republican Senators privately admit
as much.
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 confidently expected 14o vo es
in favor Of the bill, but it only receiv-
ed Io2, while the opposition mustered
ITO. They claim that men VINO had
allowed themselves to be counted in
favor of the bill voted against it.
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 announcing that he
was not preparing to issue bonds, had
not considered it even, and knew no
reason why he should consider it at
this time or in the immediate future.
Secretary Carlisle has been during his
entire rkic life known as a man who
believes in the open and above board
method of doing things, and the pub
lie may rest assured that should the
necessity for another issue of bonds
arise it will be duly and officially an
nounced by the Treasury Department
and not by fake newspapers. 1t is
not believed that it will be necessary
to issue more bonds, as there is no
probability of the cash in the Treas
ury reaching an embarrassingly low
condition 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
The claim for $I5,ooo,ooo against
the estate of the late Senator Stanford,
which was fled in California this week
by direction of Acknowledgement
Olney, has been much talked about
IN Washington. The claim is made to
protect the interests of the Govern
ment involved in the indebtedness of
the Central Pacific Railroad to the
United States. This step is in line
with 4 resolution introduced in the
House sometime ago by Representa-
tive Boatner, of Louisiana, providing
for the employment of counsel to
bring suits against the original Cent
raj Pacific syndicate,' composed of
Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins,
Crocker, and Cotton for money divert
ed by them for their own benefit from
the earnings of the railroad Mr.
Boatner claims that the Government
can get at least $40, 900, 900 by bring
ing these suits The bonds upon
which the railroad ewes the Govern
ment this money are not yet due, but
the claim is put in now SO that the
statute OF limitation cannot be plead
ed should the suits be entered after
default IN the payment Of the bonds.
1t is expected that this Congress will
leglslate upon the indebtedness of all
Of the Pacific railroads to the Govern
ment, and c. p. Huntington is now
in Washington looking out for his end
Of the matter.
Nothing startling has been brought
out this week by the Senate commit
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