The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-03-10
Washington Letter.


From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WAsHINGroN, March D. 1892
Senator Henderson, aided BY
Senator German, broke up Mr..
Josiah Ouincy's little scheme for
withholding his testimony in the
investigation of the letting of the
contract for the publication of the
Patent Office Gazette until he had
heard what the rest of the witnesses
had to tell, and compiled him to tes-
tify. Under cross examination Mr..
Quincy convicted himself of about
everything charged against him. and
in addition created very strong
suspicion that the National Econo,
mist" the official organ Of the
Farmers Alliance, which he has been
endorsing notes for, is mixed up in
the mess and that it was in the pay
of the democratic National Com
mittee during the last campaign.
Quincy acknowledged that it was
his endorsement that procured the
money to do the work after he had
succeeded in getting the contract
given to his friends; also, that he
had persuaded Treasury officials to
cash vouchers for them that bad
been chung up, and yet he denies
having any personal interest in the
contract. Such friendship is very
extraordinary.
Representative Grout, OF VT; in
speech on the Pension Appropri-
alton bill, now before the House,
presented some statistics showing
the Pension policy Of the present
administration to be against the
veterans, in manner that could not
be truthtully contradicted. He pre-
sented figures showing that pensions
are granted only one fourth as fast
byCommissioner Lochren as they
were by Commissioner Raum. the
latter rejecting on an average only
one case out of every four appli-
cations, while the former rejects two
applications for every four granted,
in order TO carry out the policy
mapped out by Mr.. Cleveland, OF
reducing pension payment by with
holding certificates that should prop
erly be issued. He called attention
to the recent democratic estimate
that $40, 100000 would remain IN
expended at the close Of the present
fiscal year out Of the appropriations
to pay pensions, "and Significantly
enough, said Mr.. Grout, chat is
just about the amount Speaker Crisp
said, in his speech in favor OF the
tariff bill, would be saved by reduc-
ing expenses" No democrat attemp
ted to reply to these statements, but
Mr.. Meredith. of Va, made foolish
speech in which he repeated Mr..
Mr.. Cleveland's libel OF there being
thousands OF fraudulent pensioners
and he went step further and said
that he had personal knowledge of
these frauds. He was interrupted
by NJ. Funk, of ILL.,, who told him
that II he knew of a fraudulent pen
sioner and failed to denounce him to
the authorities he was not a good
citizen, to which he, after clustering
and talking about fighting, made the
childish reply that he was not re
quired to act as spy Or an intormer
and that he defined to do So. Now
wasn't that like democrat?
1t is certain that no administration
of the United States was ever SO
universally condemned after only one
year of power as that of Mr.. Cleveland.
Here are few of the condemnations
OF it by members of Congress Senator
Teller-"The most signal failure of any
administration we have ever had -
Senator Pefer-"Has been series of
blunders that light have been avoided"
Senator Wilso8-I do not think the
country will want repetition Of such
an administration. There is no doubt
whatever that we shall have change -
Senator Cullom-'HaS been the most
unfortunate, and characterized by
greater number of blunders than have
occurred under any other administra-
ton )" Senator Dolph-Has proven
disastrous failure, having no parallel in
our history" Senator Power-Mr.
Cleveland's free trade policy has ,lade
the cup of the American working men
full of misery" Senator Proctor-"The
esteem IN which the people hold Mr..
Clcveland's first year of administration
is shown by the recent election in
Pennsylvania )" Senator Higgins
"For our present miseries we have to
thank the Democratic party, which is,
it seems, never so happy as when try
ing to run sword through our indus
tries" Senator Pugh (DemocraO-I
condemn Mr.. Cleveiand's financial pol
icy in toto;" Senator Frye-"His Ha-
walan policy and his attempting to
force the Wilson bill through Congress
have wrecked his party, and to this
extent Mr.. Cleveland is a public bene.
factor - Senator Hale-"The only
hope of business men is the expected
total overthrow of the Democratic
party at the fall elections - Senator
Manderson-"A miserable and lament
able failure y Senator Platt-"Incom
petent and bad" Representatives
Bowers-"May the good Lord save US
from three more such years )" Blng-
ham-"He has lost the good esteem
of the people by his pique and bitter
ness as well as by his attempts to con.
troll the legislative branch of the gov
eminent contrary to the constitution )"
Payne-"The only good accomplished
5 the decentralization of the party
which placed it in power ;" Walker
The record of the year is little short
# dlsgraceful )" Hepburn-''No admin
'tration has ever gone out of power so {
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