Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-05-16
DOINGs AT WASHINGTON.
what our Regular Correspondent says
about the Capitol and its People.
Washington. Nav 10, 1895.

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concerted attempt on the part of the
Washington correspondents of the
most prominent democratic papers to
make it appear that whenever three
or four prominent republicans hap
pened to be in Washington at one
time they were engaged in conspiring
for or against some one of the gentle
men who have been generally men,
toned as probable republicans Pres
idential candidates, and it is the re-
suit of orders from their home officers.
First. they had a conspiracy being
formed against Mr.. Reed and in favor
of Senator Allison; then Gov Morton
was the favored individual, and their
latest attempt in that line was in
favor of Gov Mckinley Needless to
say that there was absolutely no foun-
dation for any of these misrepresenta-
tions Even granting that there are
prominent republicans who are will
ing to enter conspiracy either to Sc
cure the defeat or the nomination of
any of the gentlemen named the exer-
else of a little common sense would
make it apparent to even an ordinar-
| ly intelligent man that they would
not do so more than year before the
holding of the nominating convention;
also, that Washington, where they
are all well known to the newspaper
men, would be about the last place
they would meet to arrange such a
conspiracy. There is a double pur-
pose in the false publications. First,
the hope that they may help take
public attention from the hopeless
condition of the democratic party,
and second. the hope that they may
result in stirring up i'll will between
the supporters of the several candi-
dates for the republican nomination
| But there is no probability of either
hope being realized. The republican
party recognizes the '.cinch' it has
and will not throw it away because of
democratic misrepresentation.
Attorney General Olney paid Sena-
tor Sherman very neat compliment
when after quoting some remarks by
him. he said in his argument before
the Supreme Court for the rehearing
of the income tax cases: 'sWhen /
quote Senator Sherman, / cite one
who is possibly as much of states
man as any counsel who has address
ed the court in this case and who.
even when found defending the prin-
ciple of an income tax, no one will
venture to characterize as a populist.
or communist, or Jacobin, or an
Anarchist. Mr.. Olney's argument
is considered by lawyers to have bee n
very poor one; it was mercilesslv
ridiculed by Mr.. Joseph H. Choate,
the great New York LAWYER, who
spoke against the Constitutionality of
the income tax, and even the sedate
justices could not restrain the smiles
| brought out by Mr.. Choate's biting
sarcasm at Mr.. Olney's expense
Secretary Morton is out with an
other single gold standard letter,
which makes it clear that Mr. Cleve-
lands alleged rebuke given him for
writing the first one was just what it
was intended to be- merely an an
Choir cast to windward, which might
be a handy thing to have in case Mr..
Cleveland should be driven to aban-
don the single gold standard Mean
while he winks at Morton as he keeps
up his gold standard arguments.
The report that Secretary Carlisle
had positively stated that in the event
of the next democratic national con-
vention, declaring in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at a
ratio If 16 to /, he would support the
republican candidates, and intimated
that Mr.. Cleveland would do the
same. has caused much talk among
the politicians. There is little doubt
that Secretary Carlisle made the
statement, but it was probably only
intended for bluff in the game which
the administration is playing against
the free silver wing of the dem ocratic
party.
There is again considerable talk of
an extra session of Congress to pro-
vide money for the government. The
Treasury deficit continues to grow at
an alarming rate and none of the pre-
dictions of Secretary Carlisle of in
creased revenues have turned out to
BE true, and there is nothing in sight
to indicate any Improvement in the
receipts. In addition to the failure
OF Secretary Carlisle's estimates to
materialize comes the loss of revenue
expected from the income tax. The
exemptions made by the first decision
of the Supreme Court cut the amount
OF estimated receipts from that source
in half, and it is regarded as extreme
ly probably that the decision OF the
full bench will wipe them entirely
out, by declaring the law to be I'M
constitutional. In that case Mr.
Cleveland will find it difficult TO avoid
an extra session, no matter how much
he may fear one.