The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
W ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

Mr.. Cleveland is getting more open
abuse from Senators on account of
that extraordinary bond contract,
than0he did from members of the
House, and it is also more outspoken.
Seuator Wolcott characterized it as
the most disastrous assault upon the
country's financial system ever made,
adding "and the worst feature of the
whole wretched business is that the
attack is made the man who because
OF his position, should have stood the
foremost in our defense. Our nest has
been befouled by the man who were
should have stood for our credit. If
there were ever any men who were
not entitled to consideration it is the
Rothschilds and the President, because
they have sought to blacken our credit"
Senator Lodge said the act was the
blacklist ever pe,Netrated ~ m ad-
ADMINISTRATION, III dealing with American
securities, and Senator Teller went
even further than these in his criticism
of Mr.. Cleveland. Up to this time, no
Senator has even attempted to defend
that bond contract, although Senator
II Ill said it was Congress and net Mr..
Cleveland that was to blame.
1t is though that the crushing defeat
of the administration gold bond bill
in the House last week ends all finan-
cial talk in that branch of Congress
for the present session but the Senate
has taken up the subject and will do
some speechmaking even if it does no
voting. The bill for the unlimited
coin rye of silver, which was reported
from the finance committee, and the
gold bond substitute therefor. as we'll
as Senator Hills resolution declaring
the intention Of this government to
to pay its bonds with the best money
when there is any difference in the
money in circulation, are all open for
debate. No vote can be reached upon
any OF them without what would
really be unanimous consent, owing to
the nearness OF the end of the session,
and of the necessity for disposing of
the regular appropriation bills.
Senator Platt, of Conn, never goes
off at half-cock when he makes
speech his colleagues know that he
has carefully considered the subject
upon which he speaks, and that he
never tries to straddle any question,
great or small hence the significance
of his remarks upon the bill for the
repeal of the differential duty on sugar
and the amendments concerning meat
inspection, which have been added to
it by the Senate Finance Committee,
which closed with these words: 81 do
not propose to engage in the repeal of
any legislation, or in the amendment
of a foreign government. III Germany
wants to retaliate it is game that
two can play at. And the way to con-
vince her that her proposed retaliation
is properly understood in this country
is to make use OF the power which we
now have for retaliating on Germany"
The bill is regarded as dead. Senator
| Aldrich has motion pending to re-
commit the bill and instructing the
committee to report bill placing all
sugar on the free list, restoring the Nc
Kinley sugar bounty for domestic pro-
ducers, restoring all reciprocity agree
ments, restoring the duty on raw wool
and increasing the duty on luxuries,
that must be voted upon before the
/ bill can be voted upon. 1t is improb-
able that either will be-
Few people realize the enormous
amount Of money that has been ever
lastingly lost by strikes in the United
States-they have been almost as ex-
pensive as demonstration. The Sen
ate committee on Education and labor
which has favorably reported Senator
Perkins bill for the creation of COM
mission of twenty one persons to arbi-
trate all disputes between employees
and large employers of labor, made an
investigation covering period of six
years ending with the recent Brooklyn
strike. the result of which is embodied
in its report to the senate OH this bill.
According to the figures OF. the COM
mitee, and its members say they are
very conservatively made up, the
known losses through strikes during
the period mentioned have aggregated
$9s, 49, ,S49.
4 The democrats are but testifying to
their fear OF ex-Speaker Reed as a
Presidential candidate by the silly
talk they are indulging in about his
4 vote on the gold bond bill having re
moved him from the field of possible