Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-09-21
WASHINGTONLET
An Explanation Which Does Not Ex-
Olain-Speaker Reeds Boom-Ths
Civil Service OOmmission-The
Administration.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WAsHENGT0N. ID c., Sept 10. '95.
Members VI the administration are
much chaerinned and more alarmed
oveE-that statement published by the
laid syndicate, which. by the way,
is one OF those explanations which do
not explain Some OF the language in
that statement was certainly not cal
cuiated TO allay the fears Of Secretary
Carlisle concerning the maintenance
of the Id reserve For instance, the
assertion that the syndicate, although
under no obligation to do so, would
continue TO January ist. TO deposit
gold If existing conditions make it
feasible to 10 50 - The administra-
tion fears that existing conditions"
in this ease will mean whether it will
be TO the interests OF the syndicate TO
furnish the Treasury with gold The
syndicate adde TO the decentralization
OF Mr. Carlisle and his fellow demo-
Gratis when il is said But neither
the bond syndicate nor any one else
can control the elements After all,
what frightened Nr Carlisle even
worse than the significant wording of
the public statement OF the bond syn
dictate was the fact that a member of
the syndicate withdrew from the
Treasury and exported 81 500. 600 of
the 81 200 600 in gold sent TO Europe
last week, the largest shipment ever
made in one week, with the single ex-
ceptiOn OF a week in last January when
the total sent was a half million in ex-
cess OF last week Secretary Carlisle
makes no pretense of being master of.
or even of being one of the controlling
factors in the financial situation he is
simply drifting trusting TO luck and
the bond syndicate, seemingly with
out an idea OF what he will do or try
TO do IN case neither keeps the gold
reserve above the danger line. There
never was time when a financier
was moro needed at the head of the
Treasury. With an abl man direct
ing our finances there would be no
more bond issues in times of profound
peace bat the able man is lacking and
the bond issue will come again in due
time.
Representative Milliken, of Maine
brought goSd-sized section OF the
ke9d Doom to Washington with him.
SAID he: III you should meet with
anE one who declared that New En-
gland was not for Tom Reed for Presi-
dent, challenges the statement with
all the emphasis at your command
New England is for him and will bacl
him with all the force and enthusiasm
that human nature can exert.
But he isn't depending on his own sec
tion alone. The American people adj
mire, TO point approaching reverence,
"a man OF big intellect, and SO Mr.
Reed has a following to-day in every
part of this bread land, and will have
il too, when the national convention
meets to select a standard bearer
That the Republicans will elect the
next president seems about as certain
as any thing can be in this world, anC
that he viii hail from Maine l sincere
liz hope and believe"
Perhaps the Civil Service Commits
sion isn't trying TO aid the ad ministra
ton in its efforts TO control the mex
democratic national convention, hu
all the same that will be the practica
result of its official announcement
that il is no violation OF the civil ser
vice rules for an office holder to at
tend a political convention as "A dele
gate. The commissioners evidentl
realize that Mr. Cleveland intend
the letter he wrote during his frs
term against that identical thing T.
be ignored.
The talk about the administration
intention of adopting a yigOrou
foreign policy has been revived in con
ncCllOu Win Jnc funOr lnAI the Del
ligerency of the Cuban RevOlutionist
is shortly TO be recognized. It will b
time enough however to believe i
such a radical change when some step
~ have actually be taken toward such
policy. Until then the people onl
have the record it has made to iudg
>wthe administration by, and a micro
scOpic examination would fail to sho'
one single vigorous act in that record
According to visiting republican
the prospect of success in Marylan
and Kentucky continues to improv,
The administration has made no NOV
To Indicate that it wishes the success
or indicate that it will. At least OF
member of the Cabinet-HOke Smit
lis credited with wishing defeat f,
the German ticket Mr. w. Wine
of Greensboro, KY, who was a memb'
of the last republican state cOnventiC
is now in Washington. He says: TT
division in the democratic party {
the silver question is favorable to T
publican success Up to the prese
time there have been apathy and di
enlargement in the rank and file
the democratic party. Whether TIT
will ultimately pun themselves t
gether, time only can determine
am perfectly confident that the sta
will go republican.