Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
1spEoIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR. ]
Washington, July Is, 1895.

Mr.. Reed probably has as yet givel
little attention to, and has certainly
not made up his mind on any partic
ular policy to be followed when ht
becomes Speaker of the House, dem
ocrauic paper published in Washing
ton has found out all about it and hal
taken the public into its confidence
If there ever was more gall displayed
even in these days of ''enterprising'
newspapers it has escaped your cor
respondents attention, and he devot-
es his entire time to trying to keep uE
with the procession. 1t is unnecessary
to mention the programme outlined
by this knowing newspaper further
than to say that it begins with the ab-
surd statement that the republicans
will be afraid to touch the tariff. That
is false enough, as time will SHOW 10
stamp the whole story as democraCic
ofice-made fake. 1t is the democrats
who are afraid. One of the certain
ties of the next session OF Congress 10
+bot the House will revise the tar1n
IN a number of important particulars
and it is probable that the REVISION
will be accepted by the Senate d.
though that body will not have re-
publican majority. AS Josh BILLINGS
nsed TO say, g TITS better to be 1g-
.o,t than TO know so darn much
that amt So"
IT has leaked out that Mr.. Cleveland
vonld like to remove Ambassador
Enstis for his recent indiscretlons IN
tbe vav of lingo speeches and news
naner interviews, but is AFRAID Una1 IL
he does so he will make Eustls une
candidate for president.
He recognizes that however indlscreet
+k,a ,,tterances of Mr.. Eustis may
have been in diplomat his opinions
have voiced the sentiments OF many
Americans and that his removal from
office for such an offence would make
him very popular. That being the
case it is probable that Mr. Eusols
will remain in Paris, unless ne gets
mad at being reprimanded and re-
SIGNS. as he may do. 1t has been WINS
nered ever since that London speech
that Mr., Eustis has presidential as
pirations.
Oh humbug! one of thy other names
l. oertain1v Hoke Smith. A New YORK
has started popular SUI
for the benefit of Miss Eliza
beth Kew, granddaughter OF the az!
thor of ssThe Star Spangled { Banner
who was on the first of July dismissed
without cause from the petty clerlcal
nosition she had filed for fourteen
wears in the Pension Bureau, ana ner
aged and invalid mother. Among 0ne
washington contributors to this funo
,nnears the name of Secretary Smith,
the man who has it in his power 70
restore Miss Key to thelposition from
m,ich,she was dismissed with his eap-
thus enabling her and her
mother to live independent
~ instead of having to eat the bread
Of charity. Mr.. Hoke Smith woulo
find it difficult to convince any unpre-
indeed person that any feeling ac-
his donation to the Key
charity fund; it was merely d Guns
oience contribution. If he had either
feeling for the Keys or the PATRIOTISM
which every American should haVe'
10 uonld reinstate Miss Key and save
her the humiliation of accepting sup
,ort for herself and mother from 1he
charity fund donated py
5he public.
DIa,,hers of the administration are
having a difficult task to reconclie
the promise that democratic tarin
would open the markets OF the "oiiu
70 the producers and manufacturers
&c the United States with the colo
,ard. figures contained in the ohclai
-enort of the Bureau of Statistics
1res compiled by democratic ofnclals'
During the eleven months ehoihs
Nav 81. 1895, exports from the Unlueo
States fell off, as compared with inc
same period ending May 81, 1884,
when the Mckinley law was in force,
nearly s75, goo, 900 in value-to be e1-
act the expectations for eleven
months under the Mckinley tariff
amounted to 1913, SAT 1856, while the
for the same period I'M
1er the democratic tariff amounted
only to s73e, 651, s65. These are the
sort of facts which have convinced
those who control the great business
of the country that 1t is not
safe TO have the democratic party IN
control of the national government,
and which will not soon be forgotten,
out will stand like stone wall over
url;nln the demncratic party cannot |