Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Feb. IS, 1895.

that extraordinary bond contract,
House, and it is also more outspoken.
Senator WolcotJ characterized it as
the most disastrous assault upon the
country's financial system ever made,
adding land the worst feature of the
whole wretched business is that the
attack is made by the man who, be-
cause of his position, should have
stood the foremo in our defense. Our
nest has been befouled by the man
who 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, be-
cause they have sought to blacken our
credit" Senator Lodge said the act
was the blacklist ever perpetrated by
an administration in dealing with
American securities, and Senator Tel
Ter went even further than these in
his criticism of Mr.. Cleveland. Up to
this time, no Senator has even at
tempted to defend that bond contract,
although Senator Hill said it was Con-
gress and not Mr.. Cleveland that was
to blame.
1t is thought that the crushing de-
feat of the administration gold bond
bill in the House last week ends all
financial talk in that branch of Con-
gress 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 un-
limited coinage of silver, which was
reported from the Finance committee
and the gold bond substitute therefor.
as well as Senator Hill's resolution
declaring the intention of this govern
ment to pay it's 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 any upon of them without
what would really be unanimous cons
ent owing to the nearness of the end of
the session, and of the necessity for
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
n hic y.Iy h l,
of the differential duty on su-
gar and the amendments concerning
meat inspection, which have been
added to it by the Senate Finance
words: 81 do not propose to engage
in the repeal of any legislation, Or in
the amendment of any act now exist
ing, at the dictation of foreign gov
eminent. If Germany wants to re-
taliate it is game that two can play
at. And the way to convince her
that her proposed retaliation is prop
erly 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 a motion pending to re-
commit the bill and instructing the
committee to report a bill placing all
sugar on the free list, restoring the
Mckinley sugar bounty for domestic
producers, restoring all reciprocity
agreements, restoring the duty on
raw wool, and increasing the duty on
luxuries, that must be voted upon be-
fore the bill can be voted upon. 1t is
i'm probable that either will be passed.
Few people realize the enormous
amount of money that has been ever
lastingly lost by strikes in the United
pensive as democratic administra-
ton. The Senate committee on Edu
cation and Labor, which has favora-
bly, reported Senator Perkins bill for
the creation of a commission of TWEEN
ty-on persons to arbitrate all disput-
es between employees and large en-
ployers of labor, made an investiga
ton covering a period of six years
ending with the recent Brooklyn
strike, the result of which is embodied
in it's report to the Senate on this bill.
According to the figures of the COM
mittee, and its members say they are
very conservatively made up, the
known losses through strikes during
the period mentioned have aggregat-
ed sos, 556,s5
The democrats are but testifying to
their fear of ex-Speaker Reed as
Presidential candidate by the silly
talk they are indulging in about his
vote on the gold bond bill having re-
moved him from the field of possible
republican candidates. Tom Reed is