Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
lsFRoiAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR j
Wushinoto7s. Apr. Is. 1895.


stampede which seems to have seizet
the democratic party is daily growing
stronger. Mr.. Cleveland is perfectly
willing to do anything to prevent the
capture of the democratic party by
the silver men, but at this time he has
been unable to decide what he ought
to do. At first he was disposed to try
to stop the movement by going to Chi
cago and making an anti silver speech,
which should rally the Cleveland dem
ocrats around the single gold stan
dard, and the arrangements were made
to have him invited to do so by a
committee of alleged nonparUisan
business men of Chicago; but later he
became doubtful as to that plan, and
has given considerable consideration
to project suggested by member
of the cabinet for the writing of a Sc
ries of letters by himself and all the
members of the cabinet, to be made
public by those who received them
and to be used as weapons against
the silver phalanx of the democratic
party. Other plans have also been
considered, but nothing has yet been
definitely settled upon.
Meanwhile, Senator Roach of No.
Dakota, who is a silver democrat, fires
this broadside right under Mr.. Cleve-
lands nose, so to speak: 81 am glad
to see the Illinois State central COM
mittee take the initiative in sounding
the democracy of that State on the
silver question. We have got to meet
the issue of silver in the next national
convention, and we might as well hear
from the various States now as not.
The Illinois scheme is a good one, and
| hope to see other States fall into
line and adopt the same plan" That
is treason against Mr.. Cleveland on
the part of Mr.. Roach, for he must
have known when he made those re-
marks that the administration was
bitterly opposed to the Illinois scheme
and that Hon. VIM. R.Morrison (Hor-
izontal Bib is now in the State, at the
request of Mr.. Cleveland, trying to
lay plans to prevent the convention
declaring for free coinage.
Secretary Hoke Smith likes Wash
ington so we'll that he wants to step
from the cabinet to the United States
senate on March 4, 1897, and he is now
engaged in pulling wires which he
thinks will accomplish that purpose.
One of the principal drawbacks to the
accomplishment of Secretary Smiths |
ambition is that Senator Gordon has /
shown no willingness to retire. On |
the contrary, he is credited with de-
string to succeed himself, if the dem
ocrats can retain control of the Geor
gia legislature. An attempt was madr
to make deal for the election Of Cor
don to be governor and Smith to the |
senate, but Gordon refused to enter
it. Elk Speaker Crisp is also willing
to 60 to the senate.
Secretary Morton's serious an
of his intention to use the |
of the Department of Agri-
culture to make an investigation in
order to ascertain if there is a beef |
trust, which is responsible for the |
recent sudden and continuing rise in
the price of beef, is enough to bring a
smile to the face of the most solemn
COW. If Mr.. Morton was honest in |
making that announcement his igno-
rance is greatly to be deplored, as it |
is a fact well known to thousands |
that there is beef trust, composed |
of the big meat packers, which has
for some time been slowly but surely
forcing the local butchers in all towns
of considerable size, out of business,
in order that the trust could dictate |
prices without fear of local Opposi |
ton. That time has apparently
come, and the trust is putting on the |
screws. There is an anti trust law,
which might be used to annoy the |
beef trust. even if nothing more could
be done under its provisions, if At
torney General Olney so willed. But
the administration is apparently
satisfied to let the case rest on Sec
rotary Morton's promise to investi-
gate. Meanwhile, the people can
choose between paying the prices de-
manded by the trust or stopping their
beef supply.
To-day is the last day upon which
returns can be made without
psnalty by those who are liable for
the judicially emasculated income
tax, and orders have been sent out
that all those who fail are to be i'm
mediately proceeded against by the
collectors of internal revenue, but at
one time the Cabinet had under con-
sideration the ACCESSIBILITY of suspend