Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-02

FROM our Regular Correspondent.

4EOm our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. %, 1895.
More water is being poured into tn
sieve. In other words, the ADMINISTERS
ton has decided to scold congress an
issue more bonds to replenish the gol
in the treasury and to meet the expend
itures of the government. Knowing tn
sensitiveness of business, the republi
cans in congress have purposely refrain
ed from saying much that might hav
been said about the position the admin
istration has taken upon financial mat
tiers, preferring to lose opportunities t.
make party capital to arousing public
sentiment which might prove detrimen
tai to the great business interests of the
country. 1t was the same feeling which
prompted the republican leaders wher
approached by the democrats to say thai
they would offer no factious opposition
to any measure that promised to be o.
the slightest assistance to the treasury
and to adYise the democrats that the
best thing this congress could do for the
treasury was to amend the tariff so as to
increase the revenue. This advice might
have borne good fruit, but Mr.. Cleve-
land, with his usual obstinacy, prevent
ed it by announcing pompously that
legislation to increase the revenue would
not be satisfactory to him. So congress
has done nothing, and another issue of
bonds, the third within year, is to be
made.
Senator Teller correctly characterized
the Vest amendment to the Hawaiian
resolution by vote of "a to % in the
senate, as putting on the records of the
senate an absolute falsehood. The
amendment declares the sympathy of
our people with all efforts to establish
republican institutions, reaffirms the
policy of absolute non-interference with
by declaring that the the administration
deserves approval for maintaining that
policy. Mr.. Teller showed conclusively
that the administration had not main
tanned that policy towards Hawaii, and
1t would have been easy for him to have
shown that it had acted directly con-
trary to that policy in several other in
stances, notably at the beginning of the
war between China and Japan. Repub-
lcans were somewhat surprised to find
one -Pettigrew-voting with
% democrats for the Vest amendment,
and the hope Is expressed that ne only
did SO to be in position to move a re-
consideration later. Senator Frye's
speech refuting the silly SANDER about
Hawaiian bonds being sold in New Eng
land was a scorcher.
Republicans In the house will do moth |
ing to prevent the passage of the bill for
the repeal of the differential duty on
sugar from countries paying an export
duty on sugar, which will be probably |
passed by the house this week. They |
will, however, call especial attention to !
the declaration of the German govern |
ment that this sugar duty had nothing
to do with the embargo placed on Amer |
lean cattle and meats, notwithstanding |
Representative Wilson's having in his |
opening speech in favor of this repeal |
bill Insisted that it did. As ex-Speaker |
Reed tersely puts it, the bill is so insig-
nificant that Nobody cares anything |
about it."
The new republican senator from
North Carolina Mr.. Pritchard-al-
though not yet week in his seat, has
asst two important votes, one for the |
Nicaragua Canal bill, which passed by
vote of 81 to p, and one against the |
Vest amendment to the Hawaiian reso-
luton. Mr.. Pritchard has made an ex-
'ellent impression upon his colleagues.
Much regret is expressed among re-
oublicans in congress because Of the dis
outes which are delaying the election of
'epublican senators by several legisla-
ures. Such disputes are always STUN
bling blocks to the future success of the
party.
An object lesson in democratic states
was given when number of
democratic members of the house un-
and openly opposed an APP
for the detection of persons
the internal revenue laws,
pecifcally illicit distillers. The reason
or the opposition may be found in the
eply of Chairman Sayers, of the appro-
'riation committee, who is democrat,
nut none of the moonshiner kind, to a
uestion asked by Representative Swan
on, of Virginia, as to whether the abo-
Ition of the fee system had not been
do not know, and /
M not willing to take the gentleman's
Tord for it as long as his election to this
ouse depends upon the moonshins
ote."
Secretary Carlisle is directly response
lie for the action of the house in putting
Wo financial bills as riders on the Sum
ry Civil Approximation bill, but he
'ent to the capitol and personally APP
called to democrats not to vote against
1em. One of the amendments gives
Ir. Carlisle discretion as to the denom-
nation of notes issued in place of those
edeemed, and the other makes gold GER
fcates non-receiVable for custom dues
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