West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-31
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON,
POLITICAL POINTS PICKED UP
AND pENCiLED DOWN.
Carroat Comment Concerning Com.
mon Characters.
sro a our Regular Correspondent.

.NohiNuIoN, ~. ",
October 2j, 1895.
Secretary Carlisle proposes 10 set
good example by going all the
way to Oovington, KY, to reglster
in order that he may be able to cast
his. vote for the straight Democrat
ie ticket IN that State.
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President Cleveland found on his
return from Atlanta that although
the season for the propagation OF
Cabinet designations was little
late in opening it had been working
overtime to catch up. lie learned
Tor the first time that q disagree
ment existed between himself and
Secretary Olney of such "a serious
nature that the latter was going to
retire from the cabinet, and that it
WAS on account of that disagree
ment thai Mr.. Olney did not ac-
company him to Atlanta. This
might have been very distressing to
him.6 he bad not known that it
was because he would have to go to
Atlanta a little later on with the
foreign representatives to take part
IN the exercises of Diplomatic Day
at the Exposition, and the pressing
nature OF some private business in
Boston, that prevented Secretary
Olney going with him.
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1t is, Of course, known that Pres.
ident Cleveland is and will be n
very busy man until after his mes.
sage to Congress is completed. but
there is one thing that all the Dem.
ocrats hereabouts would like him to
take time to do. That is to dismiss
The negro, Taylor, who is Recorder
OF Deeds for the District of Column
bia. Taylor claims to have been a
Democrat before he came to Wash
ington, but his rascalities have been
much more marked than his DEM
ocircT since he secured one OF the
best local positions in Washington.
and this week he attended negro
Republican mass meeting and made
q speech In favor Of negro Repub-
llcan being elected as one of the
delegates to the National Republi-
can Convention. Since then every
Democrat one meets expresses the
wish that President Cleveland
would kick Taylor out of the office
TO which he appointed him.
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The stoppage of the coinage of
silver has no bearing whatever on
the silver question. The only sill
YER that has been coined for some.
time has been worn and mutilated
SILVER. The appropriation for that
purpose for the current fiscal wear
having been exhausted Secretary
Carlisle directed that the mint at
New Orleans be closed and the en-
ployes furloughed until such time
as coinage may be resumed. It is
probable that the question of the
coinage of the 1894 900 ounces
OF silver bullion which the Govern
ment now has on hand, remaining
from the purchases made under the
Sherman law, will be referred to
Congress. Should Congress order
this silver to be coined the Govern.
ment would make profit Of almost
SJ4,OO0, 600 Oh it, that being about
the difference between it's cost and
the amount of silver dollars it
coaId bel coined into. Intellectual
attempts were made to got the last
Congress to authorize this coinage.
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The President presided over a
Cabinet meeting TO day, but there
VS. nothing said or done which in.
Piled in the slightest degree any
nisagfeement over the position OF
this government in dealings with
tho.dispute between England and
Venezuela. From the first the
President and every member of the
cabinet have held the same opinion
on thls matter, aud they still do.
Nnilo not pretending to speak for
The President or the members Of
his cabinet, il can be said that
many prominent Democrats believe
the current stories about Disagree
ments and intended designations
are circulated for the purpose Of
trying TO goad the administration
into declaring what it will do in
case England should resort to force
TO carry its point in Vonezuela.and
that some Of the circuIators have
benefited at the expense Of the En-.
glish secret fund. 30 that as il
may the administration has no
idea OF showing its hand to England
At this stage Of the game. Its DO
s'tion has been fully determined
upon and will be announced when
necessary, and when announced u
vii be approved by q great major
" Of our people, If not by all The
Presidents political opponents.
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a very small thing is needed 10
Washington % start very biz
sensation. One Of these small
thlng5 was the order for contin