The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Democrats Are Forecastlng
Speakers Reeu's Policy
During the Next Session.
But If There Is Anything the
Democrats Fail i'm Doing it's
Prophesying Reeds POL
rs the Agricultural Department
Len ding Its Omciai InfOr-
nation to Spectators in
Grain.
Icy.


Wonders never cease. Although Mr..
Reed probably has as vet given little at
tention to, and has certainly not made
up his mind on any particular policy to
be followed when he becomes Speaker of
the House, democratic newspaper
published in Washington has found out
all about it an6 has take the public into
it's confidence. II there ever was more
gall displayed, even in these days of
"enterprising" newspapers it has es-
capped your correspondents attention,
and he deyotes his entire time to trying
to keep up with the procession. 1t is un-
necessary to mention the programme
outlined by this knowing newspaper
further than to say that it begins with
the absurd statement that the Repnbli.
cans will be afraid to. touch the tariff.
That is false enough, as time will show,
to stamp the whole story as a democrat
ic ofice-made fake. 1t is the democrats
who are afraid. One of the certainties
of the next session of Congress is that
the House will revise the tariff in a
number OF important particulars, and it
is probable that the revision will be ac-
cepted by the Senate although that body
will not have republican majority.
AS Josh Billings used to say. "Tis better
to be ignorant than to know so darn
much that amt So"
1t has leaked out that Mr.. Cleveland
would like to remove Ambassadors
Eustis for his recent indiscretions in
the way of jinao speeches and news
paper interviews. but is afraid that if he
does so he will make Eustis the dem o.
cratic candidate for president. He rec
ognizes that however indiscreet the ut
terances 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 Of
fence would make him very popular.
That being the case it is probable that
Mr.. Eustis will remain in Paris, unless
he gets mad at being reprimanded and
resigns. as he may do. It has been
whispered ever since that London
speech that Mr.. Eustis has presiden.
tial aspirations.
oh humbog! one Of thy other names is
certainly Hoke Smith, A New York
newspaper has started popular sub
scription TO the benefit OF Miss Elizabeth
Key, granddaughter of the author of
The Star Spangled Banner. who was
Oh the first of July dismissed without
cause from the petty clerical position
she had filed for fourteen years in the
Pension Bureau, and for her aged and in
valid mother. Among the Washington
contributors to this fund appears the
name of Secretary Hoke Smith, the man
who has it in his power to restore Miss
Key to the position from which she was
so mercilessly and cruelty dismissed with
his approval, thus enabling her and her
crippled mother to liyeindependently, in
stead OF having to eat the bread of char
ity. Mr.. Hoke Smith would find it dit
fcult to convince any uuprejudiced per.
son that any feeling accompanied his
donation to the Key charity fund; it
was merely conscience contribution.
If he had either feeling for the Keys or
the patriotism which every American
should have, he would reinstate Miss
Key and save her the humilia ton of ac-
cepting support for herself and mother
from the newspaper charity fund do
mated by the public.
| Agricultural Department officials cam
not brush away the accusation that
SPECTATORS get advance informa ton OF
the departments official crop report, by
referring to them as "old Stories" Old
| or new, it does seem strange that certain
big spectators should always be able
to lay their bets in the market just be-
fore those reports are issued in way to
make money and to make it appear to
other people that they were acting upon
actual knowledge. Perhaps these specu-
lators only guess, but it seems little
odd that they should guess right, while
Others inst as intelligent continue to
guess wrong right along.
| Friends of the administration are hay
| ing difficult tasks to reconcile the promise
that a democratic tariff would open the
markets of the world to the products
and manufacturers of the United States
with cold, hard, figures contained in
the official report of the Bureau of Sta
tistits-fgures compiled by democratic
officials. During the eleven months end
ing May 81, 1895, exports from the
/ United States fell off, as compared with
the same period ending May 81, 1894,
when the Mckinley law was in force,
nearly $75, 900, 900 in value-to beexact,
the expectations for eleven months
under the Mckinley tariff amounted to
$S13, 547, 1866. while the expectations
for the same period under rhe democatic
tariff amounted only to $3.50 .651 1865.
These are the sort of facts which haye
convince those who control the great
business interests Of the country that it
i is tot safe to have the democratic party
in control OF the national government,
and which will soon be forgotten, but
will stand like q stone. wall over which
the democratic party can not hope to