The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. IS

From our Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, 1895.
Secretary Carlisle may be worried
over the apparent raid on the gold in
the treasury, which has been made a
great sensation of by those newspa-
pers which are perfectly willing to risk
bringing on another financial panic in
order to injure the administration and
the Democratic party, but if so, he
gives not the slightest indication of it
to those who are constantly in contact
with him. That the withdrawal from
the treasury of 100000 III gold
for shipment abroad last week-with
one exception the largest amount Of
gold ever taken out in one week.-Mrs.
disagreeable surprise it is true; also
that it is difficult to satisfactorily eX-
plain why it was done. Secretary
Carlisle declines to discuss the matter
for publication, simply because there
is nothing to be said at this time 1t
will be time enough for him to say
something when it shall be seen
whether the enormous demands for
gold of last week are to be kept up,
temporary and spasmodic complica-
ton of our business relations with Eu-
rope. 1t can be stated, however, that
the rumors of a contemplated bond is
sue are entirely without foundation.
President Cleveland did not agree to
the first issue of bonds until Congress
refused his appeal for assistance for the
treasury, and unless there shall arise
some extraordinary condition placing
the credit of the government in imme-
diate peril, he will not agree to another
issue of bonds until the Fifty fourth
Congress, which will meet in few
weeks, shall have refused to legslate
tor the relief Of the treasury. While,
of course, possible, it is not regarded
as probable, that the demand for gold
Will be sufficient to reduce the reserve
fund to dangerous extent between
now and the assembling of Congress.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, now in
Washington, says he thinks that when
the returns begin to come in from the
cotton and wheat crops the demand for
gold will stop, tn that Congressional
legislation will be necessary before
there Is any permanent relief. II do
not" he says, "view the situation as
a partisan, but think now as l did be-
fore this administration was inaugu-
rated, that the evil must be corrected
by the divorce of the government from
the banking business, and the reforma-
ton of the policy established by the
law of 1878, by which the government
was compelled to keep a pile of gold
from which everybody was invited
who had greenbacks or treasury notes
to help himself. The Sherman re-
demption act was no redemption at all.
While it provided for the redemption
OF greenbacks, it compelled their reis-
sue, thus putting in operation the end
less chain, as it has been called. Until
this is suppressed there can be no per-
manent relief. 1t has been apparent
for years, but unwise legislation was
leading up to it, and it has got to he
| wiped out from the statute book to put
the treasury on sound basis" Asked
whether he thought the coming Con-
gress would give the relief desired,
Senator Gray replied: at wonld he a
crime to question the integrity of the
repunlic.'
Diligent inquiry has failed to find a
single official who believed there was
anything in the numerous rumors
which have been floating around
Washington for several days concern
ing the intention of President Cleve-
land to recognize the Cuban revolu-
tionists as belligerents. On the con-
trary, the impression prevails among
officials that the revolutionists are in
no.condition to ask forsuch recognition,
although their guerrilla style of war
fare is making Spain spend great
deal more money than she can afford.
The Spanish minister, who returned
10 Washington to turn over the draft
Tor the Mora claim, smiled incredu-
iously when asked if he believed the
rumor of early recognition for the Gu
bahs, and said the revolt would soon
be put down. A member of the adj
ministrati0n, who knows Spaniards
and Cubans, thoroughly says he has an
IDEA that II Spain cannot put down the
revolt before cold weather she will
compromise by making Cuba an indie
pendent colony, with about the same
relations to the mother country that
Canada has with England. He thinks
that would be about the best way to
END the business, too, as he does not
believe Cubans are either fitted for self
government or for annexation to the
United States at this time, although
they may in course of time become so.
Senator Call, of Florida, does not agree
with this view of the matter; but is
here openly advocating the complete
Independence of Cuba, and recognition
OF the revoIutionists by this govern
ment as the first step towards securing
that Independence. He thinks great
majority of our people favor this recog-
milton and that it should he given at
once.