Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
sFrom our Regular Correspondent

Mr.. Cleveland is like the boy who
played ghost to brighten his village
companions and got ducking from
them only he hasn't got his ducking,
yet. But fear of it keeps cold chills
playing hide and seek up and down
his back bone. The aforesaid boy
thought his companions would be
scared out of their wits when they
saw him wrapped in sheet, Carrying
an Illuminated pu npkin. Mr.. Cleve
land thought the rapub leans in Con-
gress would be fri ;lt1 l9l out OF their
wits when he trOtted out his extra
session ghost. Well, the extra session
ghost was duly trotted out, Mr.. Cleve-
land having caused Lis friends to give
it out as coming strai1 ht from him,
that if the Hawaiian cable amend
ment was not struck from the dip O.
matte and consular appropriation II
he would veto that bill, tlat if the
Mills amendment to the Sundry Civi
Appropriation bill, repeating all laws
for the issue of bonds, or any other
financial amendment Objectionab' to
him was put upon that or any other
bill he would veto it, and that he had
almost made up Lis mind to call an
extra session anyway. Instead of be-
ing frightened at tie prospect, Sena-
tor Chandler, speaking for his republic
can colleagues, said that an extra
session ought to be called anyway, SO
that Congress might have an Oppor-
tunity to investigate that remarkable
bond contract, negotiated by Mr.
CleFeland's former law partner, which
gave a European syndicate an immedi-
ate profit of 100000 on an invest
ment of about $50, O0O,O 900, not to men
ton interest S16,OOO,OOO in excess of
what is paid by bonds issued by even
such insignificant countries as Egypt,
and that nothing would please the re-
publicans more than to have it called
early.
It is more than doubtful whether
Mr.. Cleveland ever really wished that
Congress would do or leave something
undone to make an extra session nee
essary, and it is certain that his
wishes have been directly contrary
since Senator Chambers plain speech.
He realizes that with the present
state of feeling against him an early
extra session, with the House over
whelmingly republican and the Senate
anti-Cleveland, might result in his
Impeachment, and if an extra session
will have to be called he would like to
put it off as long as poss BILE, to give
the people chance to forget that dis
graceful bond contract.
With only one week of life left
there is little probability of any legis-
lation by Congress except that which
may be put through as amendments
to appropriation bills. Although the
House has, under orders from the
White House, by a party vote, refused
to accept the Senate Hawaiian cable
amendment, it may have to do so, as
Senators stand firmly by that amend
ment and insist that if it isn't accept
ed the bill will fail.
There will be some very interesting
debate in the Senate this week upon
the numerous financial amendments
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill, among which are the German
amendment authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue per cent.
loan certificates to meet the deficit,
which. Secretary Carlisle insists will
not exist; the Mills amendment re-
pealing all laws for tie issue of bonds;
the Wolcott amendment authorizing
the President upon the request of
one or more European nations to ap-
point three commissioners to an inter
national monetary conference, the
House and Senate haco to designate
+. like number, and the amendment pro-
viding for the payment of the unpaid
sugar bounty on the crop of 1893 and
for the payment Of eight-tenthS of
one cent pound on the crop of 1894.
If the Mills amendment isn't adopted
it will be because the republicans will
not allow it to. be, Notwithstanding
the betrayal of the trust which in
spired the Offering OF the amendment.
The one democratic congressman
who can look back upon his record in
the present House with pride is Gen.
! Daniel e. Siekles, of New York He
has by his voice and his vote proven
that man may call himself demo-
crat and still be a patriotic American
IN every sense of the word. He has
been too good patriot to follow his
party leaders in their i'll treatment of
American industries and Of his old
comrades in armes or in the endorse
ment of the shameful Hawaiian policy
Of the administration. After the
fourth of March he will ratira tn