Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-11-21
Washington Letter

FROM our REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, d. c., November 18th, 1895
Another bond issue is under discus
sion by the administration, and if the
gold in the Treasury continues to go out
at the present rate, it may result in
race to get the bonds out before Cong
ress gets IN. However, the probabili'
ties are that the administration will, if
possible, prefer dsfelring the issue of
bonds until President Cleveland's mes
sage, asking that Congress do something
for the Treasury, shall have been sub
mitted, so that it can be claimed, as it
was for the first bond issue, that they
have to be issued because Congress has
provided no other way Of getting gold
for the Treasury.
Speaking Of finances and probable fin
ancial legislation by Congress. it was
perfectly natural, in view of the charg'
es Of Wall street influence controlling
the administration, which haye been so
freely made; that great many people
should open their eyes in establishment
when the announcement was made upon
high republican authority that Speak
er to be Reed had been holding confer
ences with Wall street bankers, in order
to get himself posted as to what finan-
cial legislation should be enacted by The
House at the coming session Of Congress.
The events Of the last few days haye
made it plain why Great Britain WAS so
DESTROYS of forming an alliance with
the United States, for the purpose Of
protectingBrltish and American citizens
and interests in the Turkish Empire,
and the administration must be congrat.
ulating itself on not entering into that
alliance. Aside from few missionaries
and their property, which can be looked
after without any alliance, America has
no interests in Turkey to protect; while
British interests, Commercial and other.
wise, are immense, and unless all signs
tail, they will in the near future cause
Great Britain to go to war with one or
more European countries. Had that
alliance been formed the United States
would necessarily have had to join in
that war Us the ally Of Great Britain,
which would have made it certain that
the war involved protection of British
interests in Turkey.
Senator PETER, while declining to
commit himself until he has conferred
with his populst colleagues, makes it
plain that he is not personally in favor
of the populst senators voting with the
republicans to organize the Senate and
that he hopes the talked of combination
between democratic and republican sen.
tors will materialize. He says: WE
should not fritter away whatever infu
ence we may haye as representatives of
a party by assisting the republicans to
carry out any scheme they may devise
to obtain control of the Senate. AS
popu!ist want to see the democrats and
republicans combine to organize the
Senate. That would confirm what
populist speakers have constantly reit-
erated-that the two old parties are
practically one."
Senator Marion Butler, North Caro-
lina's new populist member of the Sen.
ate, is man Of very decided opinions,
which be does not hesitate to express.
He says of the reorganization of the
Senate: "The silver men will control the
Senate if the senators on that side will
cooperate in the work of reorganization
the result of which is obvious"