The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-09-27
WASHINGTON LETTER,
[From Our Regular Correspondent


enemy in time of war he is regarded
as public enemy and upon proof
OF his guilt he is executed and
buried in a traitors disgraced grave.
But there is no way to punish those
who prove themselves to be still worse
enemies of the country, by trying to
precipitate financial panic through
Misrepresentation of the condition of
the nations finances and of the inten-
! tions of the administration. A private
individual can, through appeal to the
courts, have the man who seeks to in
jnre his credit and commercial stand
| ing by making untrue and partially
true but misrepresenting statements
punished, but mem bers of the admin
istration have no way of reaching the
men who, solely for partisan pur-
pose, are daily writing and circulat-
ing attacks upon the credit of the U.
S. in the shape of willful Measurements
concerning TIE Treasury and the in
tentions of Secretary Carlisle. Men
who bring on financial panic do
thousand times more harm than those
who betray an army on the eve of
battle, and there ought to be some
way of Furnishing them as traitors to
their country. If that is not feasible,
Congress should at least so legislate
that the government, through the
heads of the executive departments,
should have the same right to have
newspaper writer or editor arrested for
criminal libel as the citizen now has.
With such law upon our statute
books the present partisan misrepre-
sentations of President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle in republican news
papers would not be possible, and the
proba bilities Of financial panics would
be decidedly lessened.
About as near half of the adminlstra-
tion as could be got at attended the
dedication of the battlefield of Chick
amaugua as national park. Vice
President Stevenson and Secretaries
Lamont. Herbert, Smith and Attorney
General Harmon going. and Secretaries
Olney, Carlisle, Morton and Postmaster
General Wilson remaining in Washing
ton. Secretary Carlisle expected to
have gone, but circumstances, aided
by unpatriotic misrepresentation
made it advisable that he should re-
main at his post
A gentleman who has recently been
in Florida on business said: Senator
Call in advocating the early recogni-
tion of the Cuban revolutionists by
large majority of the people of Florida.
This sympathy for the Cubans is
worthy to be ciassed high, too, when it
is rememb bered that Florida is yearly
becoming greater rival of Cuba in the
production of tobacco used in the
manufacture of fine cigars"
Secretary LamoDt's action in ad-
vancing out of his own pocket the
money to make up the shortage in
paving the June salaries of the officers
and men of the army is unprecedented
but highly creditable. Had he not
done so they would have had to wait
for Congress to rectify the error that
made the shortage before they could
get their salaries
Senator Vest Indignantly denies the
authenticity of the recently published
interview which made him announce
change OF front on the silver question,
and saws he is still for free coinage at
i6 to j, as be has always been.
Hon. j. W. Judd, U ). District At
torney for Utah, is visiting Washing
ton. He says; There is much in the
situation in Utah TO make the
democrats hopeful of electing their
State ticket and two, U. 5. Sem
ators. | believe that it is not
putting it one whit too strong to
say that our chances of success are
fully equal to those of the opposition.
Utah has enjoyed two successive sea-
sons of good crops, and the condition
of business is satisfactory. The peo-
pie are feeling very good over the re-
turn of better times, and that will
iupre to the benefit OF the democracy.
II we carry the Territory this year IL
is almost a sure thing that it will go
the same way in '96."
The general impression seems to be
that the lawyers of Mora displayed a
monumental cheek when they fled q
protest against the action of Secretary
oiney in accepting q settlement Of the
Mora claim without compelling Spain
TO pay the interest from the date of
the claim. Secretary Olney will take
no notice of the protest He did not
act in this matter as the attorney or
collector for Mora, but as the repre-
sentative Of the United States govern