The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-02-28
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Feb. 26, 1895.

of the country ever received a hard
er slap in the face from Congress
than that given the present one by
the amendment added to the Sun
dry Civil Appropriation bill by the
Senate Appropriation committee,
forbidding the private sale of bonds.
Its adoption by Congress will be
equivalent to IA vote of lack of con-
fidence in the administration,
which in England would result in
an immediate change OF ministry,
and, unless there is radical
change of sentiment in Congress,
its adoption is Cnly a matter Of
time. Senator Mills, OF Texas, who
has upon occasion sang to cuckoo
music, doesn't think that amend
ment goes far enough, and has Civ
en- notice of his intention to offer
another one when the bin gets be-
fore the Senate, providing for the
outright repeal of that portion of
the specie resumption act that
authorizes the issue of bonds. MIR.
Cleveland ought TO thank his stars
that the death of this Congress is so
near, and that so many of the reg
ular appropriation bills remain I'M
acted upon that no time is left to
carry out numerous threats made
against him privately by individ-
ual Senators and Rep, esentatives.
Congressional financial marching
up the hill and down again, which
has been such a marked feature of
the present session, came to an end
with the formal abandonment of
the Jones bill for the unlimited
coinage of silver by the Senate, al
though there may be few spas
modic attempts on the part of indi-
viduals to make their records on
the question more satisfactory to
their constituents, during the re-
naming days of the session.
Senator Pittigrew's answer to the
question of whether he would rec
ommend any person for appoint
ment as postmaster at Sioux Falls,
S. d., in place of the man whose
nomination has been adversely act
ed upon by unanimous vote of the
Senate committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads, is particularly sig
niticant, in view Of the charge that
MIR. Pettigrew voted with the adj
ministratiOr democrats on the Ha-
waiian question in exchange for
Federal patronage in his state,
which has been made in certain
newspapers. Mr.. Pettigrew said:
II will not ask the President to APP.
point any one to any office. In fact
/ could consider any friend of mine
insulted who receives commission
signed by Mr.. Cleveland. But if an.
other nomination is made for post
master at Sioux Falls, my own
ihone, without consulting me, ]
shall again try to secure the re-
lection of the nomination"
There has been considerable
snobbery about this administration
from the beginning, but Secretary
Morton, this week outsnobbed al
the rest. 1t was his turn to give &
cabinet dinner to Mr.. and Mrs
Cleveland and likewise his turn tt
make an ass of himself. He hat
two expensive chairs made for The
occasion, each having a silver plate
inscribed with the name of the Oc
cupant and the date of the dinner
set in its back. Shade of "Jerry
Ruskw And this man is mem
Der of the cabinet, portion o
whose duties is supposed to be Civ
ing the President of the United
States advice. He has alread.
been dubbed "Silver Plate Morton,
and the name ought to stick to hin
the longest day he lives, and in adj
dition, he should be compelled t
wear at all times a silver breast
plate inscribed: 81 am Cleveland
chief boot Ticker"
Secretary Carlisle took goo'
pains, while positively denying tn
present necessity for the proposed
, amendment to an appropriation
bun, giving the Secretary of tn
, Treasury authority to issue short
time per cent loan certificates t
.eet any deficit in the revenues, t
put in a bid for that very legisia
ton, by saying in his official com
municatin to the Sena tie: at is m
opinion that the Secretary of tn
Treasury ought to be permanently
, invested with authority to issu
and sell shOrt-time bonds or 0the