Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-03-09
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

secretary Of the treasury TO issue certll-
Gates OF Indebtedness to meet the deficit
in the revenues, because of an agreement
among opposing senators to talk away
the rest Of the session, il he didn't; but
before doing 81 be made a speech in
which were some remarkable charges
against a democratic secretary OF the
treasury, to be made by a democratic
senator. He said that the responses of
les Of the senate, as to whether this leg
islation was needed, were on their face
misleading; that there would be deficit
for the fl cal year Of S60,OO0,O0O and for
the calendar year OF $30,000,000; that
treasury officials had acknowledged to
him (Gorman) personally that there was
a mistake OF $30,00O,000 in Secretary
Carlisle's figures OF the amount OF money
now available to meet government in
dsbtednsss; that the expenditures had
been undsrestimated by Secretary Car
Isle to the extent Of 100000 900, and he
added "The truth is, that they (trsaS-
AIRY officials made a mistake about a
year ago in making up their balances of
SS0,00O000, and they have been trying
to adhere to it ever since" Mr.. German
did not speak with any excitement but
with the calm deliberatiun OF man who
had personally gone over the figures of
which he spoke, as he said he had; also,
that he was somewhat Of a book keeper
himself 1t is not strange that there
should have been excitement on the
floor of the senate to such an extent that
the services of the sergeant-a arms had
to be called for by Vice President Stew
enson to restore order, something that
the Oldest habltue OF the senate does not
remember to have ever before been done.
Nor is it strange that men say Secretary
Carlisle should be impeached, either for
incapacity or for violation OF the oath of
office.
1t seems that whoever some govern
ment wants something said to another
government that it does not care to say
itself it calls "a the United States to say
it, and if Secretary Gresham has declined
a single request of that sort the fact has
been successfully kept from the public
and buried in the archives Of the depart
ment of state. SO far nothing serious
has come OF Secretary Gresham's latest
attempt to do the parrot act, but the In
cidsnt is not yet closed. 1t was the in
significant government OF San Domingo
that made use OF the ever plant Gresh-
am this time. 1t seems that in order to
force a settlement Of long score against
San Domingo, France sent three war
ships to the harbors of the little black
republic. Now this wac none OF our
business, vet Gresham, when requested
by the government OF San Domingo, told
France that no hostile demonstration
must be made. The French govern
nent took this interference much more
more good uaturedly than Japan did
similar one, and even went so far as to
explain just what it was trying TO &C
s1mphsh, But those war ships were
not withdrawn. Gresham sent another
to the French govern
ment intimating that these war ahips |
would better be withdrawn. There the
matter stands at present.
One Of Gresham's little schemes was
too much even for the democratic house
He promised to pay the British govern
ment S425,000 for damages sustained
by Canadian sealers 10 Boring Sea, but
when an attempt was made to appropri-
ate the money, the house very properly |
refused by vote Of lab to ll2 to do it, !
fifty democrats voting with SO republi-
cans against the appropriation. Repre-
sentative Hit, of H., led the fight |
against the appropriation, and it was
his showing from the official records,
that all the claims for damages which |
have been filed by Canadian sealers ag
gregatsd only little more than one
third OF the amount asked for by Gresh-
am, that won the fight.
IL has been long time since the SEN