The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-15
Washington Letter.

WashIuauUn, d. c.. Feb. 9, lS95--
Neither President Cleveland nor Secreta-
~ Carlisle was surprised at the action OF
the house on the financial bill. Ihey
were kept thoroughly posted on the sen
timeut OF the Democrats OF the house,
but there was an element of doubt rs to
now the Republicans would vote, even
after ex speaker and Presidential cIudi-
date Reed made hIS great combination
hid for the support of the silver men OF
the west and the gold men ut the east,
bv offering substitute, which he was
pleased to call non partisan compro-
mise, and To close his speech advocating
il 10y asking the following solomon Ike
questions: 'sNow. why i not that the
solution OF our problem, without raising
veXed questions which we know cannot
he soIved2 Why Is it not suitable IN
every way" The lack of egotIsm and
gall will never keep that man Reed out of
ANYTHING Nobody ever knew until he
made that speech that he had in addl
ton to his great literary and parliament
ary accomplishment found time to com
pletely master the complicated science
of finance and the house refused to be
/ lieve it even after he said so.
Some senators-not all Of them Repub-
licans. either-were much disappointed
/ at Secretary CarliSle's answer to the sen
ate resolution, asking whether there
would be n deficiency IN the estimated
revenues of the government for the year
/ ending December 81. 1898. Secretary
( CarllsleS answer was plain and tiatfooted
there will be "A comfortable surplus III
. the treasury at the end of the year.
| Some of the Republicans are still saying
| that it is the lack of revenue that Is
! causing the depletion of the gold in the
/ treasury probably following the rascal
! " political axiom. A lie well stuck to
/ is as good as the truth. y
/ The senate can act quick enough when
! so disposed. An instance of this
] promptuess was given when the ratifIcA-
/ ton of the japanese treaty was re con
/ Sidered and the treaty amended in ac-
| cordance with Secretary Gresham : re
! quest. The senate had amended the
treaty so as to give either nation the
right to abrogate 1t after one years no.
! tice. The japanese minister said his
country would object to that clause, be
cause it gave this country an Opportunl
| ty, if so disposed. to abrOgate the treaty
before it was even put into operation.
! The treaty does not 90 into effect until
/ 1899. Secretary Gresham and senators
! thought the objection well founded: hence
/ the last amendment, which gives either
/ country the right to abrOgate the treaty
! hv one wears notice, after the treaty has
! gone into operation.
The subcommittee of the senate which
is in charge of the Indian appropriation
! bill has no end of trouble about apprOpri-
| atiOns for sectarian schools. The Catho
| lies claimed that the Lincoln institute at
| Philadelphia, and the Hampton insti-
| tute at Hampton, Va, for both of which
! specific appropriations were made by
! the bill as it passed the house, are sec
| tartan schools, one Episcopallan and the
! other Congregational, and asked that
! specific appropriations for some of their
! schools be added to the bill. The sub
! committee settled the matter by striking
out all specific appropriations for de
nominational schools, and leaving the
! question OF sending Indian children to
any OF them discretionary with the Sec
! retary of the interior. In other words
| for him to spend the money appropria-
ted for the education of the Indians rs
| he may think best.
]
table old man of the sea saddIed upon
| the back OF congress, and II Is certainly
! becoming tiresome. Ihis time the
amendment to the diplomatic and con
! suiar appropriation bill authorizing the
| President to enter into a contract for the
laying of a cable to Honolulu was the
text upon which the Hawamaniaca
! preached, but they by no means con
fined themselves to the text. The whole
field had to be gone over. including Lil'@
! abdicatiOn to save her head.
President Cleveland promptly nomin-
ated General Schofield to be lieutenant
| general, on the same day that he signed
the bill restoring that grade to the army.
! General Schofield, who Is deservedly pop
| ular, Is being overwhelmed with con
| gratulatiOns.
One of the bills pending in congress
that is almost certain to become a law
Is that providing for the retirement on
account of bad health of justice Jackson.
of the L. ;. supreme court. 1t is not
! believed by those who know his present
condition that he will ever be able to re-
sumo his duties again.
Not since the war has there been so
many changes in the personnel of the
! house during a single congress as have
taken place IN the present one. Thirty
| Of the members elected there to are now
| out of It, eleven of them having died
| sixteen resigned, and three having been
uuseated. How about that Office holders
| chestnut few die and none resign?''
But in this case every resignation was to
! take another office. NJ