Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
wAsHISGToE. D. c., May p, Is


Senator Palmer, Of Illinois, has
been In Washington. The principal
purpose of his visit being to inform
Mr.. Cleveland Of the total collapse
Of the administration campaign in
that state against free silver. Incl
dcntally Senator Palmer took occa-
sion to express his opinion Of two
prominent Illinois democrats whom
he accuses OF straddling, in the fol-
lowing language: Nobody expected
anything else of Vice President Ste
venson, because il is we'll known that
If any question has two sides to it he
will have no opinion on it. Bill Nor
rison, however, is not usually SO mod
est, and his position in the beginning
is rather surprising, although.I think,
a. affairs are shaping themselves, he
was wise in taking Il conservative
and non-committal position. 1t will
give him more influence when the
real fighting begins, If it ever does y
Speaking Of the coming democratic
convention in Illinois, Senator Pal
mer made the following paradoxical
temarks: ''The convention was called
for the purpose Of endorsing free sill
yer, the program will be carried out
to the letter. There will be large
amount of supertluous enthusiasm, Of
the manufactured kind, but it will
count for nothing. The silver craze
is suhsidiug and it will continue to
subside.'
Mr. Cleyeland's reports from Ken
lucky are no more encouraging than
those from Illinois. A prominent adj
ministration democrat who has just
returned from Kentucky, where he
went for the purpose Of investigating
the free silver strength among dem
ocrats, says there Il 10 hope that
Secretary Carlisle viii be able to
stem the silver flood III the party, and
that he regards the adoption OF Il
6-to-l free coinage platform by the
state convention as a certainty He
says also that ii would not surprise
him 10 see the republicans elect a
majority Of the legislature and sue
cesser to senator Blackburn. If the
administration can control enough
votes Is prevent ii, Blackburn viii
not be reelected, even should the
democrats retain control Of the legis-
lature.
The administration pinned large
hopes to the effect Of the Memphis
sound money convention, held last
week, but reports from the South
indicate that those hopes will fail Of
realilatiou
appropriations are to be withheld
whenever possible, in order to avoid
the calling Of an extra session Of
congress, Of which Mr. Cleveland adj
ndts he is afraid, AZ the last session
congress appropriated $3Nmooo to
pay deferred sugar hounties. Not
one cent OF this money has been paid
out. and there is little probability
that ii Will be for some time. 1t is
the same with numerous other appro-
priations.
THE nuulmcut ~ the income tax
BY the decision of the supreme court
has added g the certainty that the
next congress viii lie called upon to
provide TOR additional revenue, iii
order to procure money to cover
the enormous deficit which will en-
Isl AZ the closc Of the present fiscal
year. and IL prevent similar deficit
during the noNt fiscal year. 4 num-
her II Ways 20 de- this have already
been suggested, hut il viii not be-
surprising il the republicans III con-
gross decide that the best way to
raise the money aud AZ the same
time boom Amorican industries Will
be Is RAISE the tariff duties upon AT
Articles competing with the products
nj tho United states. That the adj
ADMINISTRATION lgar- this course will ~
taken i Shown hy the assertion of
its trirnd, that NIr Cleveland viii
tneNer sign hill increasing the Tariff
duties, OF course they are blnnln4.
ana the hluI WiIl probably - kept