The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-01
CANTON MISS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1896

democrats believe the current stories
about disagreements aud Intended re.
signatioDs are circulated for the pur.
pose of-tryiDg to goad the administra-
tion into declaring what it will do in
case England should resort TO force to
carry its pointin Venezuela. and that
some of the eircnlators have benefited
at the expense Of the English secret
fund. BE that MS it may, the adminstra-
tion has no idea OF showing its hand
TO England at this stage of the game.
It's position has been fully determined
upon and win be announced when
necessary, and when announced it will
be approved by great majority Of our
people. II not by all Of the Presidents
political opponents.
A very small thing is needed in
Washington to start a very big seusa-
tion. One of those small things was
the order for continuous work on the
gums which are being made in the
government gun shop, for the new
battleship Oregon, now lying at the
Mare Island navy yard waiting the
completion of her armament. This
order was made the foundation for a
string Of the most outrageous stories
as TO the administrations hurried pre-
parations for the inevitable war with
England and similar rot The truth
Was easily obtainable, il IL had been
wanted. The order for continuous
work WAS issued by the Navy depart
meft for no other purpose than to have
the guns ready at the stipulated time
in order to prevent the throwing Of any
blame for delay,on the department by
the contractor. By working three
eight-hour shifts three days work are
accomplished on the guns everv "a
ours. How very warliks these prepara
lions are may be seen from the size of
the working shifts-one foreman. four
machinists, one engineer, one fireman,
and tw o laborers to each.
1t is, of course. known that Presi
dent Cleveland is and will be a very
busy man 'until after his message to-
Congress is completed, but there is cue'
thing that all the democrats hereabouts
would like him to take time enough to
do. That is to dismiss the negro, Tay-
lor, who Is Recorder of Deeds for the
District Of Columbia. Taylor claims
to have been democrat before he
came to Washington, but his rascalities
have been much more marked than his
democracy since he secured one Of the
best positions in Washington, and this
week he ATTENDED negro republican
mass meeting and made speech in
favor of negro republican being elect
ed as one of the delegates to the Ma
tional republican covention. Since
then every democrat one meets ex-
presses the wish that President Cleve-
land would kick Taylor out of the
office to which he appointed him.
Secretary Carlisle proposes to set
good example by going all the way to
Covingtou, KY, to register in order
that he may be able to cast his vote for
the straight democratic ticket in that
state.
The stoppage Of the coinage OF silver
has no bearing whatever upon, the
silver question. The only silver that
has been coined for sometime has been
worn and mutilated silver. The ap-
propria lion for that purpose for the
current fiscal year having been ex-
hausted Secretary Carlisle directed that
the mint at New orleans be closed and
the employees furioughed until such
tune as coinage may be resumed. 1t
is probable that the question OF tie
coinage of the l37.6i4,OO0 ounces of
silver bullion which the government
now has on hand, remaining from the
purchases made under the Sherman !
law, will he referred to Congress
Should Congress order this silver to
be coined the government would make
a profit of almost ss4,Ooo,0oo on it,
that being about the difference be.
tween its cost and the amount of silver
dollars it would be coined into. In
sffectual attempts were made to get