Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. 4, 'sS.

majority In Congress- ana OF the ad-
ministration. Instead of returning
from their holiday in "A more united
condition the democrats are. II such
~ thing be possible. wider apart on the
financial qn-sl ion than they were
when the recess adjournment was
taken. Debate was resumed Ia the
Hon.e on the currency bill without
any idea of what !, 10 he the outcome.
The men WHO ought to be the leaders
of the democrats are Ia doubt not only
as to what they onght to do, bot nlso
ns to what following they will have
should they decide upon what TO at
tempt. Some are advising tho hold
ing OF a caucus ami others are saying
that cancus will only aggravate the
existing division. Mr. Cleveland has
intiinated quite strongly that lie has a
mind TO send n special message to
Congress. pleading for some patriotic,
non partisan financial legislation. and
his Cabinet Is understood 70 he divided
as to the advisability of such course
on his part.
The situation has not been ilnprov-
ed by the apparently w.ll-grounded
ruinor that Mr.. j. Pierpoint Morgan.
New York Banker. had called upon
Mr.. Cleveland, IA the representative of
the syndicate of bankers which floated
the last bond issue. and formally re-
quested that Secretary Carlisle be dis
missed from the head of the Treasury
department. on the ground that lie
had failed TO- keep faith with the bank,
ers aud that he lacked the capacity TO
successfully handle the financial af-
fairs of the country. OF course no
one expects this to result in the re-
inovoi of Secretary Carlisle. bnt it has
added another complication TO the
situation that WA already entirely too
much complicated
Republicans in Congress had no
hand in making the present financial
muddle and they DO not consider IL
their duty to take any part in clenring
up matters. They are at present mere
ly interested onlookers. waiting to SEE
whether the democrats will be able to
produce anything tangible ont o. the
chaos now prevailing. At present nj
though the Carlisle currency bill H.
noninally before the House for gpner
nj debate there IL no certainty that IL
may not without nm hours notice be
succeeded by another bill Of All entire
ly different nature. When the demo
Gratis have shown what sort of bill
they really intend to try to pass If
they ever do. the republicans will b.
ready to meet it with definite declar.
alton, something that it is ut present
useless to make. Among the changes
proposed to be- made in the Carlisle
currency bill is one for the issue OF
$500. 600, 600 in 81 cent bonds. to BE-
used for the retirement of the green
backs and Treasury notes. 1t is stat
ed Mr.. Cleveland has endorsed the
idea, but has not done 90 publicly.
Senator Mitchell. of Oregon, thinks
it very doubtful whether the Carlisle
currency bill can be forced through
the House and says of its chance in
the Senate II do not see how it could
get through the Senate. The plans
which have been presented so fur IRE
most unsatisfactory and will require
thorough discussion of the best meth
cd of remedying existing condition be-
fore any bill .an be formulated that
will be satisfactory, and there isn't
time for that" When asked whether
there would be nm extra session of
Congress. the Senator said: mot
unless the democrats force 1t. The
republicans will do nothing to delay
action. We will not even fight
against the appropriation for the exc
cution of the income tax. We believe
| that the Tux il odious and ought not
TO be enforced, but as the democrats
have placed it upon the statute books.
it may. perhaps. be good thing to
let the country see just how unpleas-
ant it il. There will be speeches
against IL, but no factious opposition. !"
Representative Russell. of Conn.,, a
republican member of the House
committee on Banking and Currency,
does not believe that the Treasury can
get anv relief from financial legisla-
tion, no matter what its nature, I'M
til the tariff las been rearranged on
the lines Of protection and sufficient
revenue provided to meet the needs OF
the government. He recognizes, a.
do most unprejudiced students of the
financial situation, that those two
tond issues would have been made
even IL no treasury notes or green
backs had ever been presented for re
denption in gold. In short, thar
while those bond issues were nominal
Iy made TO replenish the gold reserve
they were in reality made to meet the
deficit caused by the new tariff law.
AS to the financial bill now before the