The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-01

has given notice of his intention to Of
fer another one when The bill gets be
fore the senate. providing for the out
right repeal of that portion OF the
specie resumption act that authorizes
the issue Of bonds. Mr.. Cleveland
ought to thank his stars that the death
of congress is so near. and 30 many OF
the regular appropriation bills remain
Enacted upon that no time is left TO
carry out numerous threats made
against him privately by individual
senator's and representatives:
Congressional financial marching up
the hill and down again, which has
been such a marked feature of the
present session, came to an end with
the formal abandonment of the Jones
bill for the unlimited coinage of silver
by the senate, although there may be a
few spasmodic attempts on the part of
individuals to make their records on
the question more satisfactory to their
constituents, during the remaining
days Of the session.
Senator Pettigrew's nswe to the
question whether he would recommend
any person for appointment as post
master at Sioux Falls, s. d., in place
of the man whose nomination has been
adversely acted upon BY unanimous
vote of the senate committee on post
office and post-roads, is particularly
significant, in view of the charge that
Mr.. Pettigrew voted with the admins
tration democrats on the Hawaiian
question in exchange for federal pat.
rOnage in his state, which has been
made in certain papers, Mr.. Pettigrew
said: II would not ask the president
to appoint any n to any Office. In
fact. l should consider any friend of
mine insulted who receives a commits
sion signed by Mr.. Cleveland. But if
another nomination is made for post
master at Sioux Falls, my own home,
without consulting me, l shall try
again to secure the rejection of the
nomination"
There has been considerable snob-
berry about this administration from
the beginning, but Secretary Morton,
this week, ~out-snobbed all the rest. 1t
was his turn to give a cabinet dinner
to Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland, and like
wise his turn to make an ass of him.
self. He had two expensive chairs,
one for Mr.. Cleveland and one for his
wife, made for the occasion, each hav-
ing a silver plate, inscribed with the
name of the occupant and the date of
the dinner, set in its back. Shad of
"Jerry" Ruskl And this man is a mem
Der of the cabinet, a portion of whose
duties is supposed to begiying the pres
ident of the United States advice. He
has already been dubbed "Silver Plate
Morton" and the name ought to stick
him the longest day be lives, and in ad-
dltion, he should be compelled to wear
at all lines a silver breast-plate in
scribed: Il am C%leveland's chief boot
licker.'
Secretary Carlisle took good pains,
while positively denying the necessity
for the proposed amendment to an APP
preparation bill, giving the secretary
of the treasury authority to issue short
time 8 per cent loan certificates TO meet
any deficit in the revenues, to pat in a.
bid for that very legislation, by saying
in his official communication to the
senate: at is my opinion that the sec
of inc treasury ought to be per-
manently invested with authority to
and sell short time bonds or other
of the government for the
purpose of raising money to meet such
defciciencies in the ordinary revenues
as my occur from time to time" Like
the boy who having declared he was
not hungry and declined the proffered
cookies, be accompanies the decllnation
with the suggestion that he be made
custodian of the cookies and be given
permission to eat them if he should
to get hungry.