The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-09-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


are much chagrined and more
alarmed over that statement pub
lished by the bond syndicate, which,
bv the way, is one of those exp'ana-
tons which do not explain. Some
Of the language IN that statement
was certainly not calculated to al.
lay the fears of Secretary Carlisle
concerning the maintenance Of the
gold reserve. For instance, the as
sertion that the syndicate, although
under no obligation to do so, would
continue to January /, to deposit
gold IF existing conditions make
1t feasible to do So The admins
tration fears that "exlsting condi-
tlons''in this case Will mean whether
it will be to the interests of the syn
dicate to furnish the Treasury with
gold. The syndicate added to the
generalization of Mr.. Carlisle and
his fellow Democrats when he said:
"BUt neither The bond syndicate
nor any one else can control the
elements. After all was frightened
Mr.. Carlisle even worse than the
significant wording of the public
statement of the bond syndicate
was the fact that Il member of the
syndicate withdrew from the Treas
ury and exported 81, 500,000 of the
$1,000, 900 in gold sent to Europe
last week-the largest shipments
ever made in one week, with the
single exception of a week in last
January when the total sent was a
halt million in excess of last week.
Secretary Carlisle makes no pre-
tense Of being master of, or even of
being one of the controlling factors
in the financial situation: he is sim
ply drifting, trusting to luck and
the bond syndicate, seemingly with
out an idea of what he will do or
try to do in a case neither keeps the
gold reserve above the danger line,
there never was time when fin
ancier was more needed at the head
Of the Treasury. With an able
man directing our finances there
would be no more bond issues in
time Of profound peace, but the
able man is lacking and the bond
issue will come again in due time.
Representative Milliken, of
Maine, brought good-sized Sec
ton of the Reed boom to Washing
ton with him. Said he: elf you
should meet with anyone who de-
clared that New England was not
for Tom Reed for President, chal-
lenge the statement with all the
emphasis at your command. New
England is for him and will back
him with all the force and enthusi-
asm that human nature can exert.
But he isn't depending on his own
section alone. The American peo-
pie admire, to a point approaching
reverence, Il man of big intellect,
and so Mr.. Reed has a following to-
day in every part of this broad land
and will have it too, when the nat
ional convention meets to select a
standard bearer. That the Repub-
licans will elect the next president
seems about as certain as anything
can be in this world, and that he
will hail from Maine sincerely hope
and believe"
Perhaps the Civil Service Com
mission isn't trying to aid the ad-
ministration in its efforts to con-
troll the next Democratic national
convention, bat all the same that
will be the practical result of its Of
fetal announcement that it is no
violation of the civil service rules
for an Office holder to attend polit-
ical convention as a delegate.
The Commissioners evidently
realize that Mr.. Cleveland intends
the letter he wrote during his first
term against that identical thing to
oe ignored.
The talk about the administra-
TONS intention of adopting a Wig
orous foreign policy has been revived
in connection with the rumor that
the beligerence of the Cuban Revo-