The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
" ashingt0n Letter.
From our regular CORRESPONDENT

"Oio hCNOI cease. AllnOOgI
Mr. Reed probably has as yet given lit
Tie attention to, and has certainly not
made up his mind on any particular
policy to be followed when he becomes
Speaker of the House, IL democratic
newspaper published in WASHINGTON
has found out all about it and has
taken the public into its confidence
LII there ever was more gall displaye
even in these days of ''enterprising'
newspapers it has escaped your CORES
pondent's attention, and he devotes
his entire time to trying to keep ur
with the procession. 1t is unnecessary
to mention the programme outlined
by this knowing newspaper furthe,
than to say that it begins with the
absurd statement that the republicans
will be afraid to touch the tariff. That
is false enough, as time will show, to
stamp the whole story as democratic
office made fake. 1t is the democrats
who are afraid. One of the certain
ties of the next session of Congress is
that the House will revise the tariff
in number OF important particulars
and it is probable that the revision
Will be accepted by the Senate although
that body will not have republican
majority. AS Josh Billings use to say
"Tis better to be ignorant than to
know so darn much that aint So"
1t has leaked out that Mr.. Cleveland
would like to remove Ambassador
Eustis for his recent indiscretions in
the way of jingo speeches and news
paper interviews, but is afraid that if
he does so he will make Eustis the
democratic candidate for presdetn.
He recognizes that however indiscreet
the utterances of Mr.. Eustis may
have been in diplomat his opinions
have voiced the sentiments of many
Ameri cans and that his removal from
Office for such an offence would make
him very popular. That being the
case it is probable that Mr. Eustis will
remain in Paris, unless he gets mad at
being reprimanded and resigns, as he
may do. 1t has been whispered ever
since that London speech that Mr.
Eustis has presidential aspirations.
Oh humbugl one of thy other
names is certainly Hoke Smith. A
New York newspaper has started
popular subscription for the benefit of
Miss Elizabeth Key, granddaughter of
the author of "The Star Spangled
Banner, who was on the first of July
dismissed without cause from the
petty clerical position she had filled
for fourteen years in the pension Bur-
eau. and her aged and invalid mother.
Among the Washington contributors
to this fund appears the name of Sec
tary Hoke Smith, the man who has it
in his power to restore Miss Key to
the position from which she was so
mercilessly and cruelty dismissed with
his approval, thus enabling her and
crippled mother to live Independently,
instead of having to eat the bread of
charity. Mr.. Hoke Smith would find
itdificult to convince any unpreiudiced
person that any feeling accompanied
donation to the Key charity fund; it
was merely a conscience contribution.
If he had either feeling for the Keys
the patriotism which every American
should have, he would reinstate Miss
Key and save her the humiliation Of
accepting support for herself and
mother from the newspaper charity
fund donated by the public.
Agricultural Department officials
cannot brush away the accusation,
that spectators get advance informa-
tion of the departments official crop
report, by referring to them as cold
stories. Old or new, it does seem
strange that certain big spectators
should always be able to lay their bets
in the market just before those reports
are issued in a way to make money
and to make it appear to other people
that thev were acting upon actual
knowledge. Perhaps these speculators
onlv guess, but it seems a, little old
that they hould always guess right,
while others just as intelligent con-
tinue to guess wrong right along.
Members of the administration are
having difficult task to reconcile
the promise that a democratic tariff
would open the markets of the world
to the producers and manufacturers
of the United States with the cold,
hard. figures contained in the official
report of the Bureau OF Statistics
figures compiled by democratic offi-
cials. During the eleven months end
ing Nav 81, 1895, exports from the
United States fell off, as compared
with the same period ending May 81,
1894. when the Mckinley law was IN
force, nearly $75,000,00O in value-to
the exact, the expectations for eleven
months under the Mckinley tariff
amounted to 1913, 3,547 1856, while the
expectations for the same period under
the democratic tariff amounted only
to S739,651 ,S65. These are the sort OF
facts which have convinced those who
control the great business interests OF
the country that it is not safe TO nave