Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Jan. 2S, 1895.

Washington, Jan. 2S, 1895.
More waite is to be poured into the
sieve. In other words, the admins
tration has decided to scold Congress
and issue more bonds to replenish the
gold in the Treasury and to meet the
expenditures of the government.
Knowing the sensitiveness of business
the republicans in Congress have pur-
posely refrained from saying much
that might have been said about the
position the administrator has taken
upon financial matters, preferring to
lose opportunities to make party ca
pital to arousing public sentiment
which might prove detrimental to the
great business interests of the coun-
try. 1t was the same feeling which
prompted the republican leaders when
approached by the democrats to say
that they would offer no factious OPP
position to any measure that promis-
ed to be of the slightest assistance to
the Treasury, and to advise democrats
that the best thing this Congress could
do for the Treasury was to amend the
tariff so as to increase the revenue.
This advice might have borne good
fruit, but Mr.. Cleveland, with his
usual obstinacy prevented it by an
nouncing pompously that legislation
to increase the revenue would not be
satisfactory to him. So Congress has
done nothing, and another issue of
bonds, the third within year, is to be
made.
Senator Teller correctly character
lied the Vest amendment to the Ha-
waiian resolution, which was adopted
by vote of "a to % in the Senate, as
putting on the records of the Senate
an absolute falsehood. The amend
ment declares the sympathy of our
people with all efforts to establish re-
publican institutions, reafirms the
policy of absolute interference
with the affairs of other nations, and
closes by declaring that the admins
tration deserves approval for main
tanning that policy. Mr.. Teller show
ed conclusively that the administra-
ton had not maintained that policy
towards Hawaii, and it would have
been easy for him to have shown that
it had acted directly contrary to that
policy in several other instances, no.
tably at the beginning of the war be-
tween China and Japan. Republicans
were somewhat surprised to find one
republican Pettigrew- voting with
% democrats for the Vest amendment |
and the hope is expressed that he on
ly did so to be in position to move a
reconsideration later. Senator Frye's |
speech refuting the silly SANDER about !
Hawaiian bonds being sold in New
England was scorcher.
Republicans in the House will do
nothing to prevent the passage of the |
bill for the repeal of the differential |
duty on sugar, which will probably be |
will, however, call especial attention |
to the declaration Of the German gov
eminent that this sugar duty had /
nothing to do with the embargo plac
ed on American cattle and meats, not
withstanding Representative Wilson'S |
having in his opening speech in favor
of this repeal bill insisted that it did.
As Ex-Speaker Reed tersely puts it,
the bill is SO insignificant that ''No
body cares anything about it,"
The new republican Senator from
North Carolina-Mr. Pritchard-al
though not yet a week in his seat, has
cast two important votes, one for the
Nicaragua Canal bill, which passed by
vote of 81 to 81, and one against the /
Vest amendment to the Hawaiin res
olution. Mr.. Pritchard has made an
excellent impression upon his collea-
CUES.
Much regret is expressed among re-
publicans in Congress because of the /
disputes which are delaying the cleo
ton of republican Senators by sever
al legislatures. Such disputes are al
ways blocks to the future success of /
the party.
An object lesson in democratic stat /!
esmanship was given when a number /
of democratic members of the House I
unbiushingly and openly opposed an +
appropriation for the detection of .
persons violating the international re-
venue laws, specifically Illicit distil-
lers. The reason for the opposition
may be found in the reply of Chair
man Sayers, of the Appropriation
committee, who is a democrat, but
not one of the moonshiner kind, to a
question asked by Representative
Swanson, of Virginia, as to whether
the abolition Of the fee system had
not been recommended do not
know. and I am not willing TO take