The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-27
Washington Letter.

Washington, d. C, Sept p, lo9o.-
When a man gives Information TO an
enemy in time of war he Is regarded a
a public enemy and upon proof OF his
oriil- he i executed and buried in
traitors disgraced grave. But there Is
no wav to punish those who prove them
saJves To he still worse enemies of the
country by trying to precipitate tinan-
ciaI panic through misrepresentation OF
the condition of the nation : finances
and Of the intentions OF the admInIstra
ton a private individual can, through
appeal to the courts, have the man who
seeks TO iniure his credit and commercial
standing by making untrue and partially
true but misrepreSeutlng statements
punished. but members of the admins
tration have no way OF reaching the
men who, solely for partisan purpose,
are daily writing and circulating attacks
upon the credit of the United States IN
the shape of wilfui misstatements con-
cerning the intentions of Secretary Car
Isle Men who bring on financial
panic do a thousand times more harm
than those who betray an army on the
eve of battle, and there ought to be some
way Of furnishing them as traitors to
their country If that Is not feasible,
congress should at least so leglSlate that
the government, through the heads OF
the executive departments, should have
| the same right to have a newspaper
writer or editor arrested for criminal liz
| bel as the citizen now has. With such
| a law on our statute books the present par
| tisan misrepresentation of President
| Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle IN Re
| publican newspapers would not be pos
| Sible and the probabilities OF financial
| panics would be decidedly lessened.
About as near half of the administra-
| ton as could be got at attended the ded
| ication of the battlefield of Chickamau-
| qua as a national park. Vice President
| Stevenson and Secretaries Lamont, Her
| bert, Smith and Attorney General Har-
| mon going, and Secretaries Olney, Car
| Isle. Morton and Postmaster General
Wilson remaining in Washington. Sec
| retary Carlisle expected to have gone.
but circumstances, aided by uupatriotic
Misrepresentation, made it advisable
that he should remain at his post.
A gentleman who has recently been in
Florida on business said: "Sena tor Call
in advocating the early recognition OF
the Cuban revolutionists by this govern
ment speaks for a very large majority OF
the people of Florida. This sympathy
for the Cubans is worthy to be clasSed
high, too, when it is remembered thai
Florida is yearly becoming a greater
rival of Cuba in the production of to
bacco used in the manufacture of fine
cigars
Secretary LamOnts action in advan
cling out of his own pocket the money
to make up the shortage in paying the
June salaries of the officers and men O1
the,army is unprecedented but highly
creditable Had ne not done so they
would have had to wait for congress to
rectify the error that made the shortag,
before they could get their salaries.
Senator Vest Indignantly denies tn,
authenticity of the recently published
interview which made him announce
change of front on the silver question
; and says he Is still for free coinage a
Is to l, as he has always been.
Hon. ]. w. Judd, United States Dis
trict Attorney for Utah, is visiting
Washington. He SAYS: There i:
, much in the situation in Utah to max
, the Democrats hopeful OF electihg thei
state ticket and two L. 5. senators.
believe that it is not putting it one wni
| tlO SlTOAlR " say lllstl our CLlauttS q
/ success are fully equal to those of tn
I opposition. Utah has enjoyed two sue
e cessive seasons of good crops, and tn
. condition of business is satisfactory
The people are feeling very good owe
the return of better times, and that wi
y inure to the benefit of the Democracy
Il If we carry the territory this year II
i almost sdre thing that it will go th
same way in 1896"
The general impression seems to b
that lawyers of Mora displayed mon
/ umental cheek when they filed protes
against the action of Secretary Olney i
# accepting a settlement of the Mora CLAIM
without compelling Spain to pay tn
3 interest from the date of the claim
a Secretary Onley will take no notice c
}, the protest. He did not act N this maj
b ter as the attorney or collector for Mora
but as the representative of the Unite
States government. So far as this gov
} ernment is concerned the settlement wa
n final. NJ