Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-02
PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK,
The Extra-Session Spook-A Demo-
cratic Patriot-"Exes' Dis
appointed.
From our regular correspondent.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Mr. Cleve
land is like the boy who played ghos
to Brighten his village companions ant
got ducking from them, only h
hasn't got his ducking yet. But fea
of il keeps cold chills playing hide anC
seek up and down his backbone. TIL
aforesaid boy thought his companion
would be scared out of their wits whei
they saw him wrapped in a sheet, car
rying an illuminated pumpkin head
strolling around the darkest part 0
the village. Just SO Mr. CLEVELAND
thought the Republicans in Congress,
would be frightened out of their wit.
when he trotted out his extra session
ghost. Well, the extra-session ghos
was duly trotted out, Mr.. Cleveland
having caused his friends to give i
out as coming straight from him, thai
if the Hawaiian cable amendment wa.
not struck from the Diplomatic an6
Consular Appropriation bill he woult
veto that bill; that if the Mills amend
ment to the Sundry Civil Appropria
ton bill, repeating all laws for the is
sue OF bonds, or any other fnancia
amendment Objectionable to him wa.
put upon that or any other bill ht
would veto it, and that he had almos
made up his mind to call an extra ses
sion anyway. Instead of being fright
ened at the prospect, Senator Chandler
speaking for hisRepublican colleagues
said that an extra session ought to b,
called anyway, so that Congress nigh
have an opportunity to investigat,
that remarkable bond contract, nego
tiated by Mr.. Cleveland former Law
partner, which gave European syn
dictate an immediate profit of So, 900,
900 on an investment of about sos
900, 900, not to mention interest $40
600, 900 in excess of what is paid by
bonds issued by even such insignifi
cant countries as Egypt, and tina
nothing would please the Republican,
more than to have it called early.
1t is more than doubtful whethe
Mr.. Cleveland ever really wished tina
Congress would do or leave something
undone to make an extra session nee
essary, and it is certain that his wishe.
have been directly contrary since Sen
ator Chambers plain speech. He re
alizes that with the present state o
feeling against him an early extr;
session, with the House overwhelm
ingly Republican and the Senate anti
Cleveland, might result in his i'm
parchment, and if an extra session
will have to be called he would lik,
to put it off as long as possible, t.
give the people chance to forget tina
disgraceful bond contract.
With only one week of life left Their,
is little probability of any Legislation
by Congress except that which MAJ
be put through as amendments to APP
preparation bills. Although the Hous,
has, under orders from the Whit,
House, by party vote, refused to &C
cept the Senate Hawaiian cabl,
amendment, it may have to do so, a
Senators stand firmly by that amend
ment and insist that If it isn't accept
ed the bill will fail.
There will be some very interesting
debates in the Senate this week upor
the numerous financial amendment
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
among which are the German amend
ment authorizing the Secretary of tn
Treasury to issue ) per cent loan Ger
tificates to meet the deficit, whicl
Secretary Carlisle insists will not ex
list; the Mills amendment repealin,
all laws for the issue of bonds; tn
Wolcott amendment authorizing tn
President, upon the request of one o
more European nations, to appoin
three commissioners to an information
al monetary conference, the Hous
and Senate each to designate a lik
number, and the amendment provid
ing for the payment OF the unpai,
sugar bounty on the crop of 1898 ant
for the payment OF eight tenths Of on
cent pound on the crop Of 1894. l
the Mills amendment isn't adopted i
will be because the Republicans will
not allow it to be, notwithstanding,
the betrayal Of the trust which inspir
ed the offering of the amendment.
| The one Democratic Congressman
who can look back upon his record il
the present House with pride is Gen
Daniel E. Sickles, CT New York. Fl
has by his voice and his vote provel
that man may call himself a Demo
GRAFT and still be patriotic American
in every sense of the word. He ha
been too good a patriot to follow hi
party leaders in their i'll treatment G
American industries and Of his oil
comrades in arms or in the endorse
ment Of the shameful Hawaiian polio
of the administration. After the at
of March he will retire to private life
and he will carry with him the goo
wishes of all true patriots.
Hon. Chester l. Long. the man VIII
defeated Jerry Simpson for Congress.
is spending his honeymoon in Wash
ington and is regular in his after
dance upon the sittings of the HOUSE
He says he wishes to fanliliarize hin
self with the routine Of his iutur
duties.
When Mr. Cleveland nominate
Senator Ransom to be Minister /
Mexico he disappointed many men
bers OF the soon to be "ex' family
AS usual when Senators are nomins
ted for other offices Mr.. Ransom
nomination was confirmed withor