The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-02-22
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, February 1S.-No attacks
ever made upon a President in either House of
Congress were more cowardly than those which
have been and are now being made upon PreSi-
dent Cleveland for having bought gold which he
considered necessary for the preservation of the
credit of the government upon the best obtain
able terms. The attacks are cOwardly because
nose who make them know that the President
cannot fully reply to them without saying
things which they are certain his patriotism
men in tn United State whose repLt { OILS for
honesty and integrity are higher than those OF
Grover Cleveland and John q. Carlisle, and
they have both said in the most positive
terms that the contract for the issue of those
bonds to purchase the needed gold was the best
to be obtained. Republicans in both House
and Senate have stated that the bonds could
have been exchanged for gold i'll this country
upon better terms. ToreSort to abuse of these
men is too much like adopting their methods,
but they must have known when they made
those statement that they were false. 1t is not
expected that either President Cleveland or
Secretary Carlisle will ever publicly say that
American capitalists were appealed to in vain,
to furnish the gold needed by the government
and take bonds to pay for it. Such u state
ment from the President or the Secretary of
the Treasury would have tendency to injure
the credit of the United States abroad. and it
is not likely to be made no matter how much
abuse may be heaped upon them. But it is
none the less cowardly to take advantage of
that.
Ex-Speaker Reed isn't the clipper man he
was. He was forced to show his hand on the
gold bond bill which was defeated by the
House, and thereby he lost the support of all
the silver Republicans us Presidential candi-
date. He thought he had walk-oyer for the
nomination now he sees defeat in sight.
The Republican Senators can yell sugar
trust as loud as anybody when trying to catch
votes. but when it comes to passing u bill Ike
that for the repeal of the differential duty on
sugar, which has been passed by the House
and which would, while benetitting our trade
with Germany and the other continental Euro
pean countries, strike the pocket of the sugar
trust, they at once assume the role of obstruc-
tiOnists. The intelligent people of this country
will have no difficulty in sporting the friends OF
the sugar trust in the Senate. The Democrats
have favorably reported this bill and want it to
pass the Republicans are determined to kill it
without voting upon it.
The House committee on Rules has difficult
task in deciding which bills shall be given the
time that will not be consumed by the appro-
priution bills during the remaining two weeks
of the session. Some important bills are being
called to the attention of the committee,
among them being tine Nicaragua canal bill,
which has been reported to the House as SUBJ
stitute for the bill that passed the Senate the
Pacific Railroad Funding bill, which was once
sent back to the committee by vote of the
House; the free ship bill, bills for reorganiza-
ton of the army and navy, bills for surveys of
deep water canals. labor arbitration bill, and
the bill for the amendment of the copyright
laws, which has been so strongly urged by the
big newspaper publishers.
Representative Springer, who retires with
this Congress, declares he is not candidate
for the vacancy made by the sudden and la
mented death of Hon. Isaac Pussy Gray, late
U. S. Minister to Mexico, and he adds that he
would not accept any executive appointment
that would take him out of this country, which
he considers quite good enough for him:
strong effort is being made to get Senator Ran
som named as Minister to Mexico.
Senator Hill is making gallant fight for his
resolution, which reiterates the determination
of this country to endeayor to maintain silver
and gold at parity and declares that in the
event of failure it will pay its obligations in
the best money. but there is not much proba-
bility of its adoption. Mr.. Hills resolution is
intended to be compromise and he says it
should be supported by every man who is
neither believer in q single gold standard nor
Il single silver standard, but all the same it is
strongly opposed.
Before the House voted on the gold bond bill
it was thought that the bill of Senator Jones'
of Ark, for the unlimited coinage of silver,
would be voted upon and passed by the Senate
but it is now considered doubtful whether any
attempt will be made to push it to a vote.
The Census Bureau dies with Congress. At
ter the 4th of next month only a small force of
clerks will be retained under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior to finish the work
C. As.