The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-01-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Question of Issuing More
Deficiency bonds to Main
tain the Gold Reserve.
Senator Pettegrew Votes with
the Democrats to Bolster
up Hawaiian Affairs
Interesting Gossip Relative to
Matters of Public Import
anCe.

ance.
EDITOR HERALD: More water is to be
poured into the sieve. In other words,
the administration has decided to scold
congress and issue more bonds to replen-
Ish 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 retraIned from saying much that
might have been said about the position
the administration has taken upon
financial matters, preferrlng to lose op-
portunlties to make party capital to
arousing public sentiment which might
prove detrimental to the great business
interests of the country. 1t was the
same feeling which prompted the re-
publican leaders when approached by
the democrats to say that they would
offer no Fictitious opposition to any
measure that promised to be OF the
slightest assistance to the treasury,
and to advise the democI ats 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, pre-
vented 1t by announcing 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,
rs to be made.
Senator Keller correctly characterized
the Vest amendment to the Hawaiian
resolution, which was adopted by a
vote of "a to % in the senate, as put
ting IN the records of the senate an alb
solute talsehood. The amendment de-
ciares the sympathy OF our people with
all efforts to establish republican 1nsti,
tutions, reaffirms the policy of absolute
uon-interfereuce with the affairs of other
nations, and closes by declaring that
the ADMINISTRATION deserves approval
for maintaing that policy. Mr.. Teller
showed concluslvely that the admins
tration had not maintained that policy
toward Hawaii, and it would have
been easy for him to have sho yn that it
had acted. directly contrary to that
policy IN several other instances, no
tably at the beginning of the war be-
were somewhat surprised to find one
republican-Pertigrew voting with %
democrats tor the Vest amendment, and
the hope is expressed that he only did so
to be in position to move reconsider
alton later.
Senator Fry's speech refuting the silly
Islander about Hawaiian bonds being
sold in New England was 81 scorcher.
Republicans in the house will do moth
ing to prevent the passage OF the bill for
the repeal Of the differential duty on
sugar from countries paying an export
duty on sugar, which will probably be
passed by the house this week They
will, however. call especial attention to
the declaration Of the German govern
ment that this sugar duty las nothing
to do with the embargo placed on
American cattle and meats, notwith-
standing Representative Wilson's hav-
ing 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 nobody cares
any thing about it.
The new republican senator from
North Carolina, Mr.. Pritchard, al
though not yet week in his seat. has
cast two important votes, one for the
Nicaragua Canal bill, which passed by a
vote OF 81 to Fl, and one against the
Vest amendment to the Ha waiiah reso-
luton. MIR. Prichard has made an ex-
cell ent impression upon his colleagues.
An object lesson on democra tic states
manship was given when a number of
democratic members of the house un.
blushingly and openly opposed an az
preparation for the detection OF persons
violating tine internal revenue la VS.,
specifically illicit distilIers. The reason
tor the opposition may be found in the
reply OF Chairman Savers. OF the appro-
priation committee. who is democrat,
but not one OF the moonshiner kin d, to
a question asked by Representative
Swanson, OF Virginia, as to whether the
Al, L.. 4
recommended. II do not know, and
am not willing to take the gentlen. en- s
w ord for it as long as his election to this
house depends upon the moonshine
vote"
Secretary Carlisle is directly respon-
sible for lie action OF the house in put
ting two financial bills as riders on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. but he
went to the capitol and personally cp-
pealed to democrats not TO vote gtinSt
them. One OF the amendments gives MR.
Carlisle dScre ton as 20 the denOmiila-
tiUn ,f notes issued in place OF those re-
deemed, and the other makes gold GER
tifcates non-receivabIe tor customs due
after July 1. next, and forbils their use
as part of the reserve of rational Lanks.
The secretarv'S action will not he lost
upon the senate. And he may wish be-
taken the initiative in attaching tinan-