Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-02-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondence

Senators made an impossibility before
it was voted upon by the House, proves
the truth of this statement. Mr.. Reeds
bill would, if enacted into a law, pro-
vide the Government with means to
raise the gold reserve fund to its proper
amount, and by providing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury with money to
meet deficiencies in the revenue of the
Government until such time as the
revenues Of the Government should
exceed the expenditures would keep
the gold reserve intact. Here is Mr..
Reeds statement of the situation: "Ve
were redeeming greenbacks when they
were presented. If the revenue was
equal to the expenditures whenever q
greenback val redeemed it would stay
in the Treasury, and this notwithstand-
ing the fact the Secretary is authorized
to reissue; for it is not either the au-
t%horization or even the demand of the
law that they shall be reissued. 1t is
the fact that their reinsurance causes
this continued depletion of the Treas
ury."
Much ado about nothing" is about
the only correct title to apply to the fin
ancial debate and the votes taken this
week in the House. Every man of aver
age intelligence knew before hand that
it made not the slightest difference
what the House did or what it failed to
do, so far as the accomplishment Of
any financial legislation was concern
ed. They knew that Mr.. Cleveland
had all his arrangements made for an
other bond issue, and that it would bs
made. About the only result of the
debate in the House was that it enabled
some of the outgoing Democrats to put
in a strong claim for Presidential APP
pointment 10 Office.
Public Printer Benedict has never
been popular with members of the G.
A. R., but his impolite treatI ,ent of a
committee from that organization
which called on him for the purpose of
asking the reinstatement of comrades
who had been dismissed without cause
has aroused hatred towards MIN in the
breasts of all soldiers, which Mr.. Bene-
dict may live to regret. ~ have ad-
mitted you here today in order to be
able to tell you that you will never be
admitted again." were the words Bene
dict greeted the G.. A. R. committee
with when they were admitted to this
office. He not only refused in impo
lite language to reinstate any of the
discharged veterans. but he even re.
fused to look at the list prepared by the
committee, saying CURLY: mot one
of them will be put back" and when
the committee stood dumbfounded at
such treatment he angrily continued
There is nothing further to be said
what are you waiting for?"
The fact is not generally known that
Washington's new Senator, Mr.. Will.
son, was about fifteen years ago a ST..
200 clerk in the Pension Bureau here.
He was appointed from Indiana, where
he was born. He soon tired of the
routine work of a clerk and announced
his intention to go West and try to do
something better. John" said one
of his fellow clerks, you would do bet
ter to hold on to what you've got. II
you 60 West you'll starve. They are
fertilizing the soil out there with
bodies of ambitious youngsters from
the East who are unable to keep up
with the procession. Hold on to your
hundred dollars a month here. You'll
never make that much anywhere in the
West" His reply was characteristic
of the energy which afterwards got him
elected to the House and has now land.
ed him in the Senate. We'll, starve
or thrive, I'm going 10 try my luck.
I've looked over this situation thor
oughly, and now I'll take my infor.
nation and training out there and cap
talizing them. Just hold your horses
for a spell and you'll see me back here
with a Congressman's commission N
my hand, or something even better. u
Senator Wilson has no more sincere
well wishers anywhere than those
who worked beside him as clerks; they
like him because his success has not
turned his head. He is to them the
same old John Wilson.
The Senate had another spell of plain
talk about Hawaii and its ultimate an.
nexation over the amendment 10 the
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
Bill providing $5O0,O 900 to be given the
work of laying a cable between San
Francisco and Honolulu, and author
izing the President to enter into a con.
tract for the entire work.
Slowly but surely the power of the
Democrats has slipped away from
them in the Senate. Up to last Satur.
day they had a majority of that body,
but upon that day by the swearing in
of Senator Mantle, of Montana, they
lost their majority and only had
enough votes left to tie the Senate on
a full vote. Now they have lost that
power as another new Republican Sem
ator-Clark, of Wyoming-was sworn
in on Wednesday.
Caller-Is your sister in, my little
manp
Willie Wise-She said IL Mr.. Sweet