Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-26

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! for Grover Ele Evidently Sees Hut
| a Very Small GrOuDdswell i'm
| Favor OF the Propositions.
Regular Correspondence of the STANDARD.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1895.
When an individual attempts to
break down another individuals
credit by disappearing his business
affairs the libeled individual can ap-
peal to the courts and by proving the
libel have The libeler punished. But
the United States government has no
such redress. When an apparently
concerted attempt to injure the credit
OF the government and b.. ing on an.
other financial panic, such as is now
being made by those Republican news
papers which are printing sensational,
and in many instances entirely false,
accounts OF the governments financial
affairs, the government can only ap.
peal to the common sense and fairness
of the people. There is nothing
either alarming or unexpected in the
present condition of the governments
finances. AS was expected, the ex-
penditures during the first half OF July
were largely in excess OF the receipts.
The reason is obvious. Of the $685.
OOO,O which have been paid out this
month Sill 100000 has gone to pay
pensions, about $7,O0O,OO0 to pay in
terest on bonds, including those OF the
Pacific railroads, and more than &c.
100000 has been paid out under the
appropriations made by the last Con.
gress, which became available on the
first of July. Some Republican
papers, in their anxiety to bring on
another financial panic, or at least
stop the revival of business now sweep
ing over the country, have gone so far
as to say that the revenues of the gov
eminent were falling off. Partisan
ship is no excuse for such a willful
misstatement as that. On the con-
trary, the revenues are increasing,
those for the first half OF July being
much larger than the receipts for the
same period last wear. The U. S.
Treasury is all right, and likely to re-
main SO as long as it is in charge of
Democrats.
Secretary Lamont very seldom con.
sents to being interviewed for publ
cation-he is an old newspaper man,
which accounts for his stunning
notoriety-but he made an exception
in order to deny the silly story about
his Western trip having been in the
interest of third term for President
Cleveland. He said: 81 was not
hunting ghosts, though 1 am told
some were about. My trip was pure
ly q business one, and l had neither
inclination nor opportunity to NEEDLE
in politics. About the only people l
saw and talked with were the military
and railroad people. The railroad
men whom | met told me that the
outlook was very favorable for great
prosperity. They are about the only
ones had an opportunity to talk with
on the subject, and l presume that
0OOub VIC OSoG JuukCbs
BY the way, speaking of the third
term business, which some Republi-
can editors seem disposed to make q
standing nightmare out Of, there is
nothing in it. While an occasional
Democrat of prominence has expressed
willingness to support President
Cleveland for third term, no per.
sonal friend of his has ever encouraged
such an idea, and it Can be stated on
excellent authority that he has never
made suggestion to any member OF
his cabinet that could be construed,
even in the most indirect manner, to
mean that he desired another nomina-
ton. A gentleman who is known to
enjoy the Presidents confidence said
on this subject at is too silly to
be seriously discussed. ! am satisfied
that Mr.. Cleveland would long ago
have said that he would under no
circumstances accept another nomi.
nation had he not thought it to be en-
tirely unnecessary to do 30. You
may depend upon it that he will stop
it quick enough should it 1t any time
between this and the holding of the
Democratic National Convention be-
come evident that serious attempt
WAS being made to nominate him
again. He is proud, as he has right
to be, OF the three nominations given
him by the Democratic party, but if
he has any ambition for a fourth
nomination his closest associates have
never discovered the slightest evidence
of it. You cannot find single man
whose relations with him are close
who believes that he would allow his
name to 60 before another national
convention" Dem.