Frederick citizen., 1895-02-15
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in q Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IL, 1895.
From our Correspondent ]

OcudtOi IIlll slhtcu tuc HuduClul Slt-
uatlon iu nutshell when he said of
the Presidents last special message:
"Ituuloads the responsibility on Cou-
gTess." President Cleveland, after
weeks Of negotiation, could do no better
than to get an offer of gold to be paid
f'r in thiIty-year 4 per cent. bonds, at
a price which makes the bonds carry
interest at the rate Of and 81 per cent.
although the same men expressed u
willingness to furnish gold for an un
limited amount of 3 per cent. gold
bonds. The President had this offer
more than a week ago, but he held it
III abeyance antil the House defeated
lie bill providing for 3 per cent. gold
bonds. Then he accepted the offer TO
the amout of 3, ,500, 900 ounces OF stand
ard gold coin, which will require the
issuing of within a fraction of $62 400,-
900 in bonds, with Il provlso that the
gold shall be paid for at the same price
with 3 per cent. gold bonds, if Con-
gress would within ten days authorize
their ISSUE The President then in a
special message laid the facts before
Congress, laying particular stress upon
the Sl6,0OO,OOO which represents the
difference IN the interest that would
have to be paid on the per sent. gold
bonds and that which will have TO be
paid on the 3 aud 81 per cent. coin
bonds, and leaving ii Tor Congress to
decide which 1t shall be.
Chairman Wilson, OF the House
Ways aud Means Committee. who is
in charge of the bill providing for the
issue OF 3 per cent, gold bonds, is work
lug with his USUAL energy to get the
bill b fore the House, although. he
knows AS well as any man that it will
not have one chance out of a posi-
BILE hundred to pass the House, even if
ia vorably reported from the committee,
but he fully agrees with the President
in desiring to put the House on record
on this matter of saving $4,000, 900.
He holds with the President that the
question of whether man favors or
opposes bonds does not enter INTO the
question now That has been settled
and the bonds are to be issued under
law for which this Congress is not re-
sponsible. The only question at issue,
according to the Presidents opinion,
is whether SIC, 100000 shall be saved or
not. The silver men claim that the
authorization ola gold bond by Con-
gress Will be equivalent to an official
endorsement ot the single gold stand.
ard, and that claim will prevent many
Democrats voting for the bill, if it gets
before the House.
Whether Congress acts or refuses to
act, it is generally believed that the
present bond issue will have the effect
oI greatly lessening the probability OF
all extra session of Congress. The
President and Secretary Carlisle be.
lieve that getting the gold for these
bonds from abroad will be highly ben
ehclal TO the Treasury and that no fur
ther bond issue will ba necessary, un-
less there shall be some unexpected
turn of affairs.
The Senate adopted the amendment
to the consulate aud diplomatic bill ap.
propriating S500,000 10 start the work
of Laying u cable to Hawaii and author
izing the President to contract for the
entire work. With the exception OF
Senators Butler, Call, German, Hal
and Morgan, all of the Democrats pres
ent voted against the amendment.
Senator GOrnlan's INQUIRY as to what
authority the Senate had for going into
State and Investigating the election
OF q governor anu legislature was
prompted by Senator Calls resolution
Tor an Investigation of the part that the
Louisiana and Honduras Lottery Com
pany played in the last Florida State
election, tut II is equally applicable to
other reSoi utlous proposing invesliga-
tons OF Stale elections. And Senator
Gornon's statement that the people of
Maryland had "a way, when crooked
ness existed or was suspected, of right
ing the matter for themselves without
Appealing to Congress, was suggestive.
Ii Is not al all probable that any reso-
luton providing for the investigation
"f State eltctIon by Il SENATE CON-
mlttee VIII b. adopted, aud 1t is mat
ter of regret that any Democrat should
vote for sucn resolution under auy
circumstances. The Democratic party
has always maintained that st ,te au-
thority Was supreme III State elections,
aud the party has invariably suffered
when attempts have been made 10
abandon principles AS old as the party
itself. 1t was The old, uud, ing primer
pies which kept the party alive through
years of defeat, aud it is upon them
that the party must depend for future
success.
Senator Villas succeeded in getting
an amendment t. the Sundry Clvil
Appropriation bull, authorizing the
President 10 appoint commission 10
confer with q like BODY representiup
Great Britain and Canada as to the
feasibility of series of canals between
the great lakes aud the Atlantic ocean
with depth sufficient to accommodate
ocean going vessels.