The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-02-22
" ashington Letter.
From our. regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb q, 1895

| WASHINGTON, Feb Y, ISy5
| II Mr. Cleveland expects TO get
gold bond valentine from Congress in
return for his ultimatum he is going
to.get. disappointed. Republicans will
not vote for thirty-year bond of any
sort, because they believes.it will be
giving away unnecessarily large sum
of money in interest Besides, as ex-
lSpeaker Reed aptly said, both Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle have officially declared that the
revenues OF the government will soon
exceed the expenditures, which is an
argument against long time bonds.
Representative Springer having failed
twice in his attempts TO get an ad-
ministration financial bill through
the House, the hopeless task has now
been turned over to Representative
Wilson, chairman OF the WAYS and
Means Committee, of trying - g,
geld tc-d ~ through.
The foreign syndicate which bought
the S62, 100000 per cent thirty year
bonds from Mr.. Cleveland did a very
shrewd thing when they employed
Mr.. Cleveland's former law partner to
| help them make the deal. but they
did not do 4 >hrewd thing when they
got Mr. Cleveland - put on record.
in hi, special message. their willing
ness to pay the same price Tor ) per
cent gold bond that they had agreed
to pay fo- and 81 per cent coin
bond. In making this distinction
themselves they have furnished an ex-
cellent reason, should any future ad
ministration desire to take advantage
of it, for paying the interest and
principal OF those bonds in silver.
The Senate adopted the amend
ment to the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill. authorizing the
President to contract for the laying OF
cable to Hawaii, and appropriating
5 100000 to begin the work. Senator
Pettigrew voting with the democrats
against It.
All Washington Is snickering at
Mr.. James H. Eekel>, who gained
some notoriety by teing called the
"boy Comptroller" when Mr. Cleye
land, without consulting Secretary
Carlisle, gave him the position Of
Comptroller OF the Currency. He
has since added TO that notoriety by d
series OF after-dinner financial speech
es, not always in harmony with either
Mr.. Cleveland or Mr. CarliSle'> ideas
A dinner is indirectly responsible for
the before mentioned snickering. The
dinner was given oyef in Baltimore,
and Mr.. Eckels was guest. He re-
turned to Washington on a late train.
in the midst OF heavy snow storm,
and entered a public carriage to be
carried home. While in the carriage
he took notion that he was about TO
be kidn apped, and silently opening
the door OF the moving carriage he
bolted for home through the snow,
not forgetting, however, his dress suit
case. Nothing more ridiculous has
happened for quite wnile, and the
idea OF Eckels getting his head suffi-
ciently swelled TO imagine that he
was of sufficient Importance to be
kidnapped was funny enough to make
a street car horse laugh. He should
hereafter be accompanied by a chap
erone when he attends a dinner.
Representative Boutelle, OF Maine,
was right in calling the attention OF
the House and OF the country to a
remarkable change OF policy OH the
part of the administration within less
han 90 days s4i- Mr- Boutelle:
"The instructions to Admiral Boards
lee (now on Board the Charleston in
the harbor at Honolulu) on JAM ID,
declared with great particularly the
doc trine that can American citizen
who during revolution i'll foreign
co untry, participates In an attempt
by force of arms or violence to MAIN
tain or overthrow the existing govern
ment, cannot claim that the goyOrn
ment of the United States shall pro-
tect him against the consequences OF
such act", but that such citizens
"forfeit their rights In that regard to
the protection OF the American flag,
whereas underst and by the official
documents that the Secretary of State
has teIegraphed Instructions to the
u. s. Minister IN Hawaii to perempto-
riIy .demand'' OF that soyernment
athe DELAY Of execution" of the SEN
tenees of it's o.n tribunals against
uersous convicted OF completely in an
attempt to overthrow It by force OF
arms and violence"
The unaninity with which the re-