The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-04-26
Washington Letter.

WashIna,un. D. C.. Apli. 20. $3.50 -
President Cleveland Andrew Jackson
firmness in standing 10y his hn-nc-ai
views Is admired alike 10y those VINO
agree with those views and those who
nppsse them There are tImld Demo
crafts who say that an expression against
free cuiuagc Of silver was not polite. In /
view Of the knowledge that many Demo !
,-rat- favor it. Perhaps % wash t. but
lIr. Cleveland has never been a polite /
man. That Il one Of the reasons why /
he has nevCl 20 along with the trlm~ |
merS in the Democratic party. The |
tariff reform message Of 1SS7 was not !,
polite document but It resulted IL unl /
ting the Democratic party and ia max !
ing tariff refurmer Synonymous with /
Democrats, and Is to day regarded 10y
every Democrat as one OF the best things
he ever did. Democrats admire COURAGE
and no Democrat will think less OF Mr.
/ Cleveland for having the courage To
| stand up for what he believes TO he
! right. regardless OF whether il be popular
/ or unpopular with the party at large
/ He invites a contest within the ranks of
! the party. and is confident that when all
/ the arguments which can Toe present
/ ed on both sides have been heard that
| an overwhelming majority of the party
will endorse his views He may be
wrong Other Democrats have been
! wrong: but when he asks that the Demo
Gratis come together and discuss this
question in all its hearings before com
mitting the party he is not unreason-
able \ campaign of education Is never
/ one sided. Let every Democrat hear
what 10th sides have to say In coming
discussions of the silver question, weigh
the arguments as he would the evidence
if he were sitting on jury, and then
decide which will be best for the coun
try Up to this time most of the talk
ing has been done 10y one side
Secretary Morton Is always interested
in everything connected with the food
supply of the people; hence 1t Il not sur
prising that he should he devOung his
time and the power of the department
of agriculture to heading off the eXtor
ton of the beef trust. Ii he had his
wav. ana President Cleveland and the
other members OF the cabinet agree with
him. the tariff of 20 per cent. ad veioT~
EN- on foreign cattle would at once be
abolished, but only congress can do that
As the next best thing Secretary Nor
ton has amended the rules of his depart
ment so as to admit Mexican cattle if
they have been Inspected 10y our off
cials Speaking of the result of this
move DR. Salmon, chief of the bureau
of animal industry Of the department OF
agriculture. said: 1T * gueSswOrk To
r make an estimate of how many cattle
; will be brought from Mexico. There Il
no census OF the cattle in North Mexico.
90,
: we any accurate news as to what proper
portion Of the cattle there are ready for
, slaughter But what Is known might
, encourage a belief that the number Of
cattle brought in from Mexico during
the next month will be heavy. Once
z before we let down the bars to the in
r coming of Mexican cattle and within a
- month >. 600 were brought in Prob
p ably the number will reach 100, 600 this
time" From the very marked varia~
tions in the recall price of beef in differ
eut cities Secretary Norton Is inclined
: 10 believe that the retailer is squeezing
the consumer harder than ne himself l.
being squeezed by the trust He Is now
T. making an investigation OF the whole
e business. He said: My belief Is that
g a beef ring exists among the big slaugh
t
how to prevent Its continuance. If any
L thing is done the papers will have to dc
: it. The Sherman autl>truSt Will ncthe
punish nor protect. We've gone al
l. through it with a microscope, and it d
clear that it was made to he evaded an,
gone around There Is nothing left bu
y the whip of public opinion and tha
e mus. be vigorously welded 10y the pa
, pers.
i Hon. Dorman +. Eaton, of Ohio, WHIT
claims to have drafted the civil service
e law, and who was the first civil servic
e commissioner, Is in Washington. IL
= paid the President a high COmpIimen
20 when he said: For the courage Presi
dent Cleveland has shown in executing
- this reform; for his faithful adherence
e to the law, he is deserving of the high
IF est praise | am Republican, hut or
this question, as in hisstand for a sounC
system of currency, Mr.. Cleveland ha
shown himself such true patriot tina
all questions of partiSanship are los
r, sight of, and he deserves Just as mucl
n credit from Republicans as he does from
II his own followers.
Attorney General Olney has filed ;
. brief with the supreme court against an,
Il rehearing of the income tax cases which
q does not include a rehearing Of that por
n ton of the tax declared to he unc0ESti
4 tutiOnal by the late decision. If a re
! hearing is granted by the court it vii
" hardly take place before October. NJ.