The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-04-26
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, April %, 1895.

w aohlNUION, ApTll 80 1000.
President Cleveland will probably
make the holding of the Sound Money
Convention at Memphis, Tenn, on
May %, the occasion for following up
his Chicago letter with another along
the same lines, only giving more
exact definition Of what he considers
sound money. He thinks that the
time has come when the currency ques-
ton must be discussed in order that
the people may vote intelligently upon
it next year. He also thinks that
there is an enormous amount of misin-
formation among the people on the
subject, and that the main duty of the
hour is to aid the people in arriving at
a correct definition of what consti tutes
sound money. That Memphis con-
vention, although non-partisan in its
character, will necessarily he dominated
by Democrats, and Secretary Carlisle is
expected to make the principal address
before it. These things have caused
that convention to be regarded with
extraordinary interest by those who
are interested in the future welfare of
the Democratic party.
II is certain that every Democrat is
in favor of sound money, but it must
be acknowledged that there is u wide
difference among DemOcrats-the
leaders of the party as well as the rank
and hle-as To what Is sound money.
That these differences ought in some
way to be wiped out, or at least adj ust-
ed before the party enters upon an
other National campaign, will be adj
mitted 10y every Democrat without ar
gument. Now, how do individuals
who have no desire to fight each other
usually adjust their serious differences
Of opinion? By argument, showing
each their errors and convincing one
or the other. Well, that is just what
the administration wants to do. 1t
will present its arguments as to what
sound money is, and will ask that its
opponents III the party do the same,
leaving it to the party to decide which
side has the correct idea
Ohio Democrats who come to Wash
ington all speak hopefully of party
prospects. One of them-Mr. Will
lam G. Williams-said: 81 may be
somewhat over-sanguine, but | feel
that the Democrats are going to elect q
ma ority of the next Ohio Legislature.
The people are very sick of the last two
legislatures. and the recent Grand
Jury Investigations at Columbus dis
closed such shady transactions on the
part of prominent Republican legisla.
tors that great deal of popular CEN
sure has been aroused. The bold
conduct on the part of George Cox,
the Republican boss of Cincinnati,
In working for the passage of the
pool bill has opened the eyes of the
people to the shameless work that has
been going on at the State Capital, and |
shall be surprised if they do not render
a verdict in November that will sur
prise the bosses and ringsters | would
not be surprised if thousands of Re-
publican voters acted with the Dem
ocrats this fall for the express purpose
of rebukIng the misconduct of the leg
islature, to call it by no stronger name.
The fight will be hot from start to fin
|
ator, and if the Democrats do not win
they will make the Republicans work
mighty hard to do So"
According to the estimate of Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Miller,
the government will receive on the vol
untary returns made something over
100000 for income tax. No esti-
mate can be made of how much this
will be incresed 10y assessing the tax
upon those known to be liable who
failed to make returns according to
law, but it will probably exceed ST.
O0O,OOO. The amount of Commission
er Millers estimate bears out the esti-
mate made when the decision of the Su-
| preme Court was first handed down,
that the exemption of such portions of
income as were from State or munich
pal bonds and rents would reduce the
total expected from the tax by more
than one half.
State Senator Eugene Ives, one of
the best known Democratic members
of the New York legislature, passed
through Washington ON his way to Fort
ress Monroe. He said: The people
are being given an object lesson at AL.
bany that will not be forgotten in the
State or overlooked by the country.
Already four months have elapsed and
not single measure urged by the citi-
zens of New York, in the interest Of re-
form, has been passed. Not for forty
years have so many charges of corrup-
ton at Albany been brought forward,
and feel that the people are fast real
izing that Democratic legislatures can
he better trusted than those controlled
by the present Republican Bosses The
kind of reform the State has been get
ting from Plat is not what was de-
manded. look forward to Demo-
cratic victory in the State of New York
next fall"
Secretary Morton, in published in
terview, declares his belief that 1--WE
must sooner or later declare that the
United States recognizes gold as the
best and least fluctuating measure of
value and medium of exchange which
the commerce of civilization has thus
far utilized"
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