Frederick citizen., 1895-02-22
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS, 1895.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS, 1895.
No attacks ever made upon Presi-
dent in eItner House of Congress were
more cowardly than those which have
been and are now being made upon
| President Cleveland for having bought
! gold which he considered necessary for
! the preservation of the credit Of the
government upon the best obtanable
| terme. The attacks are cowardly be-
cause those who make them know
| that the President cannot fully reply
to them without saying things which
they are certain his patrlotifm will pre-
vent his saying. There are not two
men In the United States whose repu-
tatiou for honesty and integrity are
higher than those of Grover Cleveland
and John G. Carlisle, and they have
both said in the most positive terms
that the contract for the lssue of those
bonds TO purchase to needed gold was
the hest to be obtained. Republicans
| in both House and Senate have stated
that the bonds could have been eX-
changed for gold in this country upon
better terms. To resort to abuse of
these men is too much like adopting
their methods, but they must have
known when they made those state
ments toat they were false II is not
expected that either President Cleve-
land or Secretary Carlisle will ever
publicly say that American capitalists
were appealed to, aud appealed to IN
vain, To furnish the gold needed by
the government aud take bends to pay
for it. Such statement from the
President or the Secretary of the Treas
ury would have IA tendency TO injure
the credit of the United States abroad,
aud it is not likely To be made no mat.
ter how much abuse may be heaped
upon them. But it is none the less
cowardly to take advantage OF that
EX-Speaker Reed isn't the chipper
man he was He was forced to show
his his hand on the gold bond bill,
which was defeated 10y the House, and
thereby he lost the support of all the
silver Republicans as Presidential
candidate. He thought he had walk
over for the nom. .nation; now he sees
defeat in sight.
The Republicans can yell sugar
trust" rs loud as anybody when trying
to catch votes, but when it comes to
passing bill like that for the repeal of
the differential duty on sugar, which
has been passed 10y the Hodne and
which would, while benefitting our
trade with Germany and the other
continental European countries, strike
the pocket or the sugar trust, they at
assume the role of obstructionists. The
sntelligent people of this country will
have no difficulty in spotting the
friends Of the sugar trust in the Senate.
The Democrats have fav0rably report
ed this bill and want it to pass; the Re
publlcaus are determined to kill il
without voting upon it.
The House committee on rules has a
difficult task in deciding which bills
shall be given the time that will not be
consumed by the appropriation bills
during the remaining two weeks of the
session. Some important bill, are be-
ing called To the attention of the com
nlttee, among them being the Nicar-
aqua canal biIl which has been report
ed To the House as a substitute for the
bill that passed the Senate; the Pacific
Railroad funding bill, which Was once
sent back to the committee hy vote
of the House; the free ship bill; bills
for reorganization of the army and
navy; bill for surveys Of deep water
canals; labor Arbitration bill, aud the
bill for the amendment of the copy
right laws, which has been so strongly
urged by the big newspaper publishers.
Representative Springer, who retires
with thss Congress, declares that he is
| moi pAndi1uI.- fnr tho 10
by the sudden and lamented death of
Hon. Isaac Pusey Gray, late u. S.
| Minister to Mexico, and he adds that
he would not accept any executive ap-
/ pOintment that would take him out of
this country, which he considers quite
good enough for him. A strong effort
is being made to get Senator Ransom
named as Minister TO Mexico.
Senator Hill is making u gallant fight
Tor his resolution, which reiterates the
determination Of this country to ell
deBavOr 10 maintain silver and gold at
parity and declares that in the event
of failure it will pay Its obligations in
the best money, but there is not much
probability of its adoption. Mr. Hills
resolution is intended to be conlpro-
mise and he says it should be support
ed by every man who is neither n be
lever in single gold standard, nor "a
single silver standard. but all the same
ii is strongly opposed.
Before the House voted on the gold
bond bill ii was thought that the bill
of Senator Jones, of Arkansas, for the
unlimited coinage of silver, would be
voted upon and passed by the Senate,
but tits now considered doubtful wheth-
er any attempt will be made to push it
to a vote.
The Census Bureau dies with Con.
gress. After the 4th of next month
only small force of clerks will be re-
tanned under the direction of the Sec
retary of the Interior to finish the
work.