The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-01-18
aShingiOn Letter.

Washington, u. c., Jan. II, 1895 -
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
lIsle were far from being pleased at the
success of the combination of RepubiI
licans. populists and anti administration
Democrats. which resulted in the house
refusing bv a vote of 129 to 124 TO adopt
The order reported from the committee
on rules. fixing a day 10 vote upon the
currency reform bill; hut they stii believe
that a bill can toe passed. The direct
result Of that vote Is the temporary lay~
ing aside OF the currency bill, but steps
are being taken which II l. hoped will
result in getting the support Of enough
Of the Democrats who voted against the
rule to make the ultimate passage Of
currency bill by the huuSe certainty.
Representative Bland. of Missouri, who
was one OF those Democrats. saws IL will
be an easy matter TO get the support of
nearly all of them by amending the bill
so as to recognize silver. One thing
now seems certain. Ii no financial bill
is passed at this session an extra session
of congress viii have TO be called.
Senator Lodge having announced his
intention to offer an amendment to
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill, when 1t comes up in the sen
ate, providing that the consular service
shall pass under the jurisdiction Of the
civil service commission, Senator Cock
rell, chairman of the appropriation com
mittee. who will have charge of the bill,
was asked if he thought the amendment
would be adopted. No, was his pos
tive reply. Continuing, he said; Il am
not in favor of extending the civil ser
vice law over any more offices. ! believe
that the intention of congress and the
spirit of the law have already been ex-
ceeded. 1t was never contemplated that
so many branches Of the government as
now are included In the classified service
should be SO. / believe both President
Cleveland and President Harrison have
exceeded their duty and authority in this
| respect, and If they are going any furth-
er and take any more officials under
this humbug system, | propose they 90
/ the whole hog, and include the heads of
| bureaux, members Of cabinet, and the
! President himself. | do not see why we
should except the president from civil
service examination, if we are going to
! include all the rest of the executive Off
GERS Of the government"
1t will be interesting to note how many
Republican newspapers Will be honest
enough to give the administration prop
er credit for having compelled the gov
ernment of Spain to remove the diScTim-
InatIOn OF 70 cents a barrel against flour
shipped from the United States to Cuba
This diplomatic victory was not easily
won, but President Cleveland and Sccre-
! tary Gresham decided that won il must
be, and Minister Taylor was instructed
to inform the Spanish government that
1t must choose between removing the
discrimination against our flour and hav~
Cuban sugar shut out OF the United
States, and that the choice must be made
quick. The Spanish government is no
| tonously slow in reaching conclusion
upon anything, but in this case it 'sgot
move on and quickly chose to abolish
| that discrimination.
Senator Voorhees,, chairman of the
senate finance committee, refused to
grant a hearing to Coxey on his good
roads and non interest hearing bond
scheme, on the ground that it would be
an absolute waste of time, as the com
mlttee would not attempt to consider
the matter. Coxey was granted "A hear
| ing before a subcommittee Of the house
committee on ways and means, consist
| ing of Bryan, of Nebraska; Dalzel. of
| Pennsylvania; Whiting, OF Michigan,
and McNIilIin, of Tennessee, but there
! is no probability that any recommenda-
| ton Will be made by the subcommittee.
Secretary Carlisle's Interpretation of
! that clause of the new tariff law which
/ repealed the Mckinley sugar bounty
| that 1t put an immediate stop to the pay
/ ment of boUntIeS-has been unanimous
| ly sustained 10y the court of appeals of
| the District of Columbia, in a test case.
! And the court also decides that the su-
| gar bounty was unconstitutional. two
out of Its three judges asserting and the
| third neither asserting nor dissenting.
because Of his belief that it was unnec-
eSsary to pass on the COnstitutiOnalitv of
| the bounty at this time
! REPRESENTATIVE SibIey, of Pennsvlvan-
ia, who was elected to the house by Dem
| OcratIc votes, but who long ago proclaim
| ed himself to be Republican on the
tariff and pOpulist on the finance
| question, disgraced himfelf and mis- con
| stltuents by making a personal attack
upon President Cleveland, in a speech
in the house, which was one of the
cOarsest, most vulgar, and most ungen-
| tlemanIy ever made in congress Opin
ion Is divided as to whether he Is half
way crazy or merely seeking notOrietv.
and pity and disgust are the sentiments
respectively held concerning him NJ.
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