The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspondent Talks in a Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondents
WASHINGTON, July %, IS!

WASHINGTON, July %, 1895.
Verify, the summer madness is on
those who are jumping all over Secre-
taries Oney, Carlisle and Herbert and
Acknowledgement Harmon, who at
tended special cabinet meeting last
Friday afternoon, because they declin-
ed to tell what was considered at that
meeting. Since when, pray, has it
been the custom for the members of
the cabinet to take newspapers into
their confidence to that extent? There
are reasons-good ones-for keeping Sc
cret for the present the business of that
meeting and abuse will not change
them.
y bit Of the same sort of business is
the abuse heaped upon Comptroller
Bowler, because he has notified "a beet
sugar company of Nebraska that he
has doubts of the constitutionality of
the act making an appropriation to
pay sugar bouuties, and requesting
them, through their lawyers, to pre-
sent arguments on the subject. Mr..
Bowler is only doing his duty. In a
decision in a suit brought to compel
the payment of sugar bounty the Court
Of Appeals of the District OF Columbia
has declared the bounty law to have
been, in its opinion, unconstitutional.
What then IS wrong about Comptroller
Bowler demanding to have his doubts
removed before approving the pay
ment OF public money? That is exact
~ what the office of Comptroller exists
for.
Treasury officials are not disposed to
regard seriously the proposed boycott
of National bank currency by the
knights of Labor. They say that even
if the boycott is carried out according
to program it would not affect the
Treasury III the slightest manner, al
though 1t would probably result in les
sehlhg the amount of money in circu-
latioD, as the National banks would
doubtless soon Withdraw greater por-
ton OF their notes. The notes of the
National banks represents less than
One-hlth of the circulating money of the
United States, the total being less than
S2ll 100000. 1t is difficult to see what
would be gained by boycotting the
National bank currency. True, Nat
lonal bank notes are not legal tender,
as between individuals; neither are the
gold and silver certificates, but they
can be turned into legal tender so cas-
lily that their refusal would amount to
nothing. Should National bank notes
be refused, all their holders would have
to do would be to present them to the
Treasury for redemption and receive
legal tender for them. The Knights oil
Labor are on the wrong track. The
National banking system, under pres
ent laws, is far from being perfect OF
even half way satisfactory, but there is
only one way to fight it without fight
ing the United States government,
and that is through repeal or amend.
ment OF the laws 10y Congress. Neither
the knights of Labor nor any other or.
ganization, civil, religious or military
is strong enough to successfully boy
colt the United States government
and that is just exactly what literal
carrying out of that order of Sover-
eign's would mean.
Ex-Speaker Crisp is in Washington,
but will sail this week for Europe
where he will remain until the fall. fol
the benefit of his health, which, while
much better than it was during the
last session of Congress, is still far from
robust. Judge Crisp simply laughs al
the story that he is running away
from Georgia to escape the silver dis.
/ m m in IN t.tn
says the people of Georgia know better
than that; also, that they know bis
position in favor of silver is the same
now that it has been for years.
A business man from New York
thus sizes up the political outlook
''The prospects of the Democrats are
Frightening all the time Anybody
who doubts that statement knows but
little of what is going on. Wages are
being advanced, mills are running
night and day, and American manu-.
facturers, thanks to free raw materials.
are beating their European competi.
tors i'll the most distant markets of the
earth. This is plo)f positive that with
equal chances as to material, the man.
utacturer of the United States could
not only hold his own against the for
eigner, but could drive him off the
field.
Ex-Secretary Whitney is, | think.
the strongest man the Democrats could
nominate for president
Secretary Olney was asked, when he
came to Washington.the other day, if
the President had given any consider
alton to another issue of bonds in the
near future. His reply was short and
decisive. He said: "Such thing has
not been considered by any member of
the administration. In fact, there is no
necessity for such consideration, as the
finances are in good shape, there is
plenty of money IN the treasury and
the gold reserve is all right" Surely
that ought to be plain enough to stop
the silly bond story, started for the
purpose of doing harm, but, of course,
It won't. Some people would rather
lie any day than tell the truth.