Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-02-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(oUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

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the sieve. In other words. the adj
ministration has decided to scold
congress and issue more bonds to
replenish the gold in the Treasury
and to meet the expenditures OF
the government. Knowing the
sensitiveness of business. the Re-
publicans in congress have pur-
posely refrained from saying much
that might have been sa d about
the position the administration has
taken upon financial matters, pre-
ferring to lose opportunities to
make party capital to arouslng
public sentiment which might prove
detrimental to the great business
interests of the country. 1t was the
same feeling which prompted the
Republican leaders when approach
ed by the Democrats to say that
they would offer no factlous oppo-
Sition to any measure that promls-
ed to be of the slightest assistance
to the treasury, and to advise the
Democrats that the best thing this
congress could do for the treasury
was to amend the tariff so as to in
crease the revenue This advice
might have borne good fruit, but
Mr.. Cleveland, with his usual OBJ
stinacy, prevented it by announc-
ing pompously that legislation to
Increase the revenue would not be
satisfactory to him. So congress
has done nothing, and another
issue of bonds. the third within
year, is to be made.
Senator Teller correctly charac-
teriZed the Vest amendment to the
Hawaiian resolution, which was
adopted by vote of 81 to 90 in
the Senate, as putting on records
of the Senate an absolute false
hood. The amendment declares the
sympathy of our people with all
efforts to establish Republican in
stitutions, re-af1irm the policy of
absolute non-interference with the
affairs of other nations, and closes
by declaring that the administra-
ton deserves approval for main
tanning that policy. Mr.. Teller
showed conclusively that the ad-
ministration had not maintained
that policy towards Hawaii, and it
would have been easy for him to
have shown that it had acted di
rectly contrary to that policy in
several other instances, notably at
the beginning of the war between
China and Japan. Republicans
were somewhat surprised to find
one acknowledgements
! ing, with % Democrats for the
Vest amendment, and the hope is
expressed that he only did so to be
in a position to move reconsider
alton later. Senator Frye's speech
refuting the silly SANDER abou
Hawaiian bonds being sold in New
England was a scorcher.
The new Republican Senator
from North Carolina-Mr. Pritch-
ard-although not yet week in
his seat, has east two important
votes, one for the Nicaragua Canal
bill. which passed by a vote of 81
TO 21, and one against the Vest
amendment to ihe Hawaiian reso
luton Mr.. Pritchard has made an
excellent impression upon his col
leagues.
An object lesson in democratic
craftsmanship was given when
number of democratic members of
the House unblushingly and open
ly opposed an appropriation for
the detection of persons violating
the internal revenue laws, speciti-
cally illicit distillers. The reason
for the opposition may be found
in the reply of Chairman Sayers,
of the Appropriation committee,
who is a democrat, but not one of
the moonShiner kind, to a question
asked by Representative Swanson,
of Virginia, as to whether the
abolition of the fee system had not
been recommended II do not
know, and | am not willing to take
the gentleman word for it as
his election TO the House depends
upon the moonShine vote"
Secretary Carlisle is directly re-
sponsible for the action of the
House in putting two financial