Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHING ON LIZ EH.
Washington, November 81, 1896.
There is at least one Republican sena-
tor who thinks that the Mckinley ad-
ministration will have to borrow money
very early in It's career, Notwithstanding
the assertions of the party stump speak
crs and editors during the campaign
that it would never, under any circum-
stances, do such thing. Senator
Chandler not only thinks that the next
administration will have to borrow
money, but he has prepared a plan for
it to do so, and it is supposed that he
will put it in the form Of a bill, which
he will introduce in congress. His plan
is in short to authorize the secretary of
the treasury to borrow as much money
as may be needed between the govern
ment receipts and expenditures so long
as there is deficit, the loans to be pay
able in short period. Mr.. Chandler
seems to agree with the statement made
on the stump by silver men, that the
election of Mckinley would mean among
others things a further increase in the
national debt by the government bor-
rowing more money, but other Republi-
cans will favor eYhausting all other
methods OF trying to pull through be-
fore resortng to another loan in any
shape
Whatever may be ones individual
opinions, it is clearly apparent that the
action of prominent gold Democrats, in
trying to get the administration to re-
move Democratic officials in number
Of states because they supported Bryan,
is not calculated to wipe out the exist
ing bitterness between the regular
Democrats and the boilers. In the post
Office department alone attacks are
being made by the boilers upon more
than fifty presidential postmasters. 1t
is not likely that any considerable num-
Der of these, or any other officials the
nomination of whose successors has to
be confirmed by the senate, will be re-
moved, because it is certain that the
senate will not confirm the nomination
of any Gold Democrat for position
from which a man was removed for no
other reason than that he followed his
convictions and supported silver.
Even If there was a Republican ma
jority in the senate, they could not
accomplish any tariff legislation at this
session of congress, unless some way
could be devised OF reconciling the wide
difference Of opinion among them as to
what ought to be done. There is some
talk of an attempt to add to the govern
ment revenues by internal revenue legis-
lation, and the project of adding 81 bar
rel to the tax on beer, which came so
near being incorporated in the Wilson
tariff bill, may be recommended in Presi-
dent Cleveland's annual message. The
influence Of the brewers killed it whenit
was proposed before, and now in addi-
tion to that it will have to contend with
the opposition OF the high tariff Republi-
licans who want to leave the whole
revenue question just where it is in
order to have an excuse for an extra
session of congress.
The four Democratic senators who
bolted the nomination of Bryan-Pal-
mer, of Illinois; Villas, of Wisconsin;
Gray, Of Delaware, and Caffery, of
Louisanna-will not be admitted to the
caucus of Democratic senators which
will be held as soon as congress meets,
for the purpose of deciding upon line
OF party policy during the session. In
addition to the party caucus there will
be a Silver caucus, attended by the
Populists, the Silver Republicans and
the Democrats, and it is expected that
an agreement will be reached under
which the Silver senators will act to-
gether in all matters concerning finance.
While it is not thought that the boiling
Gold Democratic senators will caucus
they will vote with them upon financial
questions.
The Republicans of Washington are in
state of mind because Gold Demo-
crat has been slated for chairman of the
Mckinley Inauguration committee, and
they have made vigorous protest
against his being given the place, both
to Mark Hanna and to Mckinley. The
local Republicans are right, too; but
inasmuch as the Gold Democrat who has
been promised the place was big con-
tributor to Mark Hanna's campaign
fund their protest will probably count
for nothing. 1t is customary to have all
parties represented on the inauguration
committee, but, If this Gold Democrat
gets what he paid for, it will be the first
time that chairman of the committee
has not been member of the party
which elected the president.
The vacant seat on the bench of the
court of claims which gossip had as
signed to one OF the members of Presi-
dent Clevsland's cabinet went to assist