Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IsrEorAL oosansrouDENca on rHn noNIroR.l
Washington, June s, 1896.

HO Tor st. LOulSi Is the cry OF
majority of the republican Senators
and representative just now. Many
of them are delegates to the conven-
ton and many more wish to be on
hand when the next President of the
United States is named, and just as
soon as the gavel falls for adjourn
ment, which will be in very few
hours later than Wednesday
they will pack their grips and start.
The meeting of the National Commit
tee, in st. Louis this week, to make
up the temporary roll of the conven-
ton, will be second in Importance on
ly to the meeting of the convention
itself, and many Congressman, beside
those who are members of the COM
mittee, will start from Washington in
time to be there at its opening on
Wednesday.
No surprise was caused by the veto
of the general deficiency appropria-
ton DILL on account of it's max
ing an appropriation for the French
spoliation claims, which have been
before Congress in one Or another
shape for nearly one hundred years,
and appropriation for private claim.
The House promptly sustained the
veto and passed another deficiency
bill with those and several other items
left out. The Objectionable items
were placed in the bill by the Senate
and were virtually forced on the
house by the insistence of the Senate
conferees.
The report of Chairman Dingley, of
the House Ways and Means commit
tee, against the Senate bill prohibit
ing the issue of bonds without special
authority of Congress, which was
signed by all of the republican mem
bers tof the Committee and by two
democrats Turner, of Ga, and Cobb,
of Mo.-is considered to be an able
and comprehensive document. The
following extract from the report
shows the committee to be in line
with the republican policy of preserv
ing the credit of the country at all
hazards: cone excuse which has been
given for the passage of the Senate
bill is that the Secretary of the Treas
ury has sold his bonds to syndicates
instead of offering them first as popu-
lar loans. While we sympathize with
this criticism, yet this affords substan-
tial ground for amending the Act of
1875 so as to require bonds issued I'M
der it to be first offered to the Amer
lean people, and not ground for the
absolute repeal of all authority to
borrow in an exigency. Another ex-
cuse is that the Secretary of the
has indirectly issued and
sold bonds to meet the deficiency of
revenues, by using the redeemed U.
S. Legal Tender notes for current ex-
penses, and thus placing them in a
position for second redemption. This
affords ground for such legislation as
will make it practically impossible to
continue this practice, but not salts
factory ground for taking from the
Secretary all power to'borrow for the
purpose of maintaining the redemp-
ton fund.-" The report raps the adj.
ministration hard for refusing to Of
fcially recognize the deficit in the re-
and the Senate for it's refusal
to pass the emergency tariff bill and
other relief measures passed by the
House early in the Session.
Hon. c. NJ Barnett, Chairman of
KY, who has been visiting Washing
ton, says of the outlook in that state:
kentucky will give majority for
5he republican ticket in November of
from 25, 900 to $4,000 votes. I expect
TO see republican elected in every
Congressional district save one,-the
irst-and it is doubtful whether the
democrats will carry that"
In summing up the work done at
his session of Congress republicans
find nothing to reproach themselves
with, although they may regret that
the Senate did not pass several i'm
portant bills which the House passed.
The republicans of the House, the on
ly branch of Congress controlled by
the party, can return to their con-
stituents with the proud boast-if it
be Boosting to state the literal truth
that SO far as their votes are concern
ed they have filed every pledge made
by the party platforms upon which
they were elected. Needed appropri-
ations have been made for internal
improvements, although it involved
the overthrow of the Presidential
veto to do it; Harbor defenses and
the continued strengthening of our
Navy have been provided for: the