The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-10
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
Especial to the Citizen.I
WASHINGTON, Jan 6, 1895.

WASHINGTON, Jan 8, 1870.
President Cleveland is likely to get
much more satisfaction out of the work
of the Venezuelan Boundary Commits
sion, which is being highly commended
by everybody, than out of the result OF
the political scheming that is now be-
ing done by Republican Senators. In
stead of trying to help the National
finances out of the hole into which
they have been put by the adherence
on the part of the administration to
laws enacted by previous Republican
Congresses, the Republican Senators
are spending all their time trying to
put President Cleveland aud Secretary
Carlisle into a hole, regardless of its
effects upon the business of the coun-
try or the finances Of the government.
This is playing with fire with VEN
geance, but it is none the less true.
There isn't the slightest probability
that the Senate will offer the admins
tration any financial legislation that
President Cleveland could consistently
accept, and while pretending to the
contrary, Republican Senators are pur-
pOsely delaying action showing what
their intentions are, hoping that Pres
ident Cleveland will become impatient
and issue more bonds under the old
law. Then they will swear that if Mr..
Cleveland mad waited they would have
legislated so as to have saved the peo-
ple's money, and more of the same sort
of rot. And they expect this sort of
thing to go down With the intelligent
people of the country. 1t is possible to
admire an open and honorable oppo-
nent, but not such trickery as is now
being INDUCED in by the opponents of
the administration. From the first,
President Cleveland has been open and
above board in his dealings with Con-
gress and the country ON this subject.
He told them plainly that unless Con-
gress provided some other way to
maintain the public credit, he would do
so by issuing more bonds. But he will
not issue those bonds until he consid-
ers the danger line to have been
reached.
Nothing more manly has been done
upon the floor of the Senate for long
time than Senator Hips defense of
Secretary Carlisle when Senator Teller
charged Secretary Carlisle with being
incompetent and dishonest" and 9TH
er Republican Senators joined in the
abuse of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Senator Hill said: "Imbecile, iucom-
petent, dishonest, is what we hear.
John G. Carlisle Incompetent! One
of the greatest public men that
this country has ever produced.
John G. Carlisle dishonest! And yet
thirty years in public life and a poor
man to-day, living on his salary. I'm
beetle, dishonest, is what we hear hiss
ed across the Senate" Senator Hill
Il
saying that if anyone had suffered at
the hands of Secretary Carlisle it was
himself and his colleague, Senator
Murphy. They had been ignored in
the Federal appointments in their
own State. But he added that he Mwas
thankful that he was brOad-minded
enough to recognize the urflaging pa
triotism aud devotion of Secretary Car
Isle to the country and his ability in
meeting the requirements of the Oc-
cosiun. And he closed by reminding
the Senate that Secretary Carlisle was
now seeking to act while his critics
stood picking flaws on this thing and
that and pickering in the face of an
emergency. Sena or Hill made many
new friends by these few words. 1t is
a natural America trait to admire
mauliness.
1t is fortunate thing that many of
the bills introduced never get further
than being printed. For instance,
Representative Clark, of [ WA, has in
troduced bill which, if enacted into a
law, would in less than twenty-four
hours put premium on gold and
bring on money panic. This bill pro-
hibits the further redemption of green
backs and Treasury notes with gold
until the gold reserve exceeds $780,
600 900, and also prohibits the reissue
eff greenbacks except In exchange for
gold.
Hon. Rufus w. Peckham, of New
York, made his debut to-day as full
f1edged Associate Justice of the u. S.
Supreme Court. His coming out
gown was of heavy black silk, made
in the regulation way, and he wore it
just as though wearing gowns had al
ways been an everyday affair with
him. Justice Peckham Is no stranger
to his colleagues on the bench, who re-
gard him as decided acquisition, both
on account of his great legal ability
and because of his sterling qualities as
a man.
1t is difficult to see what excuse the
Senate Finance Committee can offer
for not reporting the bills which have
passed the House, in one way or an
other, this week.
Gov. West got the pen with which
President Cleveland signed the procla-
nation declaring Utah State, and
that is about all the Democrats will get
out of it-for the present anyway.
The two Senators to be elected and the
one member of the House already in
his seat, will all be Republicans.