The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-04
Washington Lett0r.

eariv in it's career, Notwithstanding tn |
assertions of the party stump speakers |
and editors during the campaign that II
would never, under any circumstances, |
do any such thing. Senator Chandler |
not only thinks that the Mckinney ad-
miuistratiou will have TO borrow money, |
but he has prepared a plan for 1t to 1850 |
and il is supposed that l.e Will put IL IN
the form of bill, which he Will lntr
duce In congress. His plan Is IN snort
tn authorize the secretary OF the IT as
ury to borrow as much money as may pe
needed to make up the diff renee oe-
tween the government receipts and eN-
penditures so long as there Is uenclt,
the loans TO be made payable In snort
oeriod Mr. Chandler seems to agree with
the statements made on the stump by
silver men, that the election OF MChln-
lev would mean among other things
fnrther increase in the national deot by
the government borrowing more money,
but other Republicans Will favor ex-
hausting all other methods OF trying to
mil through before resortIng te another
loan IN anv shape.
Even if there was a Republican ma
iority in the senate, they could not ac-
compish 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 reve-
nue. legislation, and the project OF add
ing 81, barrel to the tax on beer,
which came SO near being incorporated
in the Wilson tariff bill by the Demo
cratic ways and means committee OF the
1 I,e nd h4s
recommended in President Cleveland
annual message. Tne influence of the
brewers killed it when it was proposed
before, and now in addition to tnat Ii
will have to contend with the opposition
of the high tariff Republicans who want
| to leave the whole revenue question just
where it Is In order to have an excuse
for al extra session Of congress
The vacant seat on the bench of the
court of claims which gossip had as
| signed to one of the members OF Presi-
dent Cleveland's cabinet went to Assist
ant Attorney General Howry, whose otb-
cial duties have made him thoroughly
familiar with the business of this ceurt
| JLds se Howry's legal at.alnments or
high and there is no personal objection
| to him, but if the idea advocated by a
| considerable number of silver men, of
| hanging up all of Mr. Cleveland's nom
| nations III the senate, be carried out,
his nomination will fail with all the rest.
Whatever may be ones individual
opinions, it is clearly apparent that the
action of prominent gold Democrats. In
irving to get the administration to re-
move Democratic officials in number
of states because they supported Bryan,
| Is not calculated to wipe out the existing
bitterness between the regular Democrats
| and the boilers. In the pOStOtfice de
partment alone attacks are being made
| by the boilers upon more than nifty
presidential postmasters 1t Is not like
, " that any considerable number oI
these, or any other officials the nomlna
ton of whose successors has to be con
tirmed by the senate, will be removed
because whatever may be the result O
the proposition to take no action upor
2 any nominations, it is certain that th'
: senate as at present constituted will no
| confirm the nomination of any goIC
Democrat for a position from which
man was removed for no other reason
: than that he followed his conviction
and supported silver. That knowledg
will probably prevent action by fhe ad
ministraton on the complaints of th
gold Democrats.
: The four Democratic senators VIII
= | bolted the nomination of Bryan--Pal
n mer, of Ill Villas, OF Wis Gray, o
Del and Caffery, of La.-will not b
l admitted to the causus of Democrat
p senators which will be held as soon a
6 congress meets, for the purpose of de
q Gliding upon line of party policy dur
:. ing the session. In addition to the par
u ty caucus there will be silver caucus
d attended by the populiste, the silver Re
/ publicans and the Democrats, and it
If expected that an agreement will b
s reached under which the silver senator
will act together in all matters concern
: finance. While it is not thought tina
y the boiling gold Democratic senator
:. will caucus with the Republicans it
g believed that they will vote with then
upon financial questions.
The Republicans of Washington ar
/ in state of mind because a gold Dem
ocrat has been slated for chairman of tn
Mckinley inauguration committee, an
n they have made a vigorous protes
against his being gwen the place, bot
= to Mark Hanna and to Mckinley, an
lne local hSpuOICdns are rlSntJ TOO, Dl
s inasmuch as the gold Democrat who hs
ID been promised the place was a big cor
n tributor TO Mark Hanna's campaig
fund their protest will probably cout
3 for nothing. 1t is customary to ha,
'e all parties represented on the inauguri
is ton committee, but if this gold Demt
w crat gets what he paid for 1t will be II
=, first time that chairman of the con
mittee has not been a member of tt
d party which elected the president. NJ