The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-01-10
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

+ rom our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, January 6.-President Cleve
| land is likely to get much more satisfaction
| out of the work of the Venezuelan Boundary
Commission, which is being highly commended
| by everybody, than out of the result of the po-
| iitical scheming that is now being done by Re
publican senators. Instead of trying to help
the national finances out of the hole into which
| they have been put by the odheraDce on the
| part of the administration to laws enacted by
previous Republican Congresses the Republi-
can Senators are spending all their time trying
| To put President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle into hole, regardless of its effect upon the
| business of the country or the finances of the
| government. This is playing with fire with Il
vengeance. but it is none the less true. There
| isn't the slightest probability that the Senate
will offer the administration any financial legis-
| lation that President Cleveland could consist
emily accept, and while pretending to the con-
| trdryi Republican Senators are purpOSely de
| laying action, showing what their intentions
| arc, hoping that President Cleveland will be-
come impatient Ind iSSue more bonds under
| that old law. Then they will swear that it Mr..
| Cleveland had waited they would have legiS-
| lated so as to have saved the peoples money,
aud 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 opponent,
but not such trickery us is now being INDUCED
| i'll by the opponents of the admiuiSr ration.
From the first, President Cleveland has been
open and above board in his dealing with Con
gress and the country on this subject. He told
them plainly that unless Congress provided
some other way of maintaining the public
credit, he would do so by issuing more bonds.
But he will not issue these bonds until he con-
SlderS the danger line to have been reached.
Nothing more manly has been done upon the
floor of the Senate for long time than Sena-
tor Hills defense of Secretary Carlisle when
senator Teller charged Secretary Carlisle with
being incompetent or dishonest" and other
Republican Senators Joined in the abuse of the
Secretary of the Treasury. senator Hill said :
ImDeclle, incompetent, 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 poor
man to-day, living on his salary. Imbecile,
dishonest, is what we hear Missed across the
Senate" Senator Hill added force TO his strong
language by saying that if anyone had suffered
at the hands of Secretary Carlisle it was him
self and his colleague, Senator Murphy. They
had been .ngored III the Federal appointment
in their own state. But he added that he was
thankful that he was broad minded enough to
recognize the uniiagging patriotism and deVo-
ton of Secretary Carlisle To the country and
his ability in meeting the requirements of the
occasions. 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. Senator Hill made many new
friends by those few words. 1t is Il natural
American trait TO admire manlineSS.
1t is II fortunate thing that many of the bills
introduced never get any further than being
printed. For instance, Representative Clark,
"t Iowa, has introduced a bill which, if enact
ed into Il law, would in less than twenty -four
hours put Il premium on gold and bring a
money panic. This bill prohibits the further
redemption of greenbacks and Treasury notes
with gold until the gold reserve exceeds $780,
100000, and also prohibits the reissue of green
backs except in exchange for gold.
Hon. Rufus w. Peckham, of New York
made his debut to-day as Il full tedged Asso-
ciate Justice of the United States supreme
Court. His coming out gown was of heavy
black silk, made III the regulation way. and he
wore it just as wearing gowns had always been
an every day affair with him Justice Peck
ham is no stranger TO his colleagues on the
bench, who regard him rs decided acquisition.
both on account of his great legal ability and
because of his sterling qualities 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 another, this week.
Governor West got the pen with which Presi-
dent Cleveland signed the proclamation declar-
ing [ tah State, and that is about all the Dem
OcratS will get out of the tranSaction-for the
present, anyway. The two Senators to be
elected and the one member of the House al
ready in his seat, will all be Republicans.
g. A. 5.