The silver star., 1897-09-09
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
w ASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES.

From our Washington Correspondent.
II has always been considered the proper
hing to make support Of the national plat
loyalty to his party. The platform adopted
By a party in national convention is the only
authentic declaration ofthe principles of that
party and must be so considered until another
national convention meets and adopts another
platform. These facts are so self-evident that
mention OF them seems almost unnecessary,
yet objection is being raised because demo-
Gratis are insisting that the platform adopted
by the Chieas9 convsntion must be accepted
10 anything else would be a radical departure
iron all political precedents.
There Is a clash of authority in the interior
departInent between Secretary Bliss and In
lian Commissioner Jones that may end in a
big row among prominent republicans. Mr..
Jones present assistant Is Thomas p. Smith.
who is "A democratic holdover. Mr.. Smith has
made tip-top record and Mr.. Jones would
like him to remain in his office. Boss Hanna
directed sometime ago that one OF his Ohio
proteges-Tawner, by name-who has been
serving as the private secretary of Secretary
His, should be appointed assistant commits
sioucr. and the appointment was about to be
made when Commissioner Jones heard about
ltand notified Secretary Bliss that he would
rot have Tawner for his assistant. Then
there was n high old time in the office of Sec
feiafy Bliss. and the relations between him
strai ained, but Tawner has not yet been ap-
pointed OF course. If Boss Hanna insists he
w.ll he. and If Jones doesn't like it he can re-
sign 1t Is a custom to consult the wishes of
bureau chiefs In selecting their assistants, and
upon that custom Commissioner Jones relies
Republicans would rather not talk about the
deficit OF about twenty->ix million dollars as
shown by the official figures of the govern
rneuts receipts and expenditures for July and
August. the first two months of the new fiscal
year. They have already done too much talk.
IN about the surplus that the new tariff was
certainly going to produce.
senator McLaurin's success in the South
Carolina primary election, which means his
nomination and election to the senate. was n
source of no little pleasure to his numerous
l,l fr,.. h..-
iaat he Will make senator of whom h state
and section will be proud.
Representative De Grafienreil Texas IS in
Washington. Speaking ofwheat and ; liver.
he said: Our farmers are this year are
blessed with abundant crops and the wheat
produbing countries on the other side of the
lcean have short crops. In other words, the
demand for American wheat is almost greater
tlign The supply; hence the big prices which
sory TO say this will not always continue, for
leNt year the demand for wheat by reason of
good crops on the other side may be only nor
alal. and in that event our farmers VIII NOT
receive any more for their wbea. than iorm-
sIly. Let the nints of the United states, En-
gland, France and Germany be opened tomor-
the white metal rise steadily until 1t reached
The level OF gold. Why would it rise? Simply
mand has raised the price OF wheat Mr.
Granenreid expressed his opinion strongly of
hundred million standard silver dollars the
country now has, and ended an interesting
chat by saying. "Ihe only solution OF the
question is to open the mlnis TO silver the saIue
Is gold. Permanent prosperity will never
come through the further contraction Of the
currency, which tho gold bugs are trying 10
bring about by discrediting our standard silver
aollars. What the country needs Is more
money That will b. the issue of the next
cam y.iign. ane, in my judgment. the demo-
erats viii win upon II in l9V0
John Russell Young, the new librarian OF
congress, is now having u hard wrsstle with
the more than seven thousand applicants and
lnelr lrltnus, WHO We're dlSlnDOtuteu wlr a.
last week. announced the appointments 20 ten
OF the best positions at his disposal. He still
has forty or fifty small places TO dispose ofand
although they only carry small salaries the
pressure to get them Is something a wful