The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-13
THE cOURIER'S WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tn. Mckinley Cabinet May Divide on
the Currency Question.
Tariff and Labor Prosperity.

W ASHlNHIDN, ~ ~, Aug. dlD.
The republicans have other trou-
bles thaa those which will be made
by the new tariff ahead of them
they are going TO hsve no end
of worry over finance in the near
future. 1t Is an open secret that
there j. difference OF opinion in
the Cabinet on the advisabiity of
committing The administration and
the party to the retirement of the
greenbacks and Treasury notes.
sec. Gage, az the personal repre-
sentative of the bankers and ultra
gold men, will make a hard fight to
commit the administration and
party to the retirement Of those
notes, although he knows as well
as anybody that no sach legislation
can be put through during the life
of the present Congress, because Of
the silver majority in the Senate.
Proof that Mr.. Mckinley is afraid
of this question may be found in the
careful manner in which he avoided
committing himself in his special
message TO Congress asking for au-
thority to appoint a currency CON-
Mr. Mckinley has been
everything on the money question.
He voted for the free coinage Of
silver in 1877, and as late as the
Fifty first Congress, he voted and
spoke Tor the Window silver bill
and the Sherman substitute there
Tor. He didn't want the gold
standard platform of last years re-
publican convention. 1t is doubt
iul if he knows what he wants now.
He prefers to trim and TO wait, but
sec. Gage intends, unless he is pre-
rented, to submit to Congress in his
annual report the outlines of bill
hat would perpetuate the single
gold standard, not because hethinks
1 will pass, but because he wishes
o ccmmi. the administration and
he republican party.
Members of the administration
IT'LL in Washington, are somewhat
Worried over the results of the new
iriif as far as they have become
apparent. They did not like the
hutting down of those big New
england cotton mills, and some Of
hem went as far as to say that the
nil owners should have been will
ne to keep on running their mills,
ven if they lost money, to help
Ilong the republican patty. They
ike even less the story of increased
,rices for almost everything but
abor that comes from every di-
ection. Speaking of this phase Of
he matter prominent Philadelphia
business man, now in Washington, ,
aid: II hear that general rise ,
n prices is to take place, and that
'eople may prepare to pay more for
heir drvgoods, clothing, boots and
hoes, and all articles Of household
Iecessity. If this is going to be so,
predict tremendous discomfort and
dissatisfaction among the people.
n flush times there would be no
but when commodities
Use in value and the volume Of
money is not increased, the common ,
,eople are bound TO suffer, especial T;
y when, as now, there is no chance
4 an advance in wages. The up
hot of this matter will be a revolt
gainst the political party that I
,assed the law which made dearer
III things the consumer is bound to
,uy, without doing anything to in
'rease the ability Of the consumer
o purchase the necessaries Of life.
4 the republican party hasn'ta very
-ough row TO hoe, then | am utterly
ability as a prophet"
Some Of the civil service cranks
are doing so much shouting over