The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-09-07
A HOT TIME
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In the Office of Interior of
the United States.
. Hanna's Hand Marks the Way.

Hanna's Hand Marks the Way.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHfNGTON, Sept, 3, lS97:-It
has always been considered the
proper thing to make support Of the
National platform of II political
party the test of man's loyalty to
his party. The platform adopted
by party in National convention
is the only authentic declaration of
the 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 men
tion Of them seems almost unneces.
sary, yet objection is being raised
because democrats are insisting
that the platform adopted by the
Chicago convention must be ac-
cepted as the principles of the dem
ocratic party. To do anything else
would be a radical departure from
all political precedents.
There is a clash of authority in
the Interior Department between
Secretary Bliss and Indian Com
missioner Jones that may end in a
big row among prominent repub-
licans, Mr.. Jones' present assist
ant is Mr.. Thomas p. Smith, who is
democratic holdOver. Mr.. Smith
has mad 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 Bliss, should
be appointed Asst. Commissioner,
and the appointment was about to
be made when Commissioner Jones
heard about it and notified Secre-
tary Bliss that he would not have
Tawner for his Assistant. Then
there was high old time in the
Office of Secretary Bliss, and the re-
Iations between him and Commiss-
ioner Jones are very much strained,
but Tawner has not yet been ap-
pointed. or course, if Boss Hanna
insists he will be, and if Jones
doesn't like it he can resign. IT
is a custom to consult the wishes Of
bureau chiefs in selecting their as
'istants, and upon that custom
Jones relies.
Republicans would rather not
talk about the deficit of about
twenty-siX million dollars shown
by the official figures of the govern
ment's receipts and expenditures
for July and August, the first two
months of the new fiscal year. They
nave already done too mnch talk
ing about the surplus that the new
tariff was certainly going to pro.
duce.
Senator McLaurin's success in
the S. G. primary election, which
means his nomination and election
to the Senate, was the source of no
little pleasure to his numerous
Washington friends. He has al
ready shown that he will make
Senator of whom his state and Sec
tion will be proud.
Representative DeGrafTenreid, of
Texas, is in Washington. Speaking
of wheat and silver he said: "Our
farmers are this year blessed with
abundant crops and the wheat-pro-
ducing countries on the other side
of the ocean have short crops. In
other words, the demand for Amer
lean wheat is almost greater than
the supply; hence the big prices
which the spectators are Just now
getting. I am sorry to say this
will not always continue, for next
year the demand for wheat by re-
ason of goodcrops on the other side
may he only normal, and in that
event our farmers will not receive
any more for their wheat than for
merly. Let the mints of the Unit
ed States, England, France, and
Germany be opened tomorrow to
silver, and you would see the price
of the white metal rise steadily un-
til it reached the level of gold. Why
would it rise? Simply because of
the demand-just the same as de-
mand has raised the price of
wheat" Graffenreid expressed his
opinion strongly of those who are
constantly decrying the four hun
dred million standard silver dollars
the country now has, and ended an
chat by saying; "The
only solution Of the question is to
open the nlints to silver the same
as gold. Permanent prosperity will
never come through the further
of the currency, which