The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
ashIngiOa Letter.

Washington, September 8. 1897 1t
has Always been considered the proper
thing to make support of the national
platform of a political pa ty the test of
man g lbyalty to his party. The plat
form adopted by party in national con-
vention is the only authentic declaration
of the principles of that party and must
be considered until another national con-
ventio meets and adopts sn 'ther plat
form. These facts are so self-evIdent
that mention of them seems almost un
necessary. yet objection is being raised
because Democrats are insisting that the
platform adopted by the Chicago con
veDtion must be accepted as the princi-
piles of the Democratic party. To do
anything else would be a radical depart
ure from all political precedents.
There is a clash of authority in the
interior department between Secretary
Bliss and Indian Commissioner Jones
that may end in a big row among
prominent Republicans Mr.. Jones
present assistant is Mr.. Thomas p.
Smith. who is Democratic h"ldOver.
Nh Smith has made tip top record and
Mr.. Jones would like him to remain in
his office. Boss Hanna directed some
Tawner, by name,-who has been serv-
ing as the private secretary of Secretary
Bliss, should be appointed asst commits
sIoner, and the appointment WAS about
to be made when Com mnissiouer Jones
heard about it and notified Secretary
Bliss that he would not have Tawner for
his assistant. Then there was a high
Old time In the office of Secretary Bliss,
and the relations between him and Com
missioner Jones are very much strained,
but Tawner has no:yet been appointed
OF course. if b ,ss Hanna insists he will
he. aud if Jones doesn't like it he can
resign 1t Is custom t. consult the
wishes of bureau chiefs in selecting their
assistants, and upon that custom Com
missioner Jones bellies.
Republicans would rather not talk about
the deficit of about twenty-six million dol
lars shown by the official figures of the
governments receipts and expenditures
for July and August, the first two
months of the new fiscal year They
have already done too much talking
about the surplus that the new tariff was
certainly going to produce.
Senator McLaurin's success in the S
Z. 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
already shown that he will make a SEN
ator of whom his state and section will
be proud.
Representative De GraffanIeiu, of Tex
as, is in Washington. Speaking of
wheat and silver he said: 'Our farm
ers are this year blessed with abund-
ant crops and the wheat-producing couu-
tries on the other side OF the ocean have
short crops In other words. the de-
mand for American wheat is almost
greater than the supply; hence the big
prices which the spectators are lust now
getting. am sorry to say this will not
always continue, for next year the de-
mand for wheat by reason of good crops
on the other side may lie only normal,
and In that event our farmers will no,
receive any more for their wheat than
formerly Let the mints of the Unite d
States, England, France, and Germany
be opened tomorrow to silver and YOU
would see the price of the white meta
rise steadily until 1t reached the level OF
| gold. Why would it rise? Simply be
cause of the demand-just the same as
demand has raised the price of wheat. -
MIR. Graffenreld expressed his opinion
strongly of those who are constantly de-
| crying the four hundred million stand.
ard silver dollars the country now has
and ended an interesting chat by saying
''Ibe only solution of the question is to
open the mints to silver the same as
| gold. Permanent prosperity will never
come through the further contraction of
the currency, which the gold bugs are
trying to bring about by discrediting our
standard silver dollars What the couu-
try needs Is more money. That will be
the issue in the next campaign, and. in
my judgment, the Democrats will win
| upon it
Mr.. John Russell Young, the new
Librarian of Congress, is now having n
hard wrestle with the more than seven
thousand applicants and their friends.
who were disappointed when he, this
week, announced the appointments to
ten of the best positions at his disposal
he still has forty or fifty small places to
dispose of and although they only carry
small salaries the pressure to get them
Is something awful to contemplate. NJ.