The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-10
oEn WASHINGTON LETTER..
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. Z, 1895.

/ WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. z, 1885,
The silver leaders are not altogether
happy over the result of their erperS
ment with the resolution declaring
bonds of the United States payable I'M
silver COIN They were Numerically
strong enough to pass it through the
| Senate, bat the fact that the Repub-
lican House promptly rejected.it by
majority of fifty, after consideration
Of but single day, and that the
President took occasion to express
| himself in clear and unmistakable
| terms on this subject, shows that they
are accomplishing no headway i'm at
tempting to make inroads upon the
Republican party. Not only is itiap
parent from the Developments fol
| lowing the introduction of the Jreso
luton that the Republicans as a party
will continue to stand against any
proposition to dishonor the currency
of the country, but it is also evident
that the proposition of the Democrats
and silver men to pay the bonds in
silver has driven still farther away
| from them that influential element
of the Democratic party which hest
tated to support their candidate in
1896. Every business man in the
country, no matter where his political
training or association has bee in the
past, views with alarm the PROPOSE
ton which Senator Teller and his as
sociates brought to the front and
succeeded in passing through the
Senate, and the effect of it is already
being felt in strengthening the Re.
publican sound-money sentiment
throughout the country.
The first six months of the opera
lions of the Dingley law show that
the predictions of its trainers that it
is perfectly ample for revenue pro-
ducer and satisfactory in its effect
upon industries of the country were
well founded The law went into
effect in the closing days of July, and
the close of the month of January
thus completes six months record.
While it began, of course, under eX-
tremely adverse circumstances by
reason of the large importation of
foreign goods during the three months
preceding its enactment, the record
which it has made under those cir
cumstances is sufficient to Justify it's
friends in their belief that it will fur
nish revenue. The receipts during
that time are over $13,0O0,000 in ex-
cess of those of the Wilson law during
the corresponding year of it's history
and when it is considered that the
Wilson law during the first few
months had the advantage of extreme
ly heavy importation which had
been held back to obtain the lower
rates which it afforded, while the ex-
act reverse was true with reference
to the Dingley law,it is apparent that
the new measure is a vast improve
ment, to say the least, upon it's pred
ecesser. The growth in receipts un
der the new law has been steady and
rapid. Beginning in its first month,
August, with $40, 100000, it increased
to nearly $22, 900, 900 in September; to
over $24 100000 in October, to $25, 900
600 in November, more than 1927, 000,-
900 in December, and nearly 500, 000,-
900 in January; while the customs
receipts in January were nearly 25
per cent. greater than those under
the Wilson law in January of the pre-
ceeding year.
The hopeless division of the Demo-
cratic party upon the great issues
which those now in control of that
organization are pressing to the front
is illustrated by the development in
Washington in. the past few weeks, in
which the Chairman of it's National
Committee is seriously considering
the proposition to remove from mem
bership in the Committee man who
as head of that committee led the
| DOlhoSIoblC parry W suCCcSS III 1919.
Chairman Jones has been urged dur
ing the past few months to remove
from the National Democratic Com
mittee the Pennsylvania member,
Hon. VIM. H Harrity, who will be re-
membered, as the Chairman, of the
national organization in 1899 and I'M
der his leadership the party was sue
cessful in that campaign. That the
present chairman who failed in the
campaign of 1896 through the party
advocacy of proposition which an
important element of that party could
not endorse, should now be contem-
plating the removal from theCommit-
tee who brought it success only four
years earlier shows the hopeless divi-
sion which exists in the ranks of the
party.
Mr.. McDonald's Troubles Over Offices.
| WASHINGTON Feb 7-Rapresent-