People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1895 — Washington Letter. [ARTICLE]

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Washington. March 29. There may be absolutely nothing stories of President Cleveland’s intention to run for the Presidency again on a free trade, gold standard platform; but the semi-official announcement that he would not appoint the three Presidential Commissioners nor commission the six Congressional commissioners to the proposed international monetary conference has given those stories a fresh start and set a lot of people to thinking. The os tensible reason for this ncn-ac tion on the part of President Cleveland is that the conference which will be held, if any is. will not be of the sort which Con i gress authorized the Unitedl States commissioners to take part in, but the opinion is openly expressed that his real reason : is his opposition to silver. He knows th at s hou l'd h e co mpie t e the commission, as contemplated by Congress, it would necessari ly bo controlled by silver men. even should he select three gold

men to represent him; and he does not desire that the United States should appear at any in ternational conference as the champion of silver. There are good reasons for belief that. 1 ad the appointment of the commiss ioners been ft left with the President the objection now raised would never have been heard. But the commission would have been controlled by the gold men had Mr. Cleveland named the commissioners. There is some talk about the three senators and three representatives named b;congress as commissioners go ing to the conference, if one i held, in spite of President Cieve J;;,nd. - (’• nrress a’lor-‘in-iat \. BjO ', - vyi | 0 p c r ex p inses and they could, of course, go if they desired, but there is no probability that they would be recognized as delegates to the conference, unless they carried com iijssions signed by the Prtsiden; of.the United States. Secretary Gresham is not th< first man to discover that fool-

friends are much worse than ene mies. While his enemies have been openly criticizing him foi allowing his personal dislike of Minister Thurston to cause him to demand that he be recalled b;. the government of Hawaii, hi.-fool-friends have been doing him much more harm by circulating a story to the effect that if Mr Thurston should attempt to re main in Washington after hi.successor shall have been ap pointed Secretary Greshaii would deport him by force, jus as Chinese laborers who came in to the United States illegally are reported, as an objectionable character. And the reason giv eu by these fool friends of Sec retary Gresham is worse than silly. They say that Mr. Thurs ton by reason of his extensive acquaintance and influence with congressmen might be able lo get Hawaiian legislation through Congress which might be objectionable to the administration. Just think of that! One citizen of insignificant Hawaii mow powerful with congress—in the eyes of friends pf the administration—than theadministra- io . Certainly the fool killer m ;t . > taking a rest. Meanwhil ister Thurston has started , ■■ without waiting for his re I The application of E . u. Dribsand his associates tu th U. S. Supreme Court for a writ Ox habeas corpus, the ground that they are unconstitutionally imprisioned, was argued this week. Attorney General Olney speaking against the motion, and Mr. C. S. Darrow, oj Chicago, for it. It is expected’' that it will be several weeks before a decision is ha i led down in this case, which will probably furnish a precedent for some years after it is made, unless the court shall be nearly evenly divided upon it. Attorney General Olney gave a dinner to the counsel engaged in the case. The guests were Ex Senator Lyman Trumbull. C. S. Darrow, and S. S. Gregory, of Debs' council; Edwin H. Walker and Assistant Attorney General Whitney, of the government counsel. Chief Justice Fuller an 1 wife and Secretary Lamont and wife. The atmosphere around the Department of State is decidedly less jmgo’istic than it has been. None of the diplomatic tangles have been straightened out, bui they all probably will be in time without calling for volunteers to goto war. Spain has been heard from, in an expla atory, if not an apologetic, tone. The most trouolesome questions now are the real intentions of England towards Nicaragua and Venezuela. If threats which have been made were carried out the Monroe doctrine would .be violated

and the United States -would have to take a hand. But the belief is genaral that England is merely making-a bluff so as to frighten those two little countries into complying with a part if not all of her demands. ’i’fsc 'Air-r-r-i!?. Editor Pilot. -The Republican in its last msue told us that as a result of Democratic fret: trade, the farmers of this country hi the three years, have lost, in the sheep industry alone, : 4'1,035.503; ic'd it former adds that this is only an example of ihe gmmra! rule of (depreciation oi v.> e; ail other .igricultur al predicts. 1 .me is not a sh op raiser ii. ■ sper county but abut knows that under republic I.i protection he has for ye .rs, b >en seilinj his wool lower and 1 over even season. Now honestly just how much docs the tariff effect 1 he farmers. This country for 30 y >ars waunder republican prole tion aim for 20 years of tus lime < ery honest inte.tigen t man will say that mere Ims been a general decline in farm products.

True ti>eje ha.e been some variations m t-ao. price of certain crops in a perio.t of one two and three a ears, out will acknowledge th. i tin-* general tendency has been duv n va ,- d. Under tlie M Kinley tariff we sold bats from the ma- hine for H cents, this year they brought Jo, under tne McKmiy protection wheat was worth GO cents uow it goes fur 45. In the days of MrKinleyism we soi l a good cow so • t-25 dollars we have just sold one, scarcely so good for $36. In the early days of the last republican tariff we sold hogs for 50 now they are going at

$4.50. Cattle have brought as good prices under the Wilson tariff as they did under the McKinley law. Five years ago a good horse was worth $125 now £45 will buy one just as good. Land in Jasper county has advanced from 35 to 40 per cent. I Grover Cleveland was elected I the last time. Will the Repubj licans please show us how this i difference of prices can be ati tributed to either high or low : tariff, and Will it tell why prices decline so under protection. If Democratic free trade is bringing such distress and loss why does the Republican say the tariff will not ue an issue in ‘Ou? The New York Tribune, the ieadb'g repubii< :u< payer of the United Sta-es. said two weeks •go, that the i e:. m-t ion on duli- > : ’■gOUdSC If a: ■I; !U by the IJ e W sis less than 1 per cent. ■>- can it be tii't iids lictit re-.f.utio-n is d<'p.-ie- ii;u'isiry : ind w.-ges ait) io.tei -ii<y ine >ori<-<‘ ! ■f horses mid r usimz i.he price <c . Jasper Cuui;.,’ swamp lam Tie average duty under mu pie- ■ sent tariff is as high as the r>publican tariff of ’B3. Did the great Republican party keep in force for seven years, a tariff law that reduced wages and lowered the price of our products? If the tariff is not to be the issue of 9b, why do not the republicans drop it and begin to enlighten us on the main question. A farmer.