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Show Washington Letter. (from our Itrgiilitr CorrcJiwnJent; No sprcch mnde slnco tho ojicnlng of the extra settion has been as much talked talk-ed about as the one im.de Hits week by Senator Hhcrmnn It was in some respects ono uf tho most radical eer delivered in tho Penatu. For iiirtniice, w'hen be wld : "If Mr. Cnrlislo docs lilt duty ho will at once, to-day or tomorrow, to-morrow, or nt tho caniest hour, stop the cxpcndiluiuof nil money whero it Is not fixed by law nnd whero it is not Imperntiu-. lie ought to suspend the ortctloti of public buildings and all public improvements." Should Secretary Secre-tary Carlisle act upon that ndvlco without with-out lielng specifically directed by Congress Con-gress to do so ho would precipitate a row that would bo far more dnngerouB than the one now on hand oicr silver, and Senator Shermnn's pnrty associates would be tho first to attack him. A ttflnalor creaking of (hat portion of Mr. Sherinnr.'a speech said: "I cannot ifgnrd thnt advice as more than n bluir to secui'O votes for the Voorheea bill. It Is true that Secretary Carlisle cstim-ulesndeflcit cstim-ulesndeflcit of 50,000,000 at tho close of the current fiic.il year, but even If thtte ere a deficit of that amount at this time tho Secretary of tho Treasury would not bo justllicd in nesuinlng such extraordinary authority. Cor.giess is In session and will provide means to meet this deficit liefore it adjourns, regntdlessof uhnt disposition it males of too silver question, nnd you may be uit ti. nt it would nsist any such as sunition ot authority ns that proposed by Mr. Sherman; thn peoplo also regardless re-gardless of polili-s, vould recent halng the millions of dollar now regularly paid out each month foi wages and material ma-terial on public buildings and Improvements Improve-ments cut offby a stroke ol tho pen. It woufd be worse than cruel for tho government gov-ernment of the wealthiest, country in the woild to iidd to existing eutfctiiigou tho eve of winter. It nould be more Nluu-Hiiianliku to prorldo for tho itnd-iug itnd-iug of more money on public works than to cut olfuhnt iinowlA'ing spent. |