| Show SHOULD BE JUST I 1 beg the privilege of calling attention to a statement contained in the washington letter of your corres I 1 pendent of the jtb dinst the objectionable tio statement is 18 as ai follows fol lowe there are good reasons for the be lief that the administration does not care to have the situation become too easy before the meeting of congress because it depends upon the unsettled feeling an financial circles to exercise sufficient influence upon votes in congress to bring about an unconditional repeal ol oi the tinerman sherman t silver allver law which it blames for all the brou trou trouble ble the silver men have no special love for the sherman law but say it cannot be repealed unless they are given a batis satisfactory factory substitute for it ald aid that the administration will not u unless a great change occurs agree to give them 4 when your correspondent says that there are good reasons for the belief expressed he merely utters otters a personal opinion which is of u 1 10 0 value whatever I 1 presume although I 1 do not know that you employ him to write for your paper you expect tie he will furnish your readers with news with facts and not merely his opinions how does he know that the administration does doe not care to have the financial situation become too easy I 1 presume he be has no kuch knowledge indeed I 1 may say that I 1 know he has not and that his assertion is made merely fur for political effect and with the intention to bring odium upon the administration it may be and probably is true that the administration desire the repeal of the sherman law lind and in this desire a great many people republicans democrats and populists lists are 1 iu sy sympathy apathy but the latter people wa t borne bome better law to take its place and such pre su mably is the wish of the cleveland administration at any rate it is not just to attribute to the go governo vernin nt motives unworthy even of individuals to say nothing of the representatives of this great republic who are supposed to act for or the best interest of the people whom they hey represent and whose servants they are hence I 1 say may to your correspondent you should be just A |
