The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-04-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

NTlOll Jul leCS correspondents
WASHINGTON, April 23d, 1885,
Senator Sherman's boom has been
making rapid Roadway for the past
few days, and his friends are now
predicting his nomination on the first
ballot. They claim that he is already
+ sure Of 3l2 votes out of the All neces-
sary to nominate. Representative
Mckinley, who has just returned
from Ohio, is very enthusiastic over
Mr.. Sherman's prospect of receiving
the nomination, which he considers
as absolutely sure. He says the en-
dorsement of Mr.. Sherman by the
Ohio Convention was not merely for
NAL. 1t was earnest, and they meant
It. They were enthusiastic in their
support of Sherman, and no man OPP
posing him would have dared to put
up his head in the convention. He
says further, that there was no fOun-
dation whatever for the talk of Sher-
mans endorsement being Iukewarm
and the result of great labor. Mr..
Mckinley thinks that Mr.. Sherman
will make the strongest possible can.
didate.
The tariff debate which was begun
in the House of Representative last
Tuesday seems to have had the effect
OF putting the members of that body
to work. They have since then passed
the Indian and Pension appropria-
ton bills and devoted one day to the
consideration of the River and Har-
Dor bill, Tomorrow the tariff debate
is to be resumed, and it will probably
be kept up with short intermlssions
for at least two months. If the Mills
bill were to be voted on at once it
would probably be defeated by a
very small majority, but what will
happen after two months of "chin-
ning' l am not prepared to guess.
The Senate is away ahead of the
House in the amount of work so far
performed during the present session.
The Senate has passed S31 bills while
the House has passed only 425.
Quite number of Republican Sen
ators went to New York to attend
the funeral of ex Senator Conkling.
Mr.. Blaine's idea of Congress of
American Nations will be fact next
year. The bill providing for it and
instructing the President to request
the Government of the Republics of
Mexico, of Central and South Amer
lea and Hayti and the Empire of
Brazil to send representatives to a
conference to meet in this city in or
near April, 1889 has been passed by
both Houses of Congress.
1t is stated here that the President
has fully decided to appoint Mr..
Phelps, of Vermont, our present Min
lister to England, Chief Justice of the
United Seates. but that the Irish
Americans having made such a Wig
orous protest against it, he has prom
isel not to make the appointment for
the present.
The Fiaheries treaty will be re-
iected. The Senate will spend a por.
ton of this week in discussing it be-
hind closed doors, and its formal re-
lection will probably take place be-
fore the end of the week.
Hon. d. B, Henderson, of Iowa,
during the debate in the House on
the pension appropriation bill, took
occasion to pay his respects to Com.
missioner OF Pensions Black and his
methods. Mr.. Henderson, in speak
ing of the administration of the Mex
lean Pension law by the Pension Of
flee, said $50 rapid is the Pension
Bureau in recognizing claims under
this law, that pensions are allowed
before even claim is put in, and
certificates are issued when the bene.
ficiary did not know he was claim
ant" In proof of this assertion, he
sent to the clerks desk and had read
an article in Chicago paper to the
effect that the Commissioner of Pen.
sions had ordered a pension certif-
cate sent to Col. w. B. Morrison, not
withstanding that he was informed