Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-04-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON. ApRII. %

Senator Shermat'S boom has been
making rapid head way for the naat
few days, and his friends are r po'S
predicting his nomination ON t%s
list ballot. They claim that he iS ' oi
ready sure of 312 votes out Of tS'
All necessary to nominate. Rem
sentative Mckinley, who has ius r, ~
turned from Ohio, is very enthnS;..
tic over Mr.. Sherman's prospect =,
receiving the nomination, which Ea
considers as absolutely sure. Tia
saws the endorsement of Mr.. Shs,
man by the Ohio Convention waa
not merely formal. 1t was earpest
and they meant it. They were en-
thusiastic of their support of Sbrr
man, and no man opposing hin,
would have dared to put M bis
head in the Convention. He sars
further, that there was no fouuda
ton whatever for the talk of Sher
mans endorsement being lukewarm
aud the result of great labor. Mr.
Mckinley thinks that Mr.. Sherman
will make the strongest possible can.
didate.
The tariff debate which was NO.
gun in the House of Represents.
tives last Tuesday seems to have
had the effect of putting the mem
bers of that body to work. They
have since then passed the Indian
and Pension appropriation bills and
devoted one day to the consjdera.
ton of the River and Harbor bin.
To. morrow the tariff debate is TO be ,
resumed, and it probably will he
kept up with short intermissions
for at least two months. If the
Mills bill we're to be voted on At
once it would paobably be defeated
by a very small majority, but what
will happen after two months of
Ginning" am not prepared to
guess.
The senate is away ahead of the
House in the amount OF work so far
performed during the present SEES.
sion. The Senate has passed SSl
bills while the House has passed on
ly 425.
Quite number of Republican
Senators went to New York to at.
tend the funeral ofex Senator Conk.
ling.
Mr.. Blaine's idea of a Congress of
American Nations will be fact next
year. The bill providing for it aud
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
conference to meet in this city in
or near April, 1880, has been passed
by both Houses Of Congress.
1t is stated here that the Presi.
dent has fully decided to appoint
Mr.. Phelps, OF Vermont, our present
Minister to England, Chief Justice
of the United States, but that the
Irish Americans having made Snch
vigorous protest against it, lie has
promised not to make the appoint.
ment for the present.
The Fisheries treaty will be re.
Jec.ed. Lhe Senate will spend
p ,ol;on = This week in discussing it
r uGu osd doors, and its formal
r !, = will probably take place
oo, U 'no end OF the week.
during tEc-aBDuHe adeEsans -aG = Iowa
preparation bill, took occasion to pay
his respects to Commissioner of
Pensions Black and his methods.
Mr.. Henderson, in speaking OF the
administration of the Mexican Pen.
sion law by the Pension Office, said;
+" So rapid is the Pension Bureau in
recognizing claims under this law,
that pensions are allowed before
even claim is put in, and certlii.
Gates are issued when the benehcl'
airy did not know he was a claim
anti 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 Pensions had ordered pension
certificate sent to Col. w. II. Morris
on, Notwithstanding that he was in.
formed that Col. Morrrison's name
was not on the list of applicants.
The certificate was returned to the
Chicago pension agent by Col. Nor
rison, accompanied by quite terSe
letter. Mr.. Henderson, continuing
bis remarks, said: Commissioner
Black stands convicted on demo
cratic authority of violating the
terms of the law, and simply issuing
a certificate to a democratic chlei,
who was too high and too clean 10
become party to the transaction
This man, who entered upon the dis
charge of his duties with heaven
erected face, like a saint, is caught
in democratic trap. He has got
lower down in struggling Tor politl'
cal influence that any bureau oillcer
I have ever known
The House has passed bills estao,
fishing department Of labor; anu
providing for arbitration OF disputes
between common carriers and tber
employees. -.
A bill has been introduced 10 tDe
Senate to grant the widow OF Chlel
Justice Waite a pension OF so,OVV
year.