Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-30
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WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 23.-Cleveland
and revenue reform Is the refrain
that Is being echoed from one end of
the country to the other. Ex-COn-
gresham Hill. of Ohio, who Is in the
city, says the Democrats of that State
are unanimous for the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland, and that the delegates
to St, Louis will go instructed TO vote
that way.
Mr.. Cleveland and his policy of
revenue reform are gaining strength
every day, all over the country, and
yet right here at the Capital hand
full of members of the House of Rep
resentatives calling themselves Dem
ocrats have set themselves up in OPP
position to the whole party and have
gone deliberately to work to prevent
the passage by the House ofthe Mills
tariff bill, thus preventing the party
from redeeming the pledges upon
which it elected President and
hopes to re. elect him.
These men claim TO represent the
sentiments of their constituents, but
unless Mr.. Hill, who isquoted above,
is wrong about the sentiments of
Ohio, the members from that State
who have Joined hands with Mr..
Randall, who represents a Republi-
can district in Pennsylvania, are mis-
representing their constituents in OPP
posing revenue reform. The same
might be said of the Louisiana mem
bers who are opposing the Mills tar
iT bill.
The Republicans here are still in
demoralized condition, never having
recovered from the effects of the
Blaine letter. If they do not rally
before the campaign opens they will
not fight with enough vim to make
the contest interesting.
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
is thought by some to be suffering
from softening Of the brain. His
latest crank idea is bill which he
has introduced in the Senate propos-
ing the eX-Confederate soldiers and
sailors shall have preference over ex-
Confederate civilians in appointments
to civil service positions. The bill
was not asked for nor is it wanted by
anybody. But for all that its authors
motives in presenting it were good,
and he is kind hearted man.
The Ways and Means Committee
have completed the consideration of
the Mills tariff bill and before this
letter is in type it will have been re-
ported TO the House, unless the Re-
publican minority of that committee
shall discover some new method of
delay. They have already exhausted
all that were known.
The Capitol was struck by light
ming on Wednesday afternoon, dur
ing terrific thunder storm, and for
while there was great excitement.
The only damage done however was
to destroy the telegraph instruments
III the press galleries oil both the House
aud Senate and to kill horse at the
door of the Senate wing.
The House Committee on terrific
ries have reported bill to organize
the territory of Alaska.
Hon. j. II. Anderson, of Iowa, who
has been appointed Assistant Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
was the Democratic candidate for
Governor at the last Iowa State cleo
ton, and polled the largest vote ever
given to Democratic candidate in
that State.
Hon. S. NJ. Stockslager who has
been appointed Commissioner of the
G l. O., served in the Forty-seventh
and Forty-eighth Congresses.
The bill to prevent the employment
of alien and convict labor on public