Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1891-02-20
FROM WASHINGTON.

when has Teen Cafclu!iy Eurseu tnr
some time by some OF the democrats
in congress, has growa wonderfully
since the publication OF Cleveland S
anti-lree coinage letter. -Four ffths of
the democrats in both House and SEN
ate have stated their belief TO be that
Mr.. Cleveland nomination. is now an
impossibiiity and in lo,siag over the
field for a successor, many of them
think that German is the man. Mr..
German voted for the Vest free coinage
bill, which recently passed the Senate,
but those who know him best say that
his object in doing 50, was not to secure
free coinage, to which he is opposed,
but to put the republicans in hole.
However that may be. he is now
counted friend of free coinage and it
is among the democratic free coinage
men that he has his backing for the
presidential nomination.
The silver men now recognize that it
will be next to impossible to secure
the passage of the Vest free coinage
bill IN the House, even il the commit
tee keeps its promise and reports it
back to the House this weok, have had
Il new bill introduced in the House,
providing for the free coinage of silver
from American mines, but the session
is nov so near its close there is little
probability Of this new bill getting act
ed on.
Sympathizers with the Farmers Al
lance and kindred organizations are
under the impression that Mr.. Cleve-
land letter will prove powerful fac
tor in determining the fate Of the Al
lance or third party movement. If
Mr. Cleveland can dominate the dem
ocratic party aud get himself nominal
ed on a platform containing gold
plank, as some of the longest headed
politicians here seem to think he can,
and the republicans put similar plank
in their national platform as they are
sure to do, it is believed that third
party favoring the free coinage Of sill
yer will be the inevitable result. The
South is unquestionably in favor of the
free coinage of silver, but the import
ant problem is can it be depended on,
in the face of the negro problem, which
has been the ruling question there for
the past twenty five years, to support
a third party. Take it all in all the
present political situation is very in
teresting one to the thoughtful student
and predictions are at this time
nothing more Than guesses.
Black, black everywhere, 1t seems
as though ,!raped public buildings and
half masted flags are becoming the nor
nal condition of Washington Before
the people had chance to recover from
the shock of Secretary Window death
the announcement was made Of the
death of Admiral Porter, the last of
the great navel commanders of the civ
il war, and before the draperies were
put upon the public buildings in his
honor, the news was flashed over the
wire that General Sharman, the last Of
the great army commanders, was dead.
Both men were we'll known and greatly
beloved in Washington, and their death
has cast a gloom over the city that
nothing but time can dissipate.
Admiral Porters funeral occurred
Tuesday. He was inferred at his own
request in Arlington Cemetary. in close
proximity to his friend Gen. Sheridan. |
The funeral was conducted with all the
military honors betting the rank and
career of the deceased, and was partic-
ipated in by all of the available United
States military and navel forces, and
the G. A. Il. and the National Guards
of the District of Columbia. With
Admiral Porter dies the rank of Admir-.
al of the Navy.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
IN the House to cripple the Civil Ser
vice Commission by Withholding the APP
for Its clerical force.
The Senate adopted resolutions al
lowing the select committee on our re-
lations with Canada, to continue to in
vestigate during the Congressional re-
cess, but not before Senator Plumb
had given his colleagues with junket-
ing pIocliyities sharp rap over the
fingers by dryly remarking that he had
met the committee last fall in Californ-
ia, AMI felt inclined to give it a map so
as to let it know where Canada is.
Continuelng he said in a sarcastic man.
ner: II hope now that the committee
will go 10 the Canadian border and find
cut what is considered of such great
and what has been Search