The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-02-06

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many mysterious head shakings and II
tod y~ou-so's' among the superstitioas,
who had long ago written this admiBistra.
tion down as hooded and in bad
luck" | am not superstitious in the
slightest degree. but | must say that the
families of Mr.. Harrison's administration,
although it is not yet half ovec, have GER
taiuly had what seems more than their
share of visits from the dreaded rider Of
the noiseless white horse, death. Aud
aside from these families there has hardly
been a week since Mr.. Harrison came into
Office that the flags of the city have not
been half masted on account of the death
of some person OF prominence, and many
OF them have been clos ,ly related in some
manue to the administration. In feet so
common have these things become that as
soon as / death is announced you hear on
all sides well. who will go next?' Mr..
WINDOWS funeral took place here to day,
aud was attended by all the more promi-
nent government officials, Including the
President, most of the Senators and Rep
resentatises and the diplomatic corps.
His former colleagues in the Cabinet were
the honorary pail bearers. The interment
Was at Rock Creek cemetery.
The king is dead. Long live the king
The body of S cretary Window was not
cold before the politicians began speculat
ing and scheming as to his successor at
the head of the Treasury Department.
Owing to the present very peculiar finan-
cial situation in this country, this appoint
ment will I've the most important and far
reaching in its effects OF any single APP
pointment made bs Mr.. Harrison, ard il
may make a great deal Of trouble, per-
haps a panic. Secretary Window, although
opposed to free aud unlimited silver coin
age at the present time, was by no means
an enemy to silver, in fact he was very
friendly to silver, and it was probably
solely because of the natural conservatism
which characterized his whole public
career that he opposed free coinage. The
silver people fear that he may be succeed
ed by a gold bug, and the gold bugs are
just as much afraid that his successor may
be in favor of free coinage. Every way
that Mr.. Harrison looks he will be con
fronted by diff culties in selecting a Sec.
rotary Of the Treasury. The man most
prominently mentioned for the vacancy
is Representative Mckinley, but owing to
his being a Presidential candidate it is
doubtful whether he vii consent to take =
position where he would have to commit
himself SO strongly on the financial ques-
ton right on the eve of a national cam
also mentioned as probabilities, and even
Senator ingalls, is talked about by some
people, but shouldn't fear to wager big
odds thGt Mr.. Harrison will not even con
slider his name in connection with the va
cancy. Stephen B. EIkins will. it is said.
have Mr.. Blaine's support, and some Ohio
people are preparing tn push the claims Of
x-Gov Foster. Assistant Secretary Net
tleton is acting Secretary Of the Treasury.
Under The law he can only act for ten
days, SO thai it is probable that Mr.. Har-
rison will within that time select the new
Secretary.
The members of the House Committee
engaged in investigating the silver pool
are certainly not earning a reputation for
energy by their methods of investigating.
1t may be unjust to charge them with not
wishing to push their investigation, but
their action causes a great many people to
make it all the same. Listening to the
evidence which they have SO far taken, one
cannot help thinking that the witness, S
nave not been as fully cross questioned as
they might have been, but the aueerest
part OF 1t all is the small number of Sena-
tors aud Representatives that have been
summoned to testify-only those whose
names have been mentioned by some other
witness as probably possessing know edge.
The leaven is slowly working. Repre-.
sentative Featherstone, of Arkansas. adt
a strong and able argument before the
House Committee on the election of Presi.
dent and Vice President in favor of his
joint resolution providing for the election
OF Senator'S by a direct vote Of the people.
1t is hardly probable that this Congress
will make this change, but that it will be
made within the next ten years cannot be
doubted by any careful observer of the
DRIFT of public sentiment.
There's going to be a circus in the
House over the free coinage bill before
long, and it is liable to be a very lively
one. 1t is evident that the Committee on
Coinage propose delaying the bill all it
knows how, and already a resolution dis
charging the committee from its further
consideration has been offered and re.
ferred to the Committee on Rules, a ma
jority of which are said to have promised
that it should be reported to the House if
the Coinage Committee do not report the
free coinage bill within a reasonable time.
WESTON.