Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-07-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


dent has had no idle time recently
Besides his important Official duties he
has been devoting considerable time con-
ferring with members of the national re-
publican committee, which will be in ses-
sion here the greater part of this week
making arrangements for the coming
fight. He finds all of the members of the
committee confident of winning although
aware that the party will have to fight
to do it. The nomination of Cleveland
and Stevenson hardly made ripple at
the White House. The President is
believer in the observance of official
courtesy, and will not express any opinion
for publication; but your correspondent
happens to know that Mr.. Harrison was
very much gratifed at the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland, and very much more so at
the adoption of the tariff plank in the
platform, which tears the mask from the
democratic face and discloses the hideous
features of free trade.
The rumor that Judge George V. Mas
sew, of Delaware, had been rendered the
vacancy on the bench OF the Supreme
Court is again revived. 1t cannot be
verified, but it finds many believers
Delaware IS part of the district from
which the appointment will probably be
made, and Senator Higgins is known to
have been working hard 10 secure the
appointment for Judge Massey.
IL woull be difficult to find more woe
begone looking lot of men than the re-
turning democratic Congressman. They
privately swear at the convention, the
ticket and the platform, bat try to assume
a pleasant smile when they say to the
newspaper men: ooh, yes, l like the
ticket. and it will be elected" Their
manner gives them away, however they
cannot conceal the llstlessness they feel
over the outlook for their party.
Commsnder.ln-Chief Palmer, of the
G. A. R., has been here for several days
looking after some Congressional legsla-
ton relating to Mount n. Gregor and
after the arrangements that ale being
made for the encampment in September,
speaking of the encampment he said 81
will venture the prediction that there will
be five hundred thousand people IN
Washington and there will be seventy
five thousand old soldiers in line on the
day of the parade. You may put that
down as my forecast and you will see
when the time comes that will not be
far wrong. The approaching encamp-
ment will be the high water mark in the
gatherings of the old soldiers of this
country, and the like of it will never he
repeated in our day."
Ex-senator Ingalls,, when he passed
through Washington several days ago on
his way to Europe where he will spend
about two months in travelling, told a
personal friend that there was not the
slightest probability of his accepting any
appointive office, if it were rendered to
him. He is confident that Harrison and
Reid will win and will take an active
part in the campaign from beginning to
end. not only in Kansas, but in other
States.
The House has again been suffering from
the no quorum foyer, owing to ths alb
sence of such large number of demo-
Gratis, some of whom have not teen in
their seats for two months. Here 1T is al
most at the beginning of new fiscal
year. and hardly any of the regular ap-
propriatlon bills. all OF which should be
available on the first of July, have be-
come laws. As a do-nOthing body the
present House has never been excelled,
and its record alone should 5e sufficient
not only to elect the republican Presiden-
tial ticket, but to restore the control OF
the House OF Representatives. to the re-
publican party. 1t is only when the
House is republican that the public busi-
ness is promptly and properly attended
| to.
1t was surprising Lere that Stevenson
should have been put on the ticket with
Cleveland as it is well known that the
/ feelings between them was anything bat
cordial during the last year of Mr.. Glove
lands administration. Steyenson's IA
yorite method of speaking of Mr.. Cleve-
land among his intimates was that
mugwump in the White House" The
fact is commented on that Mr.. Cleveland
sent no congratulations to Stevenson.
Secretary Elkins is justly regarded as
one of the shrewdest political observers
in the country, and his opinions are al
ways given careful consideration, even by
his political opponents lie says of the
situation "The republican party is en-
titled to and will succeed on the platform
of the democratic convention and the ac-
ton of the convention leading up to It,
The platform in itself as adopted is the
nearest approach to free trade this country
has ever seen except the out and ont
declaration for free trade in the Con-
federate constitution. The business pub
lie will take no chances; it will prefer to
be satisfied with a sure thing which is a
good enough thing. l am confident there
are surprises in store for the democracy.
With an honest count We would carry
several of the Southern States, In 1888
Cleveland only had majority of one
thousand five hundred in Virginia, and
less than four hundred in West Virginia.
1t will require a good deal of bloody
shirt howl about the election bill and
kindred stuff and, perhaps, some cheating
to beat Harrison in those States, and even
with those means doubt if it can be
DONE"