The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.

political scheme ever attempted in this |
country. He proposes, il his scheme sue
ceeds, to become President, even ii he
does not receive the nomination of his
party How; BY assisting the third
party to carry enough States to throw
the election of.Prt sident into the House,
which he has on two occasions shown
himself to be complete master Of. Of
course. he prefers to receive the nomina.
ton from the national convention Of his
party, but If he fails to get it. he hopes
to reach the White House by way of the
House, Notwithstanding the manifest
duty of that body, in the very, unlikely
event Of its having to elect anybody, to
elect the man who receives the party
nomination, in case it so happens that
neither candidate receives a majority Of
the votes cast in the electoral college.
| Hill has given up'all hope of the PEG.
pie slectinga Deiaocratic President. and
is only struggling for the ngmination be.
cause he prefers that the House should
follow precedent when it'elects him; but
all the same he intends il shall elect him
anyway, il he can throw a sufficient
number Of States to third party. North
Carolina is one OF the Southern States he
is counting on, hence hi, trip to that
State next week, to throw the election
into the House. 1t is said that he is Sc
curing pledges from members Of the
House to vote for him. il given an OPP
portunity, whether he be nominated by
the Chicago convention or not. Was
more audscious scheme ever conceived. 1t
is, however but waste Of time on the
part of Mr.. Hill, as majority OF the
votes in the electoral college will, unless
all present indications are at fault, be
cast for the ticket nominated by the
Minneapolis convention.
No ne..enjoyed the circus. more than
the Democratic members of the House
whose districts had suffered by reason Of
the parsimony of Representative Holman,
when ex-Speaker Reed .fguratvely
held Mr.. Holman up by the slack of the
trowsers while he showed the House and
the country that the economical prin.
ciples of the Indiana member did not
prevent his supporting all appropriations
that are to be expended in his district,
even to an item in the River and Harbor
bill which had been adversely reported
upon by the United States engineer in
charge Of improvements on the Ohio
river.
The Senate committee on postotiice
and post roads does not believe with the
Democratic House that the people of the
country wish the postal service to stand
still while the country is rushing con-
tinually ahead. IL believes with Post
master General WaEamaker that what
England and 'other European countries
have done can be and ought to be done
in the United States. and that while the
people in large cities and towns have
their mail delivered at their doors several
times day, it is but simple justice that
the people residing in the country should
have increased facilities for getting their
mail Therefore it has reported an
amendment to the Postotice appropria-
ton bill appropriating $500, 900 to enable
the postmaster general to- continue and
extend his free delivery experiments in
villages and farming districts. Senator
Mitchell of that committee says he has
every reason to believe that the Senate
will adopt this amendment, and he
thinks the house will concur, if its mem.
: bers will vote as their constituents
think.
Republicans in Congress, and out of it,
| too, for that matter, are delighted t.
know that large number of Democrats
are coming out from behind the mask o.
!. tariff REFORM" which they have worr
F. for SO many years, and are at last show
ing themselves in their true colors--pur,
y and unadulterated free trade. Repre-
sentative johnson of Ohio, who arrange,
y for the publication of Henry George
y "Frce Trade or Protection in the Con
gressiodal Record and who is now crop
J. ing in" his Democratic colleagues to send
ing ont thousands OF copies Of that bool
= in pamphlet form, under their persona
u franks, is the Democrat 10 whom tn
. Republicans are Indebted for this boor
= This book is an argument for free trade
y pure and simple, and ii Mr.. johnson an,
; his FREQ trade friends succeed in thei
y intentions Of distributing one nj lioi
. copies Of the pamphlet throughout tn
: country, it will bring such proteclipl
~ tidal wave next November as the coun
- try has not enjoyed for yedrs, In
- square fight between proic' nn aud fire.
trade, with all side issue, eliminated. a
least seven tenth- Of the vo'crs will b
k found on the side Of ,ir1tection.
20 The Chinese minister has filed for
" NAL protest with the State dtptrtmen
d against the new Chinese law, signed b,
e the President last week, aud thee ar
il all sorts OF ramos about retaliation con
% templated byx the Chinese government
IL but those who ought 10 know best plac
No little c.edence in them.
Du,.o.o.Aok..,n p;..oo