Milford chronicle., 1892-05-13
wAsHINeToN LETTER.

WASHINGTON may g Ao93s
Senator Hill is credited with the bodies
political scheme eyer attempted in this cOun
try. He proposes, if his scheme succeeds
to become President, even if he does not re-
ceive the nomination from his party. Howl
By assisting the third party to carry enough
States to throw the election Of President into
the House, which he has on two occasions
shown himself to be completely master Of
OF course, he prefers to receive the nonina-
ton from the National Convention Of his
party, bnt If he fails to get it, he hopes to
reach the White House by way ofthe House,
notwithstanding the manifest duty Of that
body, in the very unlikely event Of its hav-
ing 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 col
lege.
Hill has gived mp all hope Of the people
electing a Democratic President, and is only
struggling for the nomination because he
prefers that the House should follow prece.
dent VIII en- it elects him; but all the same he
intends It shall elect him anyway, if he can
throw a sufficient mum Der Of States to the
third party-North Carolina is one Of the
Southern States he is counting on; hence his
trip to that State next week to throw the cleo
iion into the House. II is said that he is Sc
curing pledges from members Of the House
to vote for him, if given an opportunity,
whether he be nominated by the Chicago
convention or not. Was a more andacious
scheme ever conceived 1t is. however, but
a waste Of time on the part Of Mr. Hill, as
majority Of the votes in the electoral college
viii, unless all present indications are at
fault, be cast for the ticket nominated by the
Minneapolis convention.
No one enjoyed the circus more than the
Democratic members Of the. House whose
distsicts have suffered by reason of the parsi-
mony ofsRepresentatiye Holman, when ex-
Speaker Reed 6guratively held Mr.. Holman
up BY the slack Of his trousers while he
showed the House and the country that the
economical principles Of the Indiana mem
Der did not prevent his supporting all appro-
priaiions that are to be expended in his dis
irict, even an item in the River and HaTbor /
bill which had been adversely reported upon
BY the United States engineer in charge Of
Improvements on the Ohio River.
The Senate committee on Postomce and
Post Roads does not believe with the Demo-
cratic House that the people ofthe country
wish the postal service to stand still while
he country is continually rushing ahead. It
believes with Postmaster General Wanama-
Ter that what England aud other European
Countries have done can be and ought to be
lone in the United States, and that while the
leople 10 large cities and towns have their
nail delivered at their doors several times
ay il is but simple justice that the people
esinine Ia The country should have increased
'cilities for getting their mail; therefore, it t
as reported an amendment to the postonice j
bill appropriating 5000. 1000 to
nable the Postmaster General to continue
I'd esteud his free delivery experiments in
iilages and farming districts Senator Mitch
0 ofthat committee says he has every rea-
iu 70 believe that the Senate Will adopt this
neutment and he thinks the House will
INCUR fits members will vote as their con ?
ituenis think n
Republicans in Congress, and ont Of it too, :,
Z that matieEsare delighted to know that !
rye number Of Democrats are coming out
pm behind the mask Of tariff reform, % :,
lich they have worn for SO many years,
d are at last showing themselves in their
ie colors-Dtlfe and unadnlteraled free
de. Representative johnson, Of Ohio, who
ranged for the publication Of Henry pl
cree's Free Trade or Protection In the wi
Record, and who Is now 'Fop- wi
. iu" his Democratic colleague to send NJ
ontthousands ofcopies Of that book In p
uphlei form, under personal franks re-
be DeuacIat to whom the Republicans tiv
indebted for this boon. This book is an VI
nncul for free trade. pure and simple sad XII