Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IsrEcIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MoNIro

Senator Hill is credited with the
boldest political scheme attempted in
in this country. He proposes, If his
scheme succeeds, to become presiden
even if he does not receive the nomi-
nation from his party. How? By as
sisting the third party to carry enough
States to throw the election of presi-
dent into the House, which he has on
two occasions shown himself to be
completely master of. OF course, he
from the National Convention of his
party, but il he fails to get it, he hopes
to reach the White House by the 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
people electing a democratic Presi-
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nomination because he prefers that
the House should follow precedent
when it elects him; but all the same
he intends it shall elect him anyway.
if he can throw a sufficient number Of
States to the third party-North Car
Dina is one of the Southern states he
is counting on; hence his trip to that
State next Week-to throw the cleo
ton into the House. Tt is said that he
is securing pledges from members of
the House to vote for him, if given an
opportunity whether he be nominated
by the Chicago convention or not.
No one enjoyed the circus more than
the democratic members of the House
whose districts have suffered by rea-
son of the parsimony of Representa-
Holman, when exSpeaker Reed fig
urtively 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
member did not prevent his support
ing all appropriations that are to be
expended in his district, even 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 Post
Office 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 continually rushing ahead. 1t be-
lieveS with Postmaster General Wan
namaker that what England and 9TH
er 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
a day, it is but simple justice that the
people residing in the country should
have increased facilities for getting
their mail; therefore it is reported an
amendment to the Post office appro
priation bill appropriating 100000 to
enable the Postmaster General to con-
tinue and extend his free delivery ex-
periments in villages and farming dis
tricts Senator Mitchell of that com
mittee says he has every reason to
believe that the Senate will adopt this
amendment, and he thinks the House
will concur, if it's members will vote
as their constituents think.
Representative Pierce of Tennessee
has set all of the plans of the demo
cratic leaders by reviving the silver
question in the House. He says that
he will this week present to the COM
mittee on Rules a petition signed by
more than a majority of the demo
cratic members, asking that a day be
set to vote on the Bland bill, and that
a rule be reported to prohibit fillibus-
tering.