The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-04-15
Washington Letter.

Harrison. Morton and doodle" " fur
nishcd hv Wall Street and the protected
manufactures. was the combination that
brought the present administration into /
existence. and notice has Just been
served upon Republican asplrants 10 the |
Vice Presidential nomination, 10y no less |
a parsonage than Wee President Morton |
himself that the same combination has !
been formed to run the Republican Ma
tional machine again this year. IheIe /
was a disposition sometime ago to freeze |
Mr. Morton out of the combination be !
cause Of his unwIlhngneSS to pledge hihl- |
self to raise the amount Il money |
named 10y Chairman ClarksOn rs neces-
sarv to pay for his denomination, and
the impression was allowed To 90 out
that Mr.. Morton did not care Tor a re
nomination. But since the withdrawal
of MI Hliine Mr.. Morton has rcconsld-
cred the matter, and agreed TO pay the
price demanded, and he now nalvelyan-
nounces that he will accept renomlna-
ton should it be rendered him by the
| Minneapolis convention.
Speaker Crisp found it necessary, pre-
vious to the passage OF the Springer free
| wool bill by the House, to administer
/ lesson in parliamentary law and good
manners to Representative Burrows, OF
! Michigan, who in the absence OF cN-
! Gar Reed was attempting to play this
/ role. and it will be Il long time before
| the scene Is forgotten 10y those who wit
/ messed il. Mr.. Burrows, who has
/ voice which has been likcncd TO "a fog
horn, stood mp shouting Il insist -
when he was interrupted 10y the sharp
command of the Speaker" the gentle
man from Michigan Will resume ms
| seat One glance at the determined
face of the Speaker, and Mr.. Burrows
| dropped into his seat, looking Ike
| cowed dog.
Ii there Is any truth in the rumor that
! Whitelaw Reeds resignation a. minis
| ter to France is rendered in order that
he may be free to manipulate new
Blaine boom, Mr. Reed Is entitled to the
champion belt as a prevarlcator. lie
was in town for three days this week,
and he spent the most OF that time with
Mr. Blaine, and when asked about the
rumor he said: Mr.. Blaine i not
candidate He meant every word he
said in his letter. think Mr.. Harrison
will be renominated with very little OPP
position
The House Committee on Mines and
Mining has made a favorable report on
Representative Cammeti' 5 bill for a new
executive department OF the Govern
ment. 10 be known as the department Of
Mines and Mining, and transferring
theleto the Geological Survey and the
Mint. The bill also provides that all
mineral lands are TO be sold under the
direction of the new department.
Senator Sherman l. about the last
man that a newspaper man with any
Washington experience would go to IN
search of news having any connection
with his official position, but from an
other source IL Is learned that the Chi
noSe minister has in an unofficial way
served notice on Senator Sherman that
his government would ut once sever dI-
plOmatic relations with the United States,
if the Chinese exclusion bill, which has
been passed by the House, becomes a
law. Senator sherman i chairman Of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Al
fairs, before which the bill now Is which
accounts for his having been hOnored
by the minister with this ultimatum.
The impression here is that the min
ister may as well make his arrange
ments to leave, unless he can persuade
Mr.. Harrison to veto the bill, as it X eN-
pected to 90 through the Senate with a
relative majority as large rs it received
in the House.
'.The present magnetic executive,
Is the language in which Senator VOL
cott of Colorado, referred sneeringly to
Mr.. Harrison in speech on the silver
resolutions Of Senator Morgan, and he
added to the sting by saying that Mr..
Harrison was to be TenOmiuated, with
negative unanimity; not because he was
[ the choice Of any considerable body Of
his party, but because no man Of great
er stature had been found willing to
stand. Evidently Senator Wolcott will
not be asked to take the stump for Har-
riSOn, Morton and doodle
Senator Morgan wants to know why
the reciprocity negotiations with Mexico
; failed, and when Senator Hales's resolu-
, ton calling for copies of all reciprocity
agreements and treaties was taken up 10y
the Senate, he offered an amendment
which was agreed to, calling for infOr-
nation about the Mexican negotiations,
, and the cause Of their failure.
The Democratic members of the
House committee on Ways and Means
expect the House to pass within the next
two weeks the bills for free cotton ties
: and bagging, free binding twine, and
, the bill reducing the duty on tin plate Ia
t one cent per pound, which was the duty
p before the Mckinley law was enacted.
The Senate has voted against striking
out the clause in the Indian .appropria-
ton bill, directing the President to de
T. tail army officers to actas Indian agents,
/ when vacancies occur. NJ.