The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-20
Washington Letter.

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W,sUrSGrox. d. c. May II, 1892.
rumors have been hylnE
,bicL and fast this week. First, II w.s
.aiJ rhat Senator Hill bad made up MS
mind 10 Withdraw in favor of Governor |
Frnvver Next that Mr.. Cleveland would
-oon maxi, public "a letter declining 10
.IIovv his name TO Toe presented 10 the
convention. and advising the party 20
seek its candidate in the West; and sIlI
,,other that Mr.. Cleveland had submit
taI "a proDOSitiOn 70 Senator Hlll iuT
their ioiut withdrawal in favor Of some
\eyv York man To- be mutually agreed
uron or in the event Of that being re-
ir,tsd ar their inability To agree upon a |
Nevy Yorker. To Withdraw in favor oi |
some western man, with Hill rs \lce !
President. These all belong TO the I'm !
r,rtsDt If true class of news, ana are |
only mentioned To show the teyeriSh
condition Of things political at TINS uile-
The sending Of cN- senator Bruce, the
negro who i a citizen OF the blSulc' 81
Columbia when "a faU local office Il To be
filed and a citizen of Mississippi when
DELEGATES 10 Republican national con
vsDtiorr are To- be elected. upon south
.rp tour 10 strengthen the Harrison hold
upon the instructed delegates TO the
NIiuucapolis convention, Is regarded as
/ the most direct acknowledgement OF
/ weakness vet made Toy the Harrison man
! ayers: but it Is said that something had
| To lie done at once To- counteract the
/ work that Harrison agents, plenu-
| fully supplied with money, are dong
/ among the negro delegates, ar else they
! would all be opposed TO Harrison 10y the
time the convention meets. Whether
! Bruce Will use money or promises to con
| lure them with Is not altogether certain,
| but from what others have told about
| other presidential years, 1t may toe as
sumed that both will be used, the former
sparingly. and the latter plentifully.
\ strongly backed movement IN favor
of putting refined sugar on the free list,
Is making itself felt in Congress 1t Il
claimed. doubtless with truth, that IN
no other way can the destined sugar
trust be SO quickly or 50 surely shorn 01
its power Many Republicans privately
admit their belief that it would be q
good move to put refined sugar on the
free list. but their votes would be con
troled 10y their party leaders should the
Wavs and Means committee OF the
House decide to favorably report such a
measure, and not by their private opn-
. ions.
Massachusetts, manufacturers are
urging the House committee on Ways
and Means to report bIll placing iron
ore on the free list and another making
a general reduction in the duties on man
ufacturcrs of iron.
e REPRESENTATIVE Fithian, Of Illinois
2 thinks that while the Republicans art
p | hurrving over the legislation granting
| the rights and privileges Of American re
gistrv to the TWO big ships OF the lnmar
J line. Is good time To- get the question
e of free shirs before Congress and th'
L country. So he has introduced resoiu
ton asking that June IS, and he de
/ voted by the House TO Il discussion o.
the bill providing for the free admission
r. TO American registry OF ships buIt IL
! foreign countries. the final vote 10 O'
|, taken at = O'Clock T. NJ, on the Sth
- This Is regarded by Democrats generally
' a. q GOOD move. ~ the bill ii passed bl
the House and forced to vote IN the
- Senate. will show that the Republican
Senators did not vote to admit the City
of New York and the City OF Paris t'
, American registry because they taVore'
free ships but because they wanted TIM
Iumau company TO get some OF the post
u office ocean mail subsidy, winch the.
O could not receive without having al
n ! American register. 1t Is probable tha
4 | Mr.. Fithian's, or similar resolution
will be adopted 10y the House.
.e 1t Is believed that Mr. Blaine Is en-
a- couraging if hedid not actually instigat
-e the opposition TO the nomination OF /
,e Jefferson Coolidge as Minister to France
which has made itself apparent in tn
Senate. The nomination was made b
Do Mr.. Harrison in direct opposition to tn
- wishes Of Mr.. Blaine, who wanted I'll
ne place given to Representative Hit
I illinois. An attempt IS being made
get all the silver Senators to vote again
II the confirmation of Coolidge, because
ly his extreme single standard tinanci
1t views. which he has glOricd in maElr
go public at every opportunity, notably
-, his speeches before the Pan-AmerIc'
Congress, Of which he was member.
- Whether it be true or not | cam
ia say. but many believe that Mr.. Harrs'
Is deliberately holding back the nomln
m ton Of successor to the late Jusu
- Bradley. of the United States Suprer
90 court. for no better reason than to co
W. troll votes of delegates tothe Mlnneapo
ad convcation, by holding out hopes to c.
ial tain gentlemen who are anxious 10 naI
I.a the man for the vacancy.
Mrs. Thomas \. Hendricks, the "
se9 ow Of the man who had the honor
nee being President upon the only t
we Democratic tickets elected since 1896,
mt in Washington.
I.angston, the negro eX-Congressm
- who had divided with Malone the C
m troll Of Virginia's federal patronage,
ose been notified that his action in oppos
to. instruction for Harrison has shut n
it7- out, and that he viii getno more fave