Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-28
A ABRILL|ANT VICTORY
Credited to Philadelphia Con.
gresSmen Over the Oh
jectiOns of
THE GREAT CHEESE.PARER
A Little LulI Between Breezy Storms
in the Senate and House.
CLARKSON AND HARRISON MEET,
But the Result of the Conference Is Not
Yet Apparent
THE SAD PREDICAMENT OF Mr.. HILL
CLARKSON AND HARRISON MEET,
But the Result of the Conference Is Not
Yet Apparent.
TIE SAD PREDICAMENT OF Mr.. HILL
ESPECIAL TELEGRAPHIc LETTER.l
BUREAU OF THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON ID q Nav

occasionally in the stress of political and
Congressional activity, and this has been
Conspicuously an ''oF day" The House
worked up without great excitement TO the
finale of the sundry civil appropriation
bill, the only diversion from monotony
being the vote on the clause appropriating
$4,000 for q new Mint building at Phila-
delphis, which had been SO we'll managed
by the Philadelphians after its defeat in the
committee of the whole that it passed BY a
large majority on yea and nay vote in the
House.
1t was a brilliant victory, and a fine
tribute TO Harry" McAleer, 'Charlie"
O'Neill and Harry" Bingham, the Phila-
delphia members who have worked up
their cause with unceasing enthusiasm.
Correspondingly that fossil economist, Mr..
Holman, who Endorsed the appropriation
in the Appropriations Committee, and then
moved TO strike it out in committee of the
whole House, is chsgrined at his defeat to-
dsy.
On the Democratic side McAleer,
Mutchler and Reilly, of Pennsylvania, de-
serve great credit, if any Credits deserved,
for swinging the Democrats from the sup
port of Holman to such an extent that the
motion Of the Indianian to strike out the
item was defeated bv a majority of %,
though it had been sustained in the COM
mittee Of the whole House by a majority
Of five.
Bitter Feeling on the Silver Question.
In the Senate the silver debate was shut
of by q somewhat puerile plea of Senator
Sherman that he was not prepared to-day to
discuss the subject as he desired, and "Sen-
atorial courtesy" succumbed and an ad-
adjournment was taken till Tuesday, Mon
day being Decoration Day
The feeling between the free silver and
anti-tree silver Republicans is very bitter
and a very heated discussion NAV be antici-
pated when the Stewart bill comes up again
next Tuesday. Senator Teller is aggressive
and irritable, and has no patience with the
attitude Of Sherman, who poses as the oracle
90 all that is true and honest in the none
rarv policy of the Government His attack
on Sherman yesterday has greatly incensed
the venerable Senator from Ohio, and it
may well be expected that in his reply he
will spare neither Mr. Teller nor the pc
culIar scheme which he represents
Politics, as well as legislation, have had
their rest to-day. Senator Hills escapade
OF yesterday in running away from the vote
on taking up the Stewart silver bill has
beena a subject for no end of fun and ridicule, |
and the Senator is plainly very much en- |
larrassed.
Hill Not in His Best Form.
In his best form he is not suggestive of a |
dlgnihed parsonage, and his precipitste |
flight and almost disastrous collision with |
Henry Cabot Lodge, whose graphic descrip- |
ton Of the catastrophe has amused Repub- |
Ecans and Democrats to-day have given the |
little bald-headed Senator from Elmira |
many bad quarter of an hour
Probably nj tfhoOm'' thai avar e%ortad L
with anything like the ostentation of that |
of Hill ever petered out so thoroughly, |
Hill is only considered now for the amount
Of damage he may do Cleveland. He is not
looked upon as even the remotest Presi- |
dental possibility. 1t is reported TODAY
that he contemplates writing an open |
letter to Cleveland, proposing that both re-
tire from the contest in the interest of har
mony, but it is very doubtful if he will |
take any such step. The first object of |
Hill's candidacy was to defeat Cleveland |
and he knows he can best do this by making
the break between the New York factions
appear as wide as possible at the Chicago
convention. If he were to write letter
such as has been suggested, Cleveland would |
certainly reply that he has not posed as a
candidate, and that all question of candi-
Gscy should be left to the Chicago con-
yention.
Hilrs One Object TO Beat Grover,
Senator Hill can only accomplish his pur-
pose by remaining in the field, by holding
New York in his grasp, with all the other
strength he can muster, and impressing the
convention that if the Democrats expect to
win, If they expect to carry New York,
they must nominate someone who will take
the New York quarrel out of the campaign.
The Senator's ludicrous flight from vote
on the silver question has hurt him exceed
inEly, however, and, as the convention will
be bigger than any one man, it is more than
probable that Hill will be invited in up-
mlstakable terms to step aside and attempt
to no longer place obstacles in the wav of
the man who seems 10 be the popular Dem
ocratic choice, as Blaine is of the Republi-
cans, no matter TO what extent that choice
is based on mere sentiment instead of cold
reason.
Though the opposition of Hills still
factor in the struggle, and though German
is fastening IN his sleek and silent way, all
the antsgonism against Cleveland he can,
hoping himself TO ride in on wave of disa-
greement, the calm, calculating men of the
party IN Congress seem to have little doubt |
OF the nomination of Cleveland The de-
mand for his nomination resembles pecu-
lIsrly the demand for the nomination of
Blaine.
Bit of Double Political Magnetism.
1t is a political magnetic movement
which no one can explain and no one can
ignore, IKE the law of gravitation. Men
OF the highest intellectual type and to
whom great social questions are paramount
in importance to all party considerations,
may demur as they will to these phenomena
OF gravltation toward persons instead of
principles, but the fact remains, and what
may be called the psychic force in the poll
tics OF time seem to decree, if the general I
verdict Of to-day is not at fault that Blaine :
and Cleveland shall head the tickets of the | ,
twO great parties in 1892 as in 1884
After waiting for several days after his i
arrival here, after publishing an interview
in which he virtually pronounced Sec
retary Blaine to be the only sure winner in >
the Presidential race, after hob-nobbipg
intimately and ostentatiously with the
great leaders of the Republican party who
support the candidacy of Mr. Blaine. i
Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican | q
National Committee, called to-day on the !,
President and remained with him nearly :
two hours. The meeting must have been :
peculiar if not an embarrassing one 1t is
difficult to imagine the cold and selfish
Harrison grasping the hand Of Chairman q
Clarkson with any sincere, cordial feeling.
Meeting of Two Very Frank Men.
What passed between the two men. now
holding such remarkable relations toward
each other, will only be known as it leaks =
out gradually by driblets but it is not .
difficult to imagine what it must have Il