Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The President
wisely leaves to others all the worrying
about the Republican Presidential NOM
nation. He finds enough, and, as Secre-
tsry Blaine recently so aptly SAID, more
than enough to do in transactilg the le-
Ultimate duties pertaining to the Chief
magistracy of the greatest country in the
world. He would be more than human
if he were not gratifed by the action OF
Republicans in various States in instruct
ing delegates to the Minneapolis conven'
ton to support him for a denomination
but he is doing nothing that might by the
widest stretch OF the Imagination be
construed into seeking a denomination.
| All the talk about his withdrawing is
the veriest bosh. A man cannot with
draw from what he has not entered into.
The President has never said to any man
that he would accept the nomination
again, and his devotion to the principles
and welfare of the Republican party has
been such that it is certain that he will
not allow his name to be presented to the
National Convention, unless he is con-
vInced that the leaders of the party con-
slider him to be the most available candi-
date to lead the party to victory. If il
shall be plain after all the delegates to
the convention shall have been elected
Tat any considerable portion of them are
opposed to his denomination, Mr.. Har-
rIson will, predict, forbid the use OF his
name as a candidate, and it would in nc
sense be a withdrawal for him to do So
as he is not by any action of his own
further than by the faithful performance
of his public duties, a candidate.
The probable early holding of an in
ternational monetary conference to con-
slider the silver question meets the ap'
prevail OF Congressman of all shades oil
political belief, except the ultra silver
men who believe that the United States
should take the lead by establishing alb
sclute free coinage. The Senate has
adopted a resolution asking the Presi-
dent for information concerning the pre-
posed conference.
Senator Hill may be losing ground as
fast as some of the newspapers say he is
among Democrats away from Washington
but be is certainly not losing any ground
among the Democrats of the House. On
the contrary, he has shown that he is alb
solute ruler of the votes of lao of The
Democratic members of that body, and
that only 80 of them dare to vote against
his villa number OF them lodged the
vote-even to sustain the report of the
Elections Committee, a report which
was adopted by the votes of Democratic
members of that committee. A more out
rageOus case of political theft was Fever
endorsed by any party in Congress than
when the House, at the dictation of boss
Hill, voted to retain Mr.. Rockwell, Of
New York, in the seat to which its own
committee had reported that Col Noye;
was elected. And what makes the case
all the more pItiable for the Democrats il
that the result has been for weeks past
boastingly announced by Hill and the
Tammany Congressman. "Hl?s heelers'
is the way those 14O Democrats are now
referred to by the Cleveland Democrats
in Congress.
The President and Secretaries Foster,
Elkins, Tracy and Rusk, accompanied by
number of MINOR officials will leave
here tomorrow night for New York,
where they will take part in the cere-
monies attendant upon the laying of the
corner stone of the Grant monument,
which will take place on Wednesday
Secretary Elkns will deliver an address.
The action of the G.. A. R. posts of Lin
coin, Nebraska, in sending committee
here to oppose the proposed Congression-
al appropriation 20 aid in furnishing
lodging, etc., fer the unusually large
number of veterans unable to provide for
themselves who will attend the national
encampment is not understood in Con-
gress. and it has been very harshly crti-
cIsed. The State Legislatures have al
most invariably made appropriations to
aid the cities In which the annual en-
campments have been held, and that is
all that Washington has asked fOr-Con-
gress is Washington's legislature, and it
has been asked to appropriate 500 900
one-halt to be paid out of the revenues of
the District of Columbia and the other
half out of the general Treasury, to be
added to $50, 900 contributed by private
individuals.
A little breeze has been caused among
the Cleveland Democrats by the personal
announcement of Senator Palmer that
he intends making fight for the Illinois
delegation to the Chicago convention,
and that he is a Presidential candidate.
Morrison's friends say that this is breach
of faith on the part of Palmer.
The House Chinese exclusion bill has
been the basis for some very interesting
debate in the Senate, and there will be
more of it before the bill is disposed of.
1t is probable that there will be some
radical changes made in the bill before it
passes the Senate.
Since his recent spell of sickness Sena-
tor Hoar has had considerable trouble
with his eyes, and he has asked for and
obtained leave of absence for the remain
der of the session with the intention of
going to Europe for the advice of special
lists IN diseases of the eve. lie will be
greatly missed by his colleagues, who all
wish him SUCCESS in getting relief
New England Against Free Trade
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