Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-11-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Elections On lLegislation,
The Flag Fired on-Aspeot 1t Of
The Brazil Trouble.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Nov. II, 1893.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. II, 1893.
The tidal wave has taken another roll
It may be the same wave that swept
over the country last year. but it is 8
wave that rolls in the opposite direction
from the one of last year. 1t is received
with almost as much surprise as 1t was
last year-on the one side with great re-
joicing and on the other with eonsidera.
BILE disgust. The Democrats cannot un-
derstAnd Il at ell. They seem considera
bly, dismayed, but SAY "jast wait, this is
not our year" Wilson, of the Ways and
Means Committee, who is working Oh
the new Tariff bill, says that It had bet
ter come now than two years from now,
or even one year. When asked if he
would proceed with the new Tariff bill
in the same manner as Laid out before,
said, "yes, certainly; we shall not make a
change Of any kind on that You will
see what we do will be approved when
the time comes" Bland says the silver
question did it, and he says he hopes the
gold wing of the Democracy is satisfied
Morgan says that Grover is responsible
for all this trouble of the Democracy,
and he hopes it will be lesson The Pres
ident has not yet expressed himself as to
what he thinks; and the Cabinet officers
are not inclined to come into print on
the subject. Matt Quay, who passed
through on his way South, says the tariff
and the lack of confidence did it. So say
all Republicans everywhere. Ohio has
put her foot down, and given her tariff
champion push forward clear into the
national political arena. If Mckinley
got out Of national politics he has been
put back in, and pushed clear to the
front by that tremendous majority of
November 7th. His name is on every
body's lips, and he stands prominently
out as the only man with large follow
ing who has been pushed into the lists
for the Republican nomination in 1896
Pennsylvania has spoken in no uncertain
tone, and even with a larger majority
than Ohio. But Pennsylvania is for Nc
Kinley in 1896.
The result in New York is regarded as
one of the most astonishing episodes of
recent politics. After all Dave Hills
management, and wonderful development
Of machine politics, to have such wide
spread defeat in every section of the
State that he had got trained down so
fine that he had every precinct under his
thumb, as he thought, shows how much
the sharpest politicians can overestimate
their own powers, and be defeated by
their own actions. The nomination of
Maynard, forced as it was by the Senator
from New York, is one of the great
causes of this defeat. 1t was advised
against, but Hill would have his own
way; he would have Maynard yindicated,
and the result ought to satisfy him. 1t
will be cold day whom Hill vindicates
another Maynard. 1t is doubtful whether
the new Republican Legislature of New
York will be able to do much in chang
ing the legislation Of the last two Demo
cratic Legislatures of that State, as
Governor Flowers veto will stand in the
way, but no doubt they will make the at
tempt.
Massachusetts, has decided that she
has had enough Of the Russell family for
the present. VIM. E. Russell has been
elected for three successive terms as the
Governor Of the State, but this year the
Democrats made change and tried to
elect John E. Russell. The result shows
very heavy majority for Mr.. r.Greenhalge,
the Republican candidate. William may
congratulate himself that this was not
his year. He has been lucky boy-he
Is young man yet-and for a Massa-
chusetts Democrat he has broken the
record by being elected Governor of the
Old Bay State for three times. Horace
Boies, Of Iowa, now Governor of that
State, will follow Russell into retirement.
Boies has carried Iowa twice, and like
Russell, he did not think it was his year,
but he was forced into the race on account
of lack of a man to take his place, and
so he met the avalanche. A good many
prominent Democratic hopes have gone
under during the week
What will be the effect here on legisla-
tion at the session of Congress now soon
to open? Well, it is hard to tell just yet.
1t will certainly give the President a
strong lever to use against too heavy a
cut in the new tariff bill, if he sees fit to
use it. He is known to be much more
moderate in his views on the changes to
be made than many of the prominent
leaders Of his party. And if he desires to
hold down the men that go too far, as be
thinks, on this question, he certainly has
first-elass argument to use with them,
by presenting this election.
And this time our flag has been fred
upon by Honduras. The steamer Costa
Rica, an American ship in the harbor of
Amapola in Honduras, had on board a
passenger by the name of Barilla, who
recently led revolution against the
Honduras government, but was defeat
ed. He took passage on the steamer at
some port in Nicaragua, to get out of
the country, but the steamer had to stop
lat Amapola, and the government in
some way found he was on board. The
authorities of Honduras demanded tina,
he be surrendered by the captain. but he
refused, and when the vessel was leaving
the harbor she was fired upon, about half
dozen shots being fired. Captain Dow
the captain of the steamers the same
man who harbored Burmuda several
years ago under similar circumstances,
and it was on his ship that Barrunda was
killed. 1t seems to be a well established
fact that political refugee cannot be
taken from ship of foreign nation on
which he has taken passage.
There Is still some danger that our