The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-23
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From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 18th, 1894


trustworthy information, fully decided
to give country II striking exhibition
of the man who refuses to either see
or heed the object lesson contained in
the greatest vote of confidence in the
republican party and condemnation of
the democratic party ever put on rec
ord by the people of the United States
by coming out strongly in his annual
message to Congress, which is already
partially prepared, for the passage by
the senate at the coming session of
Congress of the Wilson pop-gun tariff
bills placing coal and iron on the free
list. 1t seems almost absurd that he
should be willing after the people have
spoken so plainly, to go on record with
such a recommendation. But he has
so often been guilty of political obtus-
eness, or, to express less elegantly,
bullheadness, that nothing he does
need astonish anybody. In this case
it is bound to be wasted recommend
alton, even if the democratic Senators
should drop their personal enmity to
Mr.. Cleveland, which has been inten-
sifed by the great democratic defeat,
long enough to try to pass the pop
gun bills, wnich it will be remembered
have already passed the House. The
republican Senators can, and will pre-
vent the passage of any tariff tinkering
bills at the short session of Congress,
even if it he necessary to block every
appropriation bill in order to do so,
but extreme measures will hardly be
NJ cessary. There are reasons to be-
lieve that a sufficient number of DEM
ocratic Senators stand ready to pledge
their votes against the pop-gun bills
to insure their defeat, but it is extrem-
ly doubtful whether either of them
will be dignified to the extent Of being
formally voted upon.
The work of Chairman Babcock, of
the Republican Congressional Cam
paign committee, has aroused the ad-
miration of all those who know any
thing about the management of cam
paign. All the world, of course, know
of the result of his work-two hundred
and fifty-odd republican congressman
and almost certain control of the SEN
ate after next March-but the inside
or secret work of the campaign is only
a few prominent members of the party
They say that Mr.. Babcock has proven
himself one of the shrewdest direcOrs
of campaign work the party has ever
had, which is high praise indeed, and
already'a movement is quietly on foot
to have the party get the benefit of
that shrewdness in 1896. Whether
this will be done by keeping him at
the head of the congressional commit
tee or by transferring him to the Ma
tional committee is not yet apparent.
Congressman Richardson, of Ohio, a
democrat who was defeated for re-elec-
ton, is now in Washington trying to-
find life preserver. He gives as one
of several reasons why Ohio went re-
publican by $4,000, that "The pension
policy of the administration has been
most disastrous to our party in Ohio.
Worthy pensioners have been cut off
right and left, and it seems that spec
ial efforts have been made to humliate
them"
Vice chairman Apsley, of the repub-
lican committee, says: "I suppose
that there is no doubt that Mr.. Reed
will be the next Speaker, but I am not
going to be shared into making any
prediction about the probable nominee
of the republican party for President.
The party has an abundance and a
superabundance of good men, and
there is time enough to consider pos
sibilities when the smoke of battle
has cleared away"
The report that the administration
is about to issue another lot of bonds.
some say $5O,OOOOOO and others $780,
OO0, 900 finds many believers, notwith-
standing Secretary Carlisle's positive
denial. There are two reasons for
this. First, the report originated with
friends of Mr.. Cleveland, and was ac-
companied by the statement that Mr..
Carlisle was opposed to another issue
Of bond without Congressional action
authorizing it, and that Mr.. Cleveland
had taken the matter into his own
hands, believing that the necessity for
Strengthening the gold reserve was
urgent and that Congress would not
authorize it If it were left to decide
the matter; and second, the known
need of the Treasury for more money.
owing to the failure of the new tariff
to produce the amount of revenue