The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-12
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From our Correspondent


WASHING1ON, July 5, 1888.
Much is heard in Washington about
the Quay and anti-Quay fight in Penn
sylvauia. Nobody would care much
under ordinary circumstances whether
Quay continued to boss the Republic
cams Of the Keystone State or gave way
10 Hastings, Wanamaker or some 9TH
er boss, but the presidential politics in
the fight is what has excited general
interest. 1t is really the first of long
string Of fights for the control of State
delegations to next years Republican
National Convention. Senator Cam-
eron was egotistcai enough at one
time to think that ne could get the
delegation for himself, but he doesn't
think 50 now; he viii be very lucky
indeed if he can succeed in holding Oh
TO his seat in the Senate. Quay was
supposed to he for Mckinley, but lie
has recently come out for Reed. Wana-
maker is, of course, for HARRISON. 1t
j. believed that the result of the fight
will show which Of the Republican
candidates can count upon the solid
Pennsylvania delegation to the Ma
lionai Convention, and that the win
ner will have taken a long step to-
wards getting the nomination..
Many people appear to be under the
impression that the entire South is in
Il white heat on account Of political
discussions, but that isn't the way men
directly from that section who occupy
positions which enable them to speak
horItatiyely on political subjects,
talk. For instance, Representative
Bate, of Georgia, who is in Washington
on business. saN>: "POlitical matters
in Georgia ale Very quiet just now.
The Leg sIature that viii elect Senator
GOrdon's successor VIII not be chosen
until next year, and there is little talk
now about candidates. Our people are
busy getting in their crops, which |
am glad TO say, promise to be good. |
don't know how the State would 90
on the free coinage question. 1t will
be time enough 10 settle that when we
have to vote upon il, if we ever do"
Mr. Bates statement doesn't gee with
the sensational stories, sent from Wash
ingtun, concerning the desperate con.
ilict between eX-Spealier Crisp and
Secretary HOke Smith over that seat
III the Senats-truth and SENSATIONAL
ism seldom do.
The laugh would seem to he on Prof
harrington, eX-chief of the Weather
Bureau and those Washington CORES
pJndents he succeeded III stuffing with
The story that he was fired out to make
room for Democratic politician. Prof
Willis l.. Moore, who is the new
chief Of the Weather Bureau, is
~ "a llnfhtnap..f
In fact, he is Republican, or
at least he was IA Republican be-
fore he became connected with the
Weather Bureau: since then he had
30 active connection with politics.
lie has been IN charge of the Chicago
office of the Weather Bureau and his
sele ction to be chief was made solely on
his merit and record. He proposes to
plake forecasts. at which he has been
unusually successful, the most promi-
nent work of the bureau, and saws on
the subject: I'VE cannot predict Just
when rain will occur, but there is no
excuse for falling to forecast the severe
changes III the weather and remark
able atmospheric disturbances. Fore
casting severe weather changes | con-
ceive to be The object of the office, and
in this direction the work will be
broadened and steadily improved.
Forecasts should be made of severe
storms, cold waves, or remarkable at
mospheric changes at least twelve
hours IN advance, and the money saw
ed by one such forecast often-tmes
more than pays the entire cost Of this
office for a year"
Ex-senator Camden, of West Nir-
glula, who Is close observer, thus
sums up the political situation: 1.-TWO
or three months ago | would not have
given copper for the chances Of the
Democratic party. Since then there
has been marked change in public
sentiment, due largely to the improve
menl that has taken place throughout
the country. Cattle has gone up, so
has wheat, SO have cotton, SO has iron,
so have wages. All these things re-
dound to the credit Of the party, and
my beliefs that it will triumph in 1867.
Ex-Governor Campbell passed
through Wilmington on his way home
from New York, where he made a
great speech at the big Tammauy meet
ing. He reported the New York Dem
ocrats as being confident of an early
return to power, and said Of the Ohio
situation: "The Democrats are not
making hopeless campaign in Ohio.
They are going to make stiff fight,
and the Republicans will have 10
walk over. From a National stand
point the party is in "a good condition
and there is solid ground for encour-
agement in the bettered condition of
tue country. 1t is noticeable, too, that
tue Improvement is marked in certain
lines where the Democrats reduced du-
ties, as IN the iron, steel and wooden
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