The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-08
WASHINGTON LETTER,
from Our Regular Correspondent

WIN HIS USUAL custom, moved from tn
: White House out to his suburban re
sidence, in order to be able to put i,
more time upon his message to Congress
than he could possibly do when liabl,
TO almost constant Interruptions from
callers whom he would not care to de
cline seeing. These he is entirely fire,
from At his suburban residence, as M
one goes there to call upon him, unless
especially invited. While not stated a.
certainty, there are good reasons fol-
the belief that his annual message tC
Congress will not deal with the diploma.
tic controversy with England over the
application of the Monroe doctrine in
Venezuela, further than to say that the
whole subject will be fully treated in a
special message which will follow the
annual message and be accompanied by
the diplomatic correspondence. The
President and every member of his
cabinet are we'll pleased with the present
status of this Venezuela matter, and
very confident that they will be still
better pleased little later. A diplom.
attic victory is preferable to one achiev-
j ed by the use of powder and ball, in
some cases And this is one Of the
cases.
Ii proof were needed that the real pur-
pose of the public meeting held last
night, for the avowed purpose of ex
pressing the sympathy of the citizens
Of Washington for the Cuban revolution
lists, was to EN- barrass the administration
and make Republican partisan capital
was furnished in great big chunks by
the names Of those who controlled the
meeting, made the speeches and wrote
the resolutions adopted. Every man of
them was Il republican. The presiding
officer was the notorious corporal
Tanner; the writer of the resolutions
was Dir. Rankin, president OF the Howard
University, the negro college which is
partly maintained at public expense,
and the only woman speaker was Mrs.
3ohn A. Logan.
Judge Lochreb, commissioner Of Pen
sions. has paragraph in his annual re-
port headed Patriotism and Pensions,
in which he says: "rhose men who |
enlisted early and fought the battles OF
the war were not moved by mercenary |
considerations, and unless actually dis
abled did not show the haste in apply
ing for pensions manifested by those
who enlisted near the close OF the war
for large bounties, and did little actual
service, and who are now the noisiest i'll
for more pensions. As com
pared with this latter class the real
soldiers of the war have been modest in
perferring claims for pensions. The
figures in the report are interesting
June Both, 1894, there were on the rolls
)G9, 544 pensioners; during the year
30, 1S5 new names were added
and 4, POS names, which had been drop
ped were restored. There were 1884 |
names dropped for other causes.
making the net increase of the total |
humber of pensioners for the fiscal year
ending June Both last, $780, The ap-
,ropria lion for the year covered by the
'eport was $50, ,000, ,00O,and Judge
,,ochren's estimate for the next fiscal
ear is Sl40, ,0Oo. 900.
Ex-Congressman Bynum, of Indiana,
s one of the few men who regards Mr.,
chances for the republican
omination as being ahead of either =
hose of Reed, Nc Kinley or Allison. he
avs Mr.. Harrison is stronger with his
a rtv In Indiana than ever before and
hat the Indiana republicans are going
D get him nominated, IL such thing is
ossible. Speaking of the democratic
ominatien Mr.. Bynum said: "on the
emocratie side there is much talk in
avor OF Col Morriso., and he has many
-iends in all parts Of the country. My
pinion is that eventually deHoeratic
,ntiment will center on Secretary q
arlisle. He is well liked in the North n
nd East, aud in the South his nomina {,
on would, create tremendous enthusi- Q
sm." b
Representative Forman OF ILL.,, who Z,
As been on the stump. in Kentucky, s.
aryland and New Jersey, arrived in
Tsshington this week. He SAYS he
ISN'T the slightest doubt that all three
- lii o., democratic