The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From cur Regular Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 1895.

was made certain when Chairman
Carter of the National Committee
issued his call for the committee to
assemble in Washington on the
tenth of December to select the
time and place for holding the
National Convention. From the
talk of National Committeeman
and other promlnet Republicans
who have been in Washington
within the last three or four days,
the honor of being the convention
city next year lies between Chicago
and Pittsburg, with the chances
slightly favoring the former. San
Francisco has some earnest friends
on the committee, but should they
succeed in getting the convention
held there it would surprise great
many people, themselves among the
number.
The talk about there being seri-
Gus dissension between Mr.. Cleve-
land and Secretary Olney and other
members of the Cabinet over the
maintenance Of the Monroe doctrine
by Great Britain in it's dealings
with Venezuela continues, notwith-
standing positive denial made
several days ago by Attorney Gen
eral Harmon. Those who insist
that the dissension exists say that
the denial to haye carried any
weight should have been made
either by Mr.. Cleveland or Secretary
OlneY, the two men who are repor-
ted to be at logger-heads. A semi
official statement has been made to
the effect that the administration
does not regard crisis. requiring
either breakdown or fight, posi-
BILE between this time and the
assembling of Congress, and that
Mr.. Cleveland intends sending a
special message to Congress accom-
panied with all the correspondence
with Great Britain, asking for
advice as to the next moye on the
part of this government, unless
Great Britain meanwhile comedies
our right to the application of the
Monroe doctrine. If he does there
isn't a sem blance of doubt about
what will be done - the Monroe
doctrine will be upheld, by force if
necessary. That has always been
the position of the Republican
party.
1t is an open secret among Mr..
Cleveland's few personal friends
that he regrets having gone to At
lanta. The reason for his regret is
the lack of enthusiasm over his
visit among the masses. His
reception by the exposition and
other officials, not only at Atlanta
but everywhere he stopped, was all
that could have been asked for, but
fine crowds which turned out to see
him seemed actuated mainly by
curiosity and displayed none of the
spontaneous all-absorbing enthusi-
asm for which pleased Southern
crowds haye long been famous.
This was blow to Mr.. Cleveland's
,egotism, and the more he thinks
about it the more he regrets that
he didn't stay away from Atlanta.
There has been shake-up IN the
financial branch of the State De-
'partment in consequence of an
investigation by special agents of
the Treasury Department. The
chief of the Bureau of Accounts
and the head ok-keeper of the
same bureau have been compelled
to resign. The officials of the
department will not say whether
these changes are the result of a
shortage in cash or Of bad business
methods. The chief of the bureau
IS under $4,000 bond and han
died something like 100000 a
year.
Ex-Congressman Brady, of Vir-
ginia, who was for many years an
able lieutenant of the late Gen.
Malone, says that Mr.. Reed is the
present favorite of the Virginia
Republicans for the presidential
nomination, but that he will not
undartake tn cav what tha snnti man +