Middletown transcript., 1895-10-26

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u A6R M9 ly decide tn
III AYYX%ME#3 time and plac
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7 next Nationa
NAU Convention
. &X@sS9 Chairman Car
@A ter, who was iI
Washington to-
: day, says he has asked the opinion ol
every member of the Committee by
letter, and has within the last few
days had personal conferences with a
l number of them. It is an inviolable
rule that the committee meeting which
decides the time and place for the con-
vention must be held six months pre-
vi0us to the date upon which the con-
vention meets. There is a difference
of opinion, both in and out of the
committee, as to whether the conven-
tion should be as early as May or
whether it should be held after the
Democratic convention. In other
words, whether the presidential cam
paign shall be long or a short one.
The decision lies entirely with the
National Committee, although the
action of its members will, of course,
be largely influenced by the opinion of
other leading Republicans. Should a
majority of the committee indicate
their preference for holding the con-
vention in May, the committee meet
ing will have to be held sometime next
month.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, was so
much interested in the Waller case
that lie came to Washington with the
Chicago colored lawyer who brought a
petition signed by the leading citizens
of that city, asking Mr.. Cleveland to
secure the liberation of Ex-Consul
Waller, now unjustly confined in a
French prison. Mr.. Cullom escorted
the lawyer to the White House and in
troduced him to Mr.. Cleveland, who
referred them to Secretary Olney, who
he said, was conducting the diplomatic
negotiations. Mrs. Waller, wife of the
imprisoned Ex-Consul, and her chill
dren, arrived in Washington to-day
and will remain until she finds ont
whether the Administration really in
tends to do anything for her husband.
She speaks hopefully; she is afraid to
speak in any other way, less it might
make the Administration still slower,
but what she thinks is another mat
ter.
The report that the President and |
Vice-President are not on speaking |
terms. which was started during the |
last session of Congress, was revived |
when the announcement was made |
that Mr.. Stevenson, who has been in
Atlanta doing the exposition since the
middle of last week, would start for
his Illinois home to-day, at about the
same time that Mr.. Cleveland and his
Cabinet left Washington for Atlanta.
Whether the two officials are on speak
ing terms is more than can positively
say-they probably are when they can't
help themselves-bu this is not the
first time, by several, that Mr.. Steven
son, has by his actions made it plain
that he did not wish to meet Mr..
Cleveland in public, and it is perfectly
well known in Washington that neither
of the men likes the other, and that no
man in public life has had less in
fiuence with this Administration than
Mr.. Stevenson. 1t has always been
understood that this question of in
1uence was at the bottom If the truu-
BILE between the two men. Early in {
the administrat ion Mr.. Stevenson was,
1t is said, given to understand that his
ion of any man for office
was sufficient t ) keep the applicant out
in the cold, and matters We're not i'm
proved when Mr.. Stevenson refused to I
ride rough shod over the rules and Gus
toms of the Senate, at Mr.. Cleveland's
command, when the extra session was
the silver repeal bill.
Col. John S. Mnsby. Of Virginia,
who was one of the first prominent Ex- .
to become Republican,
is in Washington again after a long
absence, he was appointed U. S.
Consul TO China by President Grant
and retained the position for many d
years. Although not young man
his talk indicates that he has half =
mind to 60 into Virginia politics. He d
said of national politics: s'The next a
will show some rema, kable = :.
changes in the political sentiment of Il
he different sections, and if the Re- 81
,ublicans would give the second place le r.
IN their ticket to an Ex-Confederate n
hey would make some inroads into lu
he South that would be surprising. I tt
hould like to see Gen. James A. Wal
.er, of Virginia, nominated for Vice.
resident, and l believe if it were
one, the Republicans would carry
Tirginia and several other Southern
tates." Col. Mosby expressed the
elief that Gen. Walker would succeed
he late Gen. Malone as leader of the
Tirginia Republicans.
The German ring has succeeded in
aising corruption fund far beyond
Is expectations in amount, and its
members are now b0asttng of their
bility to buy enough votes to carry
next month. According to
published report, one Baltimore
Democrat openly said. "We have now
money enough to buy up the whole