The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-01
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From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, May %. 1895.
Circumstances unimportant in themselves
have brought Republican Presidential posi-
bilities very much to the front in Washington
during the past few days. Ex-Speaker Reed
was in Washington for a few hours last week.
| and although his visit was to see Il sick
friend entatiye Hit, of Ill. it started
Presidential gossip, as he is generally recogn-
lied as one of the leading candidates for the
Republican nomination. Gen. Harrison's
visit to New York has also furnished food for
gossip. Col. Kitchener, of Indiana. Il close
friend of Gen. Harrison's, who as law
Office in Washington, says ofthat visit "Gen.
Harrison has been to New Jersey to receive
medal from the Historical society of that
State, and is now in New York to sit for IL
portrait which is to be hung in TIL" White
| House. That is his real business in New
York, although he may also attend to some
law business" When asked bluntly whether
Gen. Harrison was a candidate for the nomin
alton Coll Kitchener replied; ''He says he is
not and changed the subject.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, of New York, at
present in Washington, says on the subject of
the next nominee: II don't think there has
been any effort to get together on the part of
the leading men of the party to come to an
understanding. 1t would he much better to
let the leading men go to the convention and
have the question of d nominee decided there.
Any! atte mpt at ringing in any onein advance
will fail, us it ought to fail. 1t would not be
wise for any one to attempt such thing, for
don't believe the attempt will he made.
| Leaders will not do it, and if others attempt
to do so they will not succeed. Speaking
of the general outlook, Mr.. Miller said: Every
thing points to Republican victory The
Democratic party has disappointed the
people. Showing an incapacity for govern
ment The democracy is not progressive. 1t
Is composed of obstructonists.
The administrations sound money! plat
| form is to include an endorsement of the
repeal of the Federal tax on currency urged
10y state banks although the last Congress,
overwhelmingly democratic Us it was, refused
to pass a bill repeating that tax, or to adopt
AN amendment to the tariff bill for its repeal
There has been and is much doubt about
what Mr.. Cleveland wishes the country to
believe he means by "sound money single
gold standard is what he wants, but he has so
far lacked the courage to say so in plain
words, as Secretary Morton did-but there is
no doubt about what the repeal of the State
bank tax means. 1t means wild eat money,
issued by irresponsible people, which would
be about as unsound money as could be put
into circulation. Mr. Cleveland's present
advocacy of the repeal of this tax is merely
an attempt to get the support of the Southern
Democrats who say they favor the free coin
age OF silver for no other reason than that
they want the amount of money in circulation
increased but the silver men are already
charging that the repeal of the State bank
tax would have been accomplished at the last
session of Congress had not Mr.. Clevcland's
influence been used to prevent it.
The mails of the Department of Justice are
full of letters of complaint from L. 5. Court
officials, who find it difficult to understand
why their salaries are not paid. This is only
another illustration of Democratic ideas of
economy. When the Democratic Congress
cut %l56 900 from the amount estimated to be
needed to pay theeXpenses Of the Department
VI JUSTICE, WHICH pays all |. - court OllltlhlS
and witness fees and other expenses of U. s.
Courts. for the current fiscal year, the seven
by nine statesmen churkled and called them
selves re- .ormers. Now, as Il consequence
deputy marshdls, bailifs and other necessary
employs Of the courts cannot get their sal
aries and the families of some of them are
reported to he in distress and when the next
Congress meets it will have to make n defci-
ency appropriation to pay them. Meanwhile
these people will have to work without get
ting their salaries, until the first of August:
when they will receive their July salaries
1t of the appropriation for the next fiscal
year.
EX Senator Higgins of Delaware, is in
Washington. He says he has not the slightest
doubt about the seating of his Republican
successor, Senator elect Dupont; that he has
received the opinions of number of the
leading constitutional lawyers and they all
agree that the Speaker of the Delaware Senate
ceased to have the right to act us Speaker
when he became the governor of the State.
Members of the administration will not
talk about the Supreme Courts decision in
the income tax cases, but it is easy enough to
guess how they feel about it; there is no
occasion for them to express themselves.