The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-12-19
our W mNoroN LETTER.
(Frorp F1Ior "respondent;l

Speaker Ped viii probably not
announce the House Committees
until just before the adjournment
for the CHRISTMAS recess, which is
expected to Ike place on Friday or
Saturday of this week. There is
still much uncertainty as to the
chairman If such important com
mittees rs Wavs and Means and APP
preparations, although the contest
is believed to have narrowed down
to PAYNE. of New York, and Ding
ley, of Name, for the first. aud
Cannon, of His, and Henderson,
of Iowa, for the last.
The members Of the Utah Com
mission arrived in Washington sew
eral days ago and will remain until
they can get an opportunity to pre-
sent handsomely engrossed copy
Of the constitution, ratified by the
election held last month, to Mr..
Cleveland with the request that his
proclamation formally declaring
Utah a state be issued at an early
dav. Had Mr.. Cleveland been in
Washington where it is certainly
his duty to be during the session of
Congress, if at no other time, the
members of the Com mission might
have saved on their hotel bills, but
whether Utah would have become a
state any sooner is doubtful, as Mr..
Cleveland will not issue the procla-
nation until ne gets good and
ready.
1t is not yet certain whether the
Republicans willreorganize the SEN
ate before the Christmas recess or
wait until January, but the the lat
ter is regarded as most probable.
The caucus committee has compile
ted the work of assigning the chair
man Of committees, and the Re-
publican membership Of the COM
mirtees, and the job is probably as
satisfactory as it could have been
made, although lots Of Senators
are not as well provided for as they
wished to be. The reorganization
is not now a matter of doubt. The
Populist Senators after voting
once for a state Of their own are 60
ing to retire from the Senate
chamber. That will leave the Re-
pabIicans in the majority and re-
organization win be quickly accom-
plished.
So much has been printed since
the selection Of St. Louis as the
convention city about a move to
pack the convention for a n0mina-
ton that synopsis of the contract
between the Repu blican National
Committee and the committee rep
resenting the city Of St. Louis is
hereby given as the best refutation
Of such stories: A hall with a
seating capacity Of $4,000 or more
to be furnished properly decorated,
but no pictures of or name Of any
living Republican to be used in said
decorations; rooms for the national
committee and for convention com
nittees; the engraving and printing
OF tickets, and suitable music, all
to be free of cost to the national
committee, Of the $4,000 tickets
printed, oue.third, less 900, are
to be turned over to st. LOUIS. Five
hundred Of this number to be given
to the G. A. R., and the other five
hundred to distinguished guests,
the distribution to be under the
subcommittee Of the national com
mjttee. And it is especially st,pu-
lated that none of the 5000 tickets
to be distributed by the st. Louis
Citizens Committee shall be used
in the interest of any candidate. 1t
would seem that in that contract
the national committee had taken
every possible precaution to avoid
ground for any just charge Of fa-
yoritlsm.
The Democratic party isn't going
to wait until the holding of its
National Convention to split into
gold and silver factions. The split
has already come. Within a stones
throw of the United States Capitol