The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-05-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1895.

Presidential possibilities very much
to the front in Washington during
the past few days. Ex-Speaker
Reed was in Washington for few
hours last week, and although his
visit was to see a sick friend
Representative Hit, of HIT
started Presidential gossip, as he is
generally recognized as one of the
leading candidates for the Republi-
can nomination. Gen. Harrison's
visit to New York has also furnished
food for gossip. Col. Kitchener. OF
Ind, a close friend of Gen. Harri-
sons who has law Office in Wash
ington, says of that visit: "Gen.
Harrison has been to New jersey
to receive a medal from the Histori-
cal society Of that State, and is now
in New York to sit for portrait
which is to be hung i'll the White
House. That is his real business
in New York, although he may also
attend to some law business" When
asked bluntly whether Gen Harri
son was candidate for the nominal
ton Col Kitchener replied: "He
says he is not and then changed
the subject.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, of
New York, at present in Washing
ton, says on the subject of the next
Republican nominee: 81 dom think
there has been any effort to get to-
gether on the part of the leading
men OF the party to come to an un-
derstanding. 1t would be much
better to let the leading men go to
the convention and have the ques-
ton of a nominee decided there.
Any attempt at ringing in any one
in advance will fail, as 1t ought to
fail. 1t would not be wise for any
one to attempt such thing, and |
don't believe the attempt will be
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:
"Everything points to Republican
victory. The Democratic party
disappointed the people, showing
an incapacity for government. The
Democracy is not progressive. 1t
is composed of obstructionists. +"
The administration's Sound
money platform is to include an
endorsement of the repeal of the
Federal tax on currency urged by
State banks, although the last Con-
gress, overwhelmingly Democratic
as it was, refused to pass the bill
repeating that tax, or to adopt an
amendment to the tariff bill for It's
repeal. There has been and is much
doubt about what Mr.. Cleveland
wishes the country to believe he
means by "sound money a 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 cat money, issued by irrespon-
sible people, which would be about
as unsound money as could be put
into circulation. Mr.. Cleveland's
advocacy of the repeal of this tax is
merely an attempt to get the sup
port of the Southern Democrats who
say they favor the free coinage of
silver for no other reason than that
they want the amount of money in
circulation increased, but the sill
yer men are already charging that
repeal of the State bank tax would
have been accomplished at the last
session of Congress had not Mr..
Cleveland's influence been used to
prevent.
The mails of the Department of
Justice are full of letters of COM
plant from U. S. Court officials,
who find it difficult to understand
why their salaries are not paid.
This is only another illustratration
of Democratic ideas of economy.
When the Democratic Congress cut
$156, 600 from the amount estimated
to be needed to pay the expenses of