Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14

incidentally with the meeting o
the National Committee a crowd O
enthusiastic McKinleyites have de
scended upon Washington and open
ed headquarters for the purpose o
pushing along the boom for Ohio's
favorite son, which they consider not
only good thing but the best thing
of its kind now on the road. They
found plenty of sympathizers in Wash,
ington, as few men have more person
al friends in Congress than Governor
Mckinley, and few Of those friends
have warmer feelings for him than the
big man-in every sense ofthe word
who presides over the House and who
is one OF his rivals for the Presidential
nomination. The two men worked
side by side in the House and fully
understand each others worth, and
while neither would probably say as
much for publication, it would be a
good guess to say that each of them is
the other S second choice for President
but it must not be inferred from such
guess that either would sulk should
the National Convention in its as.
sefnbled wisdom decide to nominate
one of the other capable and popular
gentlemen who have been mentioned.
They are both Republicans of the tried
and true kind, who always work theil
hardest for party success regardless
of who might head the ticket.
For a man who lays claim to more
than an average share of cour-
age, Mr.. Cleveland has a queer-not
to put worse construction upon tt
way of acting. Although he knew
that Congress and the country were
deeply interested in the answer to the
administrations request to know
whether Great Britain intended to
submit the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute to arbitration, and that the an
swer would be in Secretary Olney' S
hands on Saturday, he skunk off on a
duck hunting trip, aboard of Gov
eminent Lighthouse tender, without
even setting a time for his return,
leaving Congress and the country to
await hisaugust pleasure before being
permitted to see that answer, which
is known to be unsatisfactory. He
may not have been afraid to face the
music raised by his unexpected stand
in favor of the Monroe Doctrine, but
there are people who believe he is,
and that he went away hoping that
Congress would take the bit in its
teeth, demand the correspondence Of
Secretary Olney, and dictate a reply
to Lord Salisbury before he returned
to Washington. That might be put
ting the case little too strong, but
there can be no doubt that Mn Cleve
lands absence at this time is disre.
spectiul to Congress and to the Amer
lean people and unjustifable from any
point of view.
While it is probable that the Re
publicaus of the House will hold {
caucus after the committees are an
nounced before definitely deciding
what shall be done to furnish the
Treasury with the money which Mr.
Cleveland would not ask for, although
he and everybody else knows how bad
ly it is needed, the expression O
members make it practically certain
that the money will be raised by in
creasing the tariff on a number O
articles.
1t is regarded as probable that the
claims of the Western Senators for the
chairmanships of the Senate commit
tees which have to do exclusively
with Western affairs will be almost
if not entirely granted by the caucus
committee of Republican Senators
now engaged in selecting Republicans
for the vacant committee places; hence
there are no believers of the silly story
of an intended revolt on the part Of
the Western Republicans.
In offering the resolution asking fol
all the correspondence in the Waller
case, Representative Miller, of Kansas
was acting for the entire COMPRESSION,
al delegation of his State. This is
the first step in the fight that is to be
made in Congress to secure for Waller
what the administration has failed tc
get for him-justice.