Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-16
WASH sGTON LETTER.
TsPE la o1Eas--.S DeNoE OF THE MoNIros-l

said to Washington friend concern
ing the report that Senator Hill and
Ex- Secretary Whitney would have a
bitter fight for the control of the com
ing democratic state convention, and
consequently of the democratic dele
cation from that state to the national
convention: cit is simply rot. Why
should there be fight? Hill, who con-
trolls, and will continue to control, the
state machinery, does not antagonize
Whitney's candidacy for the presiden-
tial nomination. On the contrary, he
is perfectly willing that Mr.. Whitney
should have the solid delegation; al
SO, the democratic nomination, al
though he doesn't believe he can get
that, even with the earnest support
of his own state delegation to start
with. Why is Hill willing to see Whit
ney nominated? Simply because he
is so well acquainted with the condi-
ton of public sentiment that he knows
no democrat can be elected President
next year. Besides, he knows that
Mr.. Cleveland, although making a
pretense of being friendly to Whitney,
doesn't want him nominated. Good
reasons, aren't they"
Senator Germans friends say that
Mr.. Cleveland has promised, through
Lamont to let it be known in some
way that he wants the German ticket
elected in Maryland and that those
democrats who are fighting that ticket
most of whom are Cleveland men, are
acting against his wishes. But there
are democrats, and other people in
Washington who do not believe that
any such promise has been made or
that Mr.. Cleveland vii move a finger
or say word to help German in his
trouble. Mr. Cleveland has therefore
shown himself to be the most impla-
cable and unforgiving of men, even
where his own political interests were
injured by his refusal to forgive inju
ries previously done him.
Hon. j. S. Kamrar, of Webster City,
Iowa, who is visiting Washington,
says of political matters in his state:
''The republicans will elect their state
ticket by an enormous majority; it
wouldn't be surprising if the 100000
mark was reached. Next year we will
do even better, as we expect to have
a favorite son at the head of the ma
tional ticket. The logic of the situa-
ton points to Senator Allison as the
best, the strongest, and the most
available man that could be named
for the Presidency. 1 think he is
growing in strength all the time. The
enthusiasm Of his own people in his
cause is something wonderful, and
there is scarcely a republican voter in
the state who doesn't already look
upon him as the next President"
The presumptious opinion of Compt-
roller Bowler, which required ten
thousand words to express, refusing
to approve the claims for sugar boun-
ty and referring the sugar men to the
Court of Claims, would have attract
ed more attention had it not been
known so far in advance just what he
had been ordered to do and why the
orders had been issued. The princi
pal object the administration has in
view is, of course, to keep the money
appropriated by Congress to pay su-
gar bounties in the Treasury. That
object will be attained, as no decision
can be reached by the Court of Claims
until we'll into November, even should
the case be advanced to the outmost,
and it is expected that the case will
be appealed to the U. S. Supreme
Court before the money! is paid. Moth
ing would please Mr.. Cleveland more
than to have either the Court of Claims
or the Supreme Court decide that
bounties are unconstitutional, but
there is very little probability of his
getting any such pleasure from the
Supreme Court, however the Court of
Claims may decide, although he has
the power of adding one vote against
constitutionality in the Supreme
Court, by the appointment of sue
cessor to the late Justice Jackson. The
Louisiana sugar men are very bitter
towards Mr.. Cleveland, who gave
them positive promise that they
should have this bounty, and who
used his influence to help get the bill
providing therefore through Congress.
They now see through the game, and
say that it will cost the democratic
party the electoral vote of Louisiana
The Washington contingent of the
G. A. r. left for the Louisville En-
campment yesterday and today on
special trains.
The gold reserve is again below the
hundred million mark, and Treasury