Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-25
D0INGs AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. July 10. 1879.

The reason that the bond syndicate
closed up the old deal by anticipating
the last payment which was not due
until October has come out sooner
than was expected. It viii be remem-
bered that it was stipulated in the in
contract hat the syndicate was to
have the refusal of any bonds that the
administration might issue before the
18th OF October. 1895, at the same
priee paid for the others. Well, the
syndicate wants more bonds: that SO.
GOO, 600 Of profits has whetted its APP
petite. Bnt will it get them? That
is a question which is probably dis
turbing Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle very much Just now. The
opinion has been expressed bv experts,
that the administration will before
the date mentioned be compelled to
choose between an other issue Of
bonds and calling Al extra session OF
Congress. 10 provide the money need
ed to run the government in some
other way. ven if there is no run
made on the gold reserve. Indeed.
present indications are that a part Of
the gold reserve will have to be used
Ito pay current expenses before Con-
gress meets.
Ex-senator Sanders. of Montana. at
present in Washington. speaking Of
republican probabilities said: I'm re-
gard TO the Presidential nomination. /
think that the fight will be between
Reed, Mckinley, Davis. Allison and
Bob Lincoln. do not mean, how
ever.that eehanees Of the candidates
are 70 be rated i'll the order in which
! have named them. Bob Lincoln
Is Il sort of dark horse, but the fact
that he Is the attorney for the Chicago
gas trust and the Pullman Car Co.
will WORK against his nomination
Were he to pick a quarrel with Pull
man he would do a very shrewd thing
and his chances for getting the nomi-
nation would he materially increased :
Ex-senator Hiscoek. Of New York.
came to Washington this week on pri-
waite business. but, of course he had to
talk politics. or appear 10 be rude and
impolite, things he has never learned.
Mr.. Hiscock said the New York repub-
icans, however much divided they
might be on some other matters. are
united in their desire to make GOV.
Morton the next republican President:
that they will consider no second
choice until the convention votes
against Gov. Morton. He ended the
conversation by saying i believe Gov.
Morton can he nominated. While
New York isn't & much of a pivotal
state as it has been in past years.
still the fact hat she is united on a
certain candidate will give her great
prestige. and ] hope it viii be sufiici-
emf to give him the nomination.
There is no force ia the argument
that Morton is too old He was never
in better health. He is a much
younger man than Gladstone, and Is
capable of q great deal more Of hard
work.
Col. +. F.. Wood. a prominent Ohio
lawyer who is in Washington on bus
mess. was asked what he thought 1T
the political outlook in his state. He
said: The republicans win elect
their state ticket in Ohio this wear by
a handsome majority. Gen. Bushnell
is personally one OF the best liked
men in the state. He is a friend Of
both Mckinley and Foraker. and Is
the man who can pacifv any friction
that might develop between their fol-
lowers. Mckinley will have his home
delegation behind him for the presi-
DENTAL nomination. but if it comes to
a second choice Allison is, I think.
the fayorite with Ohio republicans.
The best the democrats hope for In
our state is to carry the legislature.
which will elect a successor to Sena-
tor Brice, but this seems to be a very
~forlorn hope"
Heretofore the administration has
confined its fight of the silver demo-
Gratis to the making of the appoint
ments, but from this time on it is.
unless men prominently connected
with the administration are talking
merely to hear the sound Of their
voices, 10 include the making of vacan-
cies. In other words. it has been de-
temined hal every democrat who
holds Office through the influence of a
democratic Senator or Representative
who persists in advocating the free
coinage Of silver shall he dismissed for
~"eause'', of course. unless he can get
tH1 iihiu1HCe VI Cltftihiu ueIlOcTatS
for his retention in office. This an
nonncement, although as yet not
generally known, has created a panic
among the Office holders from the
south. It looks as though it would
bring about a regular scramble among
the southern democrats to get on the
Cleveland side of the financial fence.
Ex-Speaker Crisp sees the handwrit-
ing or the wall; he's going to Europe
and Hoke Smith is going to Georgia
to talk single gold standard 10 the