Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-02
WISHES HE HAD NOT ZONE.
Chicago or Pittsburg, Which 2 The
Monroe Doctrine T. B. Reed.

Chicago or Pittsburg, Which p The
Monroe Doctrine T. B. Reed.
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.--The Re
publican National Convention will
not be held earlier than the tenth Of
next June. That was made certain
when Chairman Carter, of the Nation
al Committee issued his call for the
committee to assemble in Washing
ton on the tenth of December to select
the time and place for holding the
National Convention. From the talk
of National Committeeman and other
prominent Republicans who have
been in Washington within the last
three or four days, the honor of being
the Convention city next year lies
between Chicago and Pittsburg, with
the chances slightly favoring the
former. San Francisco has some
earnest friends on the committee, but
should they succeed in getting the
convention held there it would sur
prise great many people, themselves
among the number.
The talk about there being serious
dissensions between Mr.. Cleveland and
Secretary Olney and other members
of the Cabinet over the maintenance
of the Monroe Doctrine by Great
Britain in its dealings with Venezuela
continues, Notwithstanding positive
denial made several days ago by At
torney General Harmon Those who
insist that the dissension exists saythat
the denial to have carried any weight
should have been made either by Mr..
Cleveland or Secretary Olney, the two
men who are reported to be at logger
heads. A semi-official statement has
been made to the effect that the adj
ministration does not regard crisis,
requiring either back down or a
fight, possible between this time and
the assembling of Congress, and that
Mr.. Cleveland intends sending a
special message to Congress accom-
panied by all the correspondence with
Great Britain, asking for advice as to
the next move on the part of this gov
eminent, unless Great Britain mean
while comedies our right to the appli-
cation of the Monroe Doctrine. If he
does there isn't semblance of doubt
about what will-be done--the Monroe
Doctrine will be upheld, by force if
necessary. That has always been the
position Of the Republican party.
1t is an open secret among Mr..
Cleveland's few personal friends that
he regrets having gone to Atlanta.
The reason for his regret is the lack of
enthusiasm over his visit among the
masses. His reception by the Expo
sition and other officials, not only at
Atlanta but everywhere he stopped,
was all that could have been asked for,
but the crowds which turned out to
see him seemed actuated by curiosity
and displayed none ofthe spontaneous
all-absorbing enthusiasm for which
pleased Southern crowds have long
been famous. That was blow to
Mr.. Cleveland's egotism, and the
more he thinks about it the more he
regrets that he didn't stay away from
Atlanta.
There has been a shake up in the
financial branch of the State Depart
ment, in consequence of an investiga-
ton by special agents of the Treasury
Department. The Chief of the Blu
reau OF Accounts and the head book
keeper of the same bureau have been
compelled to resign. The officials of
the Department will not say whether.
these changes are the result of short
agein cash or of bad business methods
The Chief of the Bureau is under a
$50, 900 bond and handled something
like S., 900, 900 year.
Ex-Congressman Brady, of Virgin
ia, who was for many years an able
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says that Mr.. Reed is the present
favorite of the Virginia Republicans
for the Presidential nomination, but
that he will not undertake to say
what the sentiment will be when the
time comes for selecting delegates to
the nominating convention. Speaking
of how the South will vote next year,
Mr.. Brady said: 1.-The South is for
protection. The issue is sometimes
obscured, and sometimes adroitly
forced into the background by the
Democratic leaders, but when it is
fully and vigorously presented to her,
the South, as well as the North, will
vote for the further building up of
this country"
No man in this country knows bet
ter how to keep his own counsel than
does Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed,
who will be the Speaker of the next
House Although the meeting of
Congress is only little more than a
month off he has kept his own coun-
sci so well that the best informed po-
litical writers can do no more than
guess at the names of those who will
be chairmen of such important House
committees as those on Ways and
Means and Appropriations. For the
first committee the guessers are divid-
ed between three men, Dalzell, ofPenn