Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-22

thOriiy that Speaker to be Reed
had been holding conferences with
Wall street bankers, in order to
get himself posted as to what
financial legislation should be
enacted by the House at the com
ing session of Congress.
The events OF the last few days
have made it plain why Great
Britain was so DESTROYS of fOrming
an alliance with the United States,
for the purpose of protecting
British and American citizens and
interests in the TnlkiSh Empire,
and the administration must be
cOngratulating itself on not enter
ing into that alliance. Aside from
few missionaries and their pro.
perry, which can be looked after
without any alliance, America has
no interests in Turkey to protect;
while British interests, commercial
and otherwise, are immense, and,
unless all signs fail, they will in
the near future cause Great Bri-
tain to go to war with one or more
European countries. Had that
alliance been formed the United
States would necessarily have had
to JON in that war as the ally OF
Great Britain, which would have
made it certain that the war III
volved protection of BRUSH in
tereSts in Turkey.
Senator PETER, while declining
to commit himself until he has
conferred with his pOpuliSt col
leagues, makes it plain that he is not
personally in favor of the popnliSt
senators voting with the repabli-
cans to organize the Senate and
that he hopes the talked of com.
binatl0n between democratic and
republican senators will material
ize. He says: eve should not
fri. ter away whatevet influence we
may have as representatives of a
party by assisting the republicans
to carry out any scheme they may
devise to obtain control of the
Senate. AS populist l want to
see the democrats and republicans
combine to organize the Senate.
That would confirm what pODuilst
speakers have constantly relterat-
ed that the two cd parties are
practically one"
Senator Marion Batter, North
Cardinals new pOpulist member
of the Senate, IS a man of very
decided opinions, which he does
not hesitate to express. He says
of the reorganization OF the Senate;
The silver men will control the SEN
ate if lie Senators on that side will
cooperate in the work of reOrgani-
cation; if they do not, then the
opposition will effect a cOmblna-
ton, the result OF which IS obvious"
But Senator Butler has dOabts of
the silver Senators acting together
regardless of party lines, which he
made plain when he SAID: IL fear
there are some who will not pursue
this course, but it is getting time
for this matter to be brought to
the test, so That the people may
know where every man stands.D
Senator Baker, of Kansas, who
although without a national repI-
tatIon, is considered very shire wd
man among the politicians of his
state, brought a wet blanket with
him to Washington which he
proceeded to throw over tie Reed
and Mckinley men by saying:
"Reed will probably go into the
convention with the largest num-
Der of Votes, with Mckinley next.
The result, in my opinion, will be
the nomination of neither, but the
selection of a man who VIII be
lower down in the list. That is
the history Of all national cOnven.
TONS"
General Craighll, Chief of
Engineers, U. s. A. must have an
idea that the coming Congress will
make liberal appropriations, as, in
his annual report TO the Secretary
of NJ ar, he presents estimates for
appropriations for river and har.
Dor improvements aggregating
more than S2l, 100000. He ex.
plains 10 bis report that the es-
Inmates are based upon the receut
Congressional custom of not pass.
ing a river aud harbor bill at the
short session THAT Is, they are tor
two years expenditures.
Candidates for the other oiiice5
of the House. that Mr. Reed will
DO Speaker was long ago settled