Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-10-24
Washington Letter


FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON. D. c.. October 21st, 1895.
Friends of the other candidates for
the republican nomination are consid.
erably worked up oyer report that ex'
Speaker Reed controlled majority OF
the National Committee. The report
probably started from the fact that Mr..
Reed was in New York in consu ltation
with Chairman Carter and several other
members of the committee.
The control Of the National Commit
tee is thought by politicians to be big
thing, because it enables candidate to
dictate the time and place for holding
the National Convention. But it is well
remembered that no longer than the last
campaign, Mr. Harrison was dominated
although large majority of the Nation
al Committee were opposed to his nom
inatlon. Tell politician that and he
will say that it was the office holders
who nominated Mr.. Harrison the second
time, and he will add in significant
tones, "he wasn't elected either
The executive branch Of the Admin.
istration left Washington in a body to,
night. bound for the Atlanta Exposition
Mrs Cleveland did not go. The party
will not return to Washington until the
last Of the week.
Iflength of experience counts for any
thing Representative Grow of Pennsyl.
yania, ought to be high authority when
it comes to predicting what Congress
will do, He is now in Washington and
when asked what Congress would do at
the coming session, he candidly said
that he would not attempt to predict,
and that the situation wac so mixed he
didn't think any man could tell what
would or would not be done, although
he didn't see how the imperative need
of increasing the revenue in order to
keep Uncle Sam out Of the poor house.
was going to be overlooked or ignored.
Gen. Thomas Ewing. once demo-
cratic congressman from Ohio, now a
New York lawyer, doesn't take a very
rosy view Of the political outlook, OF
which he says at about needs for
eign war to get this country on healthy
basis, politically and financially. five
could engage in conflict, say with some
great European power, perhaps the us
urers would stop sending out the coun
try's gold for while. The democratic
party is controlled BY gold worshippers
between whom and the republicans,
there isn't the least difference of senti.
ment on the most vital questions Of the
day. Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Sherman
stand for the same ideas in finance
What is there to enthuse voters in the
battle of next year? Both the old par.
ties will declare for gold only, and if
there were some metal still more valua.
BILE and scarce they would advocate that
The republicans with better discipline
and the prestige of many recent victo.
ries will go ahead and elect their candi.
date, whose position will be just what
the Shylocks ask. So matters will pro-
gress, the gold combine continually
squeezing the Treasury and the people
continuing to get poorer, until some day
they will conclude that radical RENE
dies are necessary, and before we know
it, perhaps, the country will be to the
throes of revolution" Gen. Ewing is a
life. long democrat, although closely re-
lated to the Shermans of Ohio, and as
early as l849 he was Private Secretary
to President Taylor.
There is difference Of opinion as to
Senator Sherman s object, if he had any
particular one in view, in publishing at
this time John Sherman's Recollections
of Forty Years in the House, Senate and
Cabinet" The first impression was that
the Senator was preparing to have an
other go at the presidential nomination
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