Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Mag 81, 1895.
ESPECIAL ooRRKsPoN DENoE OF THE MONITOR ]

his mind about again being the demo
cratic candidate, or he is in possession
of knowledge which enables him to
play a shire xd trick on his party. He
has agreed to throw the entire influ-
ence of the administration to exSec-
Rotary Whitney, if that gentleman will
allow his name to go before the ma
tional convention. Opinion is divid-
ed as to whether Mr.. Cleveland has
become convinced of the impossible
ty of his own nomination, or knows
that ex-Secretary Whitney has no de-
sire to lead a democratic forlorn hope,
and made the promise, knowing that
he would not be called on to keep it,
and that the mention of Mr.. Whitney's
name would have tendency to keep
other possible candidates out of the
field, thus enabling him to push his
own candidacy.
Senator Aldrich is now the only re-
publican member of the senate COM
mittee on Rules, the term of ex-Sena-
tor Henderson, the other republican
A meeting of this committee will be
held this week, and, although Senator
Blackburn, the chairman, finds him
self too busy looking after his re cleo
ton to attend, a quorum will be pres
ent in the persons of Senators Aldrich,
Harrison and German. The meeting
was called to consider certain propos-
ed changes in the senate rules. But
no important action is probable, as
Senator Aldrich will, there is reason
to believe, enter a protest against any
action being taken upon any matter
of Importance by the committee as at
present organized, owing to its being
dominated. by representatives of the
minority of the senate. 1t is believed
that the committee will only transact
routine business, leaving the question
of changing the rules to be considered
by the full committee on rules, which
will be named when the senate is re-
organized next December.
Senator Sherman has gone to pre-
side over the republican State conven-
ton to be aheld at GAINESVILLE, and the
impression is general in Washington
that in his speech to the convention
he will outline the probable repub-
lican financial policy in the next
years presidential campaign. Of
course Senator Sherman will not pre-
sumo to speak for the republican par
ty, but he is known to have always
opposed recommendation, which has
been adopted by the administration,
and any suggestion he makes looking
towards practical bimetanism-as is
well-known he considers the free
coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to 1
as but another form of monometallism
will carry great weight with repub-
icans everywhere. Senator Sherman
is firm believer in the extensive use
of silver in our monetary system and
it is hoped and. believed, that he will
suggest plan that will be feasible and
at the same time acceptable alike to
conservative silver men and those
who oppose the free coinage of silver
under existing circumstances. There
is one thing that can be set down in
advance as ertain of any plan pro-
posed by Senator Sherman; it will
provide only for dollars worth hun
dred cents, and for the maintenance
of the credit of the government under
any and all circumstances. He has
devoted long life and great ability
to the study of finance, and what he
says on the subject is always worthy
of the country's attention and always
gets it. 1t is daily becoming more ap-
parent that it is to the republican par
ty that the silver men must look for
succor that amounts to anything; the
democrats are all monometallists one
faction favoring a gold basis and the
other a silver basis, while the repub-
lican party favors now, as it has al
ways, bimetallism.
Mr.. Cleveland took another step to-
wards keeping democrats in Office un-
der the next administration, which
will be to cover all the chiefs of di-
vision and bureaus, except the chiefs
of the weather bureau under the de-
partment of agriculture. This is tax
en- as an Indication that all the chiefs
of divisions in the other departments
will soon be given the same protec
ton. The motive of Mr.. Cleveland
would have been less open to criti-
cism had he made the change before
all the republican chiefs had been
succeeded by democrats.
BOSTON LETTER.