Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-12-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.

dent Cleveland returned to Wash
ington to find that, notwithstand-
inc all the republican talk about
his neglecting puolic business by
absenting himself from Washing
ton. the republican Congress is in
no condition to act upon a special
message and the correspondence
With Great Britain concerning the
maintenance of the Monroe Doc
trine. owing to Speaker Reeds IN
excusable delay in naming the
House committees. 1t would serve
the republicans right if the Presi-
dent called the attention Of the
country to this inability of the
House to do business. by sending
the correspondence and his special
message in this week, instead OF
waiting until after the Christmas
RECESS and lie may do SO, but that
isn't certain. He may wish Con
cres$ to take immediate action at.
ter the correspondence is made pub
| lie. and for that reason may not
take advantage Of his opportunity
to show the country how redica
lous the republicans have made
themselves by critici5ing his tard--
ness.
The keystone Of Secretary Car
lisle's annual report is The Same as
that of the fra lcial portion Of tue
Presidents annual message the
} retirement Of the greenbacks and
e Treasury notes. In other words.
the withdrawal Of the government
from the banking business, Need
less to say the idea IS net popular
e in Congress, and that no STEP to-
n wards that end will be taken at
= this session Secretary Carlisle es
=, Inmates that the present tariff if lei
alone will SOC produce all the rev
Il enue needed b. the governments
n bat the republicans are very likely
s. to DO some tariff tinkering all th'
same, altho Speaker Reed would be
~ very willing to see this Congress
- let the subject.sevcrely alone. Bu
+ the McK;nleyites are determines
: that tariff Legislation shall be fore
c ed to the front, and it is YER
: doubtful whether Mr.. Reed vii
doro In nrenlV OnnOse the idea.
" BY the way, the McKinleyite
I are beginning to make a very ag
gressive fight on the Reed boom
and in fact on all the other boom
in sight. They have money t.
burn, unless some Of them are do
II inc some tall lying. According t
lie the story told here, and general
IS believed, some of those who profit
- ed largely by the robbery Of The Me
. Kinley tariff and who hope to prof
y it still more largely in the futur
IT through similar measure hay
Of contributed half million Of dol
g. lars to be spent in bringing abou
- McKinley's nomination. PermS
~ nent Mckinley headquarters are t
IL be at once opened in Washlngto
n for the purpose Of keeping Mckl1
be lev and McKiuleyism before Con
90 gress, and newspaper bureaus al
IN to be established in all the lare
- cities for the purpose Of workln
nv up public sentiment in his behaI
n while every ticket to the st. Lon
Il. convention that can be had Il
n money is to be bought for a 81
. lKinley shouter. An experience
:; newspaper man is to be put
h. charge of a large fund which is
tie be used to persuade" impecuniol
les republican editors that Mckinley
do the right man to boom III their p
NJ pers. In short, money is to be spel
- everywhere that it will inaucn
al votes for Mckinley.
on The deal the republican Senate
ay made with the populists could n
ate be kept secret. Senator Stewart,
IN Nevada, the renegade republics
:" who now calls himself populis
made the deal, and he gets the
on's share Of the price = the cha
manship Of the Pacific Railroad
r. Committee, which promises to
y one Of the most important in +
an Senate at this session The pop
er- lists will not vote with the repub
nj cans to reOrganize the Senate. III
~ would be too hard to explain
~ their constituents. They will no
'ne mate their own officers Of the Sc
an ate, and otter voting for them
lily one ballot they will 60 QUITO
rial lunch or for some other purpose
oc- leaving the republicans free to ell
Wv their officers on the next ballot
10 ION The free silver democrats, W
lis recognize Senator Harris. Of Tt
Tho nessee, as leader, have establish
cts national headquarters in a boz
n; near the Capitol building, fr'
'''' which the movement to elect sill
delegates to the democratic Matte
al convention will be directed, a
where visiting silver democrats v
ouo be welcomed.
ere MANY Senators have received