The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-12-27
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W ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Dec, 20, 1895.
The members of the Utah Commits
sion arrived in Washington several
days ago and will remain until they
can get an opportunity to present a
handsomely engrossed copy of the con.
stitution, ratified by the election held
last month, to Mr. Cleveland with the
request that his proclamation formally
declaring Utah Il state be issued at an
early day. Had Mr.. Cleveland been in
Washington where it is certainly his
duty to be during the session of Con-
gress, if at no other time, the members
of the Commission might have saved
on their hotel bills, but whether Utah
would have become state any sooner
is doubtful, as Mr.. Cleveland will not
issue the proclamation until he gets
good and ready.
1t is not yet certain whether the re-
republicans will reorganize the Senate
before the Christmas recess or wait
until January, but the latter is regard
ed as most probable. The caucus COM
mittee has completed the work of
assigning the chairmen OF committees
and the republican membership OF the
committees, and the job is probably as
satisfactory as it could have been
made, although lots of Senators are
not as well provided for as they wished
to De. The organization is not now
matter of doubt. The populists
Senators after voting once for slate
of their own are going to retire from
the Senate chamber. That will leave
the republicans in the majority and
reorganization will be quickly accom-
plished.
So much has been printed since the
selection OF st. Louis as the conventions
city about move to pack the conyen-
ton for a nomination that synopsis
of the contract made between the Re-
publican National Committee and the
co ommittee representing the city of St.
Louis is hereby given as the best refu
tation of such stories: A hall with
seating capacity of 10000 or more to
be furnished PROPERLY decorated, but
no pictures of or name Of any living
republican to be used in said decora-
tions; rooms for the National Com
mittee and for Convention Committees
the engraving and printing of tickets,
and suitable music, all to be free of
cost to the National Committee. OF
the 10000 tickets printed, one-third,
less 1000 are to be turned over to St.
Louis. 500 of this number to be given
the G. A. R., and the other five hun
dred to distinguished guests, the dis
tribution to be under the supervision
of subcommittee of the National
Committee. And it is specially stipu-
lated that none of the 5000 tickets to
be distributed by the St. Louis Citizens
Committee shall be used in the inter
est of any candidate. 1t would seem
that in that contract the National
Committee had taken every possible
precaution to avoid ground for any
Just charge Of favoritism.
The democratic party isn't going to
wait until the holding of its National
Convention to split into gold and sill
yer factions. The split has already
come. Within stones throw of the
u. S. Capitol the headquarters of the
silver faction, which is being led by
Senator Harris, of Tenn, has been
established, and flag bearing the
motto, "No quarter to gold democrats"
flung to the breeze. One of the silver
democrats speaking of the split said
"The democrats have no possible
chance to elect president next year,
but we are determined to settle for
good and all whether it is to be gold
party or silver party; whether Grov-
er Cleveland is to make its platform,
or majority of the delegates elected s
to its National Convention. The
fight will be to the death, and the sur
vivors can then proceed to build new
democratic party on what is left,
which may get into fair fighting con-
dition for the campaign of 1900"
Senator Sherman proposes making
a set speech at an early day to show
how ridiculous that portion of the
Presidents message which treats OF
finance really is. Speaking on the
subject, Senator Sherman said: From
Jan. 1, 1880, when we resumed specie
until Mr.. Cleveland assum-
ed the Office of President there was no
difficulty in maintaining the gold re-
serve. During that period it never
cost one dollar to get all the gold nec-
essary for the reserve fund. Gold
naturally came into the Treasury IN
exchange for U. S. notes or other forms
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