The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-05

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WASHINGTON, Sept. u, 1895.

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| WAsH1NeroH. Sept. q. 1895.
An interesting bit Of political
| gossip aoated into Washington this
week. Il came direct from New
York, and related to . conferences
participated in BY ex-Gov. Foraker,
Of Ohio; Senator Quay, of Penn
sylvania; ex-senator Plat, of New
York: General Clarkson, of Iowa ;
Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia
Mr.. Joe Manley, Of Maine, and Mr..
Garrett II. Hobart, of New Jersey.
With the exception Of Elkins, who
had been supposed to favor sx-Pres-
ident Harrison, and Clarkson, who
had talked Allison, those taking
part in the conference we're all Reed
or Mckinley men. As tho story is
told in Washington, the primary
reason for holding this conference
was to make q combination against
ex- President Harrison which will
make his nomination impossible
whatever may happen, and it is said
that those who participated are sat.
isfied that that has been done. An
other object was q deal between the
supporters of Reed & Mckinley
which would make it certain that
one or the other of them would cap.
ture the nomination. That was not
so successful, but those who origi.
mated it have not abandoned hope
of bringing it about.
It begins to look as though the
administration might be compelled
by public opinion to show its inten-
tons towards Cuba before Congress
meets. The question is being con-
stantly agitated, and a very large
majority Of those who express opin-
ions publicly are strongly in sympa-
thy with the Cubans, and think the
time has come for this government
to extend its moral, if not its ma
terial support, to the men who are
struggling for freedom. Washing
tonians are as rule inclined to be
trimmers on most important ques-
tons, but they are actually talking
Of holding big mass meeting to
pass resolutions in favor of free
Cuba.
The difficulty of sscertaining pub
lie sentiment by getting the views
of prominent individuals is demon
strated by the views expressed here
this week by two prominent mem
bers of the republican party con-
cerning the Presidential boom of
Senator Davis, Of Minnesota. First
came Senator Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, who said: Davis pros.
poets brighten every hour. He will
60 into the convention with five to
eight states solid" BY the time the
searcher after trustworthy political
information had digested Mr.. Pet
tigrew's remarks along comes ex-
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota, who is
also an ex-chairman of the rcpubli-
can national committee, and pre-
sumably posted Oh the sentiment
of his party. He said on the same
subject: "Cush Davis has the Pres
idential bee buzzing in his bonnet,
and if he insists upon it we may
have to do something towards get
ting him consideration at the ma
tional convention next year. Not
that he will get first place on the
ticket, but combination might be
effected which would land him next
to the top of the ticket"
Mr.. Byron E. Shear, a Colorado
capitalist, who has just returned
from a visit to New York, has some
very emphatic opinions on the sill
YER question. He says: "Any man
who thinks that the sentiment for
free silver is dying out only fools
himself. I have been in New York
for couple of weeks, and even in
that center of goldbugs and bloated
bond holders / found the leaven
working in favor of both metals.
New York has felt the pinch of the
hard times, and her moneyed men
are beginning to hunt about for
remedy. Several Of them confessed
to me that they believed it lay in
the liberation of silver. The time
is coming when we will see the big
financial centers the most earnest
advocates of bimetallism."
There is very little doubt that
Congress will early in the coming
session pass . bill prescribing the
duties of the Comptroller of the
Treasury and combining them to
common sense ideas of what they
ought to be. It will not be sur
prising if this action should be
specifically asked for by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The author
ity assumed by the Comptroller in
the sugar bounty cases is by no
means tho only instance. There is
. little matter now on hand that
may result in Secretary Carlisle
asking the President to remove
COMPTROLLER Bowler. It has grown