The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-05-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Mr.. Cleveland said to Have Given
up All Hope of RenOmi.
nation.
Senator Sherman Is Taking 6
Hand I'm Practical Politics
I'm Ohio.
a step I'm Advance I'm the Matter
of Extending the Civil Ser.
vice Rule.

candidate, or he is in possession OF
knowledge which ables him to play a
shrewd trick ON his party. He has
agreed to throw the entire influence of
the administration to ex-Secretary
Whitney, if that gentleman will allow
his name to 60 before the national con-
vention. Opinion is divided as to
whether Mr.. Cleveland has become con-
WINGED of the impossibility of his own
nomination, or knows that ex-Secretary
Whitney has no desire to lead demo-
cratic forlorn hope. and made the prom
Use knowing that he would not be
called on to keep it, and that the men,
ton of Mr.. Whitney's name would have
a tendency to keep other possible candi-
dates 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-senator
Henderson, the other republican men,
Der, having expired March + last. A
meeting ofthls committee will be held
this week, and, although Senator Black.
burn, the chairman, finds himself too
busy looking after his reelection to at
tend, quorum will be present IN the
persons of Senator's Aldrich, Harrison
and German. The meeting was called
to consi Ter certain changes in the SEN
ate rules. But no important action is
probable, as Senator Aldrich will, there
is reason to believe, enter protest
against anv action being taken upon
any matter OF Importance by the COM
mittee as at present organized, owing
to it's being dominated bv representa-
tives of the minority of the senate. 1t
is believed that the committee will only
ransact routine business, leavinn & the
question OF changing the rules to be con-
sidered by the full committee on rules
which will be named when the senate is
organized next December.
Senator Sherman has gone to Ohio
to preside over the republican state cou.
vention to be held at GAINESVILLE, and the
impression is general in Washington
that in his, speech to the convention he
will outline the probable republican
financial policy in next years presiden-
tial campai8n. Of course Senator
Sherman will not presume to speak for
the republican party. but he is known
to have always opposed monometalism,
which has been adopted ny the admins
tratIon, and any suggestion he makes
looking towards practical biinetalism-
as is we'll known he considers the free
coinage of silver at ratio OF 16 to as
but another form of monometalism-
will carry great weight with rcpubli-
cans every where. Senator Sherman IS
a firm believer in the extensive use of
silver in our monetary systems and 1T is
hoped, and believed. that he will suggest
a plan that will be feasible a1d at the
same time acceptable alike to conserva-
tive 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 certain OF
any plan proposed by Senator Sherman;
it " ill provide only Tor dollars worth
100 cents, and for the maintenance of
the credit OF the government under any
and all circumstances. He has de soted
a long life and great ability to the
study OF finance and what he says Oh
the subject is always worthy OF the
countrv's attention and always gets it.
1t is daily becoming more apparent that
it IS the republican party that the silver
men must look for succor that amounts
to anything; the democrats are ali
monometalists, one faction favoring a
gold basis and rhe other silver basis,
while the republican party iavors now,
and it has always, bimetall,sm.
Senator German has had little diff.
Guilty in knocking out the opposition to
his control OF the democratic state ma.
chine OF Maryland. He had hardly got
his guns into positi N when Hon. Isidor
Rayner, the man who thought he had a
chance to become the anti-Go; man
democratic candidate, threw up the
sponge and announced his withdrawal.
Senator Gormau was never wOrrieu
about his democratic opponents, but he
is considerably worried, although he
would probably deny IL to any but his
closest irienis, by his fears that the re-
pubi,cans will carry the state.
Mr.. Cleveland took another step
towards Keeping democrats i'll office uil-
- der the next administrations, WHICH will
I've republican,. when he extended the
classified civil service rules To cover all
the Chiefs ;;f division and bureaus. ex-
ccpt the chief oil the weathe. bureau ur-
der the department. OF agriculture. Tins
is taken as an Indication that all the
chiefs al divisions in tile other depart.
m.nls will soon he given the same pro.
t~ctium. The motive ot MIR. Cleveland
would not l,een lett open to criticisii1
had ,,r made the change before all the
I<,,u lic.,n ci:tls had been suceeeded by
democrats.