Middletown transcript., 1895-12-21
Washington
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ssVSA place on Friday
or Saturday of this week. There is still
much uncertainty as to the chairmen
of such import tant committees as Ways
and Means and Appropriations, al
though the contest is believed TO have
narrowed down to Payne, of New Y ork,
and Dingley, of Maine, for the flrst,
and Cannon, of Ills., and Henderson
of Iowa, for the la 4.
Tbs members of the Utah Commis.
sion arrived in Washingto, several
days ago and will remain Until they
can get an oppol tunity to present a
handsomely engrossed copy of the con
stitutinn, ratified by the election held
last month, to Mr.. Cleveland with the
request that his proclamation formally
declaring Utah a state he issued at IN
early day. Had Mr.. Cleveland leen
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
i3 doubtful, as Mr.. Cleveland will not
issue the proclamation until he gets
good and ready.
1t is not yet certain whether the Re-
publicans will leorganize the Senate
before the Christmas recess or wait un-
til January, but the latter is regarded
as most probable. The caucus COM
mittee has completed the work of as
signing the chairman of committt es
and the Republican membership of the
committees, and the job is probably as
satisfactory as i could have been made,
although lots of Senators are not as
well provided for as they wished to be.
The reorganization is not now a matter
of doubt. The popu list Senator's after
voting once for a slat. of their own are
going to retire from the Senate chamber.
That will leave the Republicans in the
majority and reorgan zation will 5e
quickly accomplished.
So much has been printed sine e the
selection of St.Louis as the convention
city about a move to pack the conven.
tion for a nomination thata synopsis of
the contract made between the Repub-
lican National Committee and the COM
mittee representing the city of st. Louis
is hereby given as the best refutation
o. such s. cries: A hall with a seat
ing capacity of $4,000 or more to be
furnished properly decorated, but no
pictures of or name of any living Re-
publican to be used in said decoration;
rooms for the N itiDEal Committee and
for Convention Committees; the EN-:
craving and printing of tickets, and
suitable music, all t., be free of cost to
the National Committees: Of the 49,
900 tickets printed, one-third, less l.
600 are to be turned over to st. Louis.
500 of this number 20 be given the G..
A. R., aud the other five hundred to
dist inguised guests, the distribution 10
be under the supervision of a sub-com-
nittee of the National Committee.
And it is specially stipulated that none
of the 5000 ticket IS to be distributed
by the st. Louis Citizens Committee
shall be. used in tn interest of any
candidate. 1t would seem that in that
the National Commit ee had
taken every possible preeauticn to
avoid ground for any just charge of
The Dem cratic party ISM. going to
wait until the holding of it's National
to split into gold and sill.
yer factions. The split has already
come. Within stones throw of the |
o. S. Capitol The headquarters of the |
silver faction, which is being led by
Senator Harris. of Tenn, has been
and fig bearing the mot
70, "No quarter to b. goldI Democrats"
flung to the breeZ'. One of the silver |
Democrats speaking of the split said: |
8 The Democrats have no possible |
chance to lect president next year,
out We are d, trrmiled to settle for good
Md all wl,elh,r 1T is to Il gold party or
silver party he her Grover Cleveland |
. to make lis platform, or majority
,f the delegat IS elect d 10 its National
convent ion The light will be to death,
md the survivors can then proceed to
Il new Democratic party on
What is-lrft, which may get into fair
lighting condition for campaign of 49,
10.
Senator Sherman proposes making
ct speech ai an early day to show how
i-iculous that porti N Of the Presi=
ent's message which treats Of finance
eally is. Speaking on the subject,
senator Sherman said: From Jan. 1,
$50, when We resumed specie pay
nents, until Mr.. Cleveland assumed
lie office Of President there was no diff
Guilty in nlain' ainin- the gold reserve.
During tliat period il never cost one
ullar to ge; all the gold necessary for
he reserve fund. Gold naturally came
m n LG Traastt i'm pvchanoo for TT | .