The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-06
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Our Correspondent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sent. . Is

WASHINGTON, sept =, 1895.
Secretary Carlisle will go to Ken
lucky and take the stump for Colonel
Harding and the whole State ticket.
He is too good a Democrat to coute-
nance the fight which has been mis-
takenly made upon Colonel Hardin,
because of financial opinions which
everybody knew he held before he was
nominated for Governor, and which
are not legitimate issue in the State
campaign, anyway. Secretary Car
Isle will have but one object in
view in going into this campaign.
aud that will he to bring about partys
harmony and the election of the Stale
Democratic ticket and Democratic
Legislature He has stared in the most
positive terms that he was not aud
would not become candidate Tor the
Senate before the Legislature to be elect
ed uor will lie take any part either
tor or against any other candidate. All
he asks is that the people keep the
State in the Democratic column and
seln Democrat to the Senate, both of
which will be easy if Democrats will
mon enemy instead of each other.
MIR. Benjamin Harrison's goose is
cooked, so far as his being Presiden-
tial candidate again is concerned. That
at least is the opinion of many of the
longest headed Republicans in WASH
lngton, some of whom want Harrison
nominated badly. Boss Quay is the
man credited with blocking Mr., Har-
Ln1 H. 1.
fight in Pennsylvania he would have
ceased 10 be factor in the national
politics of his party, but by winning
1t he obtained virtually the power to
cast the siXty-four votes Of Pennsylva-
MIA in the Republican G, INVENTION and
strong influence over votes from 9TH
er States. His opposition to Mr.. Har-
rlson was unavalling in '92, because
Mr.. Harrison had the Minneapolis
Convention packed with Federal office
holders, but it will be effectual in 1916,
so effectual that Mr.. Harrison will
have the good sense to get down in Or
der to save himself from being knocked
out.
Quay's triumph, in addition to fore
Ing Mr.. Harrison out of the running,
has given Tom Reed boom for the
nomination. But as this boom has no
better foundation than Quay's express
sion in favor of Reed several months
ago 1t would not be advisable for Mr..
Reed to lean too heavily upon it. He
would better trust the bicycle he has
had made to order; the strength of that
has been tested. Quay having got
copper -rlveted cinch OF those sixty
four votes will now proceed to dicler
with those who want them, and if
Mckinley will make better trade
than Reed, or Allison or Morton, than
either OF the others, it is Senatorial to.
gas to horse covers, that he can get
them. The probabilities all point to
Reed, however, simply because he is
in good position to offer dicker
which may land Quay on the win
ming side, where he wants to be. 1t
is generally admitted that Reed will
have the solid New England delega.
ton and number of scattering votes
from other States. If he can add to
these Pennsylv ania's siXty.four votes
he will enter the convention with
more votes than any other candidate,
which would of itself attract a number
OF unattached votes, perhaps enough
to nominate him on the first or second
ballot. A majority dominates in the
Republican Convention.
Hon. VIM. Clopton, of St Louis, L.
5. Attorney for the eastern district of
Missouri, is in Washington. He is
credited with always keeping posted on
Democratic sentiment in his section.
In the course of an interesting CONVEX
sation he SAID: THE present agitation
over silver will do the Democratic party
no harm in Missouri. The State will
be overwhelmingly Democratic in
1896. There is considerable talk out
our way about the candidacy of Col.
VIM. K. Morrison. | think that he
has the call over any other Democrat
in Missouri who has been mentioned
in connection with the presidency.
Morrison's long and honorable public
career, his unspotted personal charac-
ter, his conservatism, and his straight
Democracy are points in his favor not
to be overlooked. He is available
from every standpoint, and is popular
throughout the entire country.
Although Ex-senator Ransom has
been re-appointed Minister to Mexico,
his first appointment having been de-
claIed illegal by the accounting officers
of the Treasury, and is now on his
way back to Mexico, he will not be
able to draw any salary, either for the
time between the time of his first APP
pointment and the time that appoint
ment was officially declared to be lille
gal Or between this time and the date
upon which his last appointment shall
be confirmed by the Senate, owing to
legal technicalities. 1t will require
special act of Congress to pay him for
the time served under his first APP
pointment. but only his confirmation
by the Senate is required to enable him
to draw his salary from the date of his
last appointment.