The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-19
sShingtOD letter.

Washington, June 10Th. 1896
President Cleveland adhered to his SEN
sible rule OF refusing to 90 to the capitol
to sign bills passed during the last hour
of the session. and insisted upon hav-
ing all bulls sent to the White House,
where he could give them careful exam
nation, as is usually the custom.
Ry far the most interesting event OF
the closing hours Of the sesSi''u uf con-
yress WAS the short humorous speech
made IN the hUusa by, Private Jonn
Allen, of Mass. After e cirIng 10 the
universal criticism of his silence dur
ing the session, he said: Il desire to
say however, that there has been little
At this session of congress to INSPIRE
man to be loquacious. And | want to
say further that | am not the only great
statesman whose recent career has been
distinguished by his silence. There are
a good many of us leaders, Mr. Speaker,
who have not been talking much lately
But | have not got ANYBODY to go
around and certify as to what my views
,re. ! notice that Il distinguished gen
tleman, who they say is about to be
nominated for the presidency of the
United States. has man in every bail
wick giving a certificate of what his
views on the financial question are. but
we cannot hear anything from him
Now, | do submit that people are auth
orized to certify all sorts of ways for
him, for he has certified all sorts of ways
for himself in times gone by. l have a
number of his speeches IN my pocket.
do not know which one he stands on
i,t,t h. l,as oil Of of
this question, and people are giving out
certificates for him on all sides of this
question. They say that an egg that
goes around the country with certifi
cate that it Is good egg is not safe
egg to buy, because, they say that egg
never starts out with a certificate until
| it gets under suspicion" Mr.. Allen s
speech was interrupted at every sentence
with laughter and applause and it was
| evident that Speaker Reed enjoyed his
| whacks at Mckinley.
| Gov. Boies, of Iowa, who is himself a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton, doesn't take any stock in the idea
that Senator Teller, or in fact anybody
but tried and true Democrat, will head
| she ticket nominated by the Chicago con
ventiOn. In a letter from Gov. Boies,
| received by close friend in Washing
ton this week, he says: "It would in
my Judgment, be absolutely impossible
to unite any considerable number oi
the delegates 20 that convention in fav
or of nominating any one outside Of
the party, for the head of the ticket
at least"
The house and senate split their diff
ferences on the battleship question, anC
the bill as sent to the president provided
for three battleships, one to be con
structed on the Pacific coast, provided
II can be done at cost not exceeding Z
per cent in excess of the price paid 70
the others, and directs the secretary o
the navy to make no more contracts TO
armor plate until congress acts on tn,
subject
Representative Stallings, of Ala, de
nOunced the remarks made by Repre-
sentative Linney, of \. c., in favor O
the unseating of Representative Under
wood, of Ala, which was accomplished
by vote of 116 to 10Y, as the dirties
abuse of his own section ever delivere,
by a white man"
Secretary Carlisle's answer to the sen
ate subcommittee which will investigat
the bond issues, by direction of a senat
resolution, was given to the papers thI
week. 1t is long document and goe
quite fully into the details of the bon,
issues, giving the reasons for every aC
Of the administration in connection
herewith. and showing that the cause
originated under Harrison's administra
ton. 1t is expected that Secretary Car
Isle will be one of the first witnesses VIII
will be heard when the investigation be
gins, which will probably be inside G
ten days.
Senator Gallinger, of n. H, who ha
aspirations to help manage Mckinley
, campaign, was asked what sort of plat
I form the St. Louis convention woul
adopt. His reply was: at will be tn
: kind of a platform that will win'' Tha
tells the whole story. While there are
few Republicans like Senator Hawle,
who is single standard gold man, an
p | Senator Teller, who is silver man. VIII
put principle above everything els,
the great majority of the party and {
the delegates to St. Louis, are only i
+ tent upon framing platform that wi
win, regardless of principles.
: Nearly all the Republican membe
of congress have gone to st. Louis
help fix up that straddle to be used {
7 the financial plank of the Republica
2 platform.
e While 1t is generally believed that NJ,
f Kinley will get the Republican nonin,
ton, his managers have got to kee
u wlde-wake or they will see him q
: trlcked out of it. There has been
{ heap of plotting here, and if an oppo
| tunIty Is given them the nlOttarS will ~,
set the Mckinley machine. NJ.