Middletown transcript., 1896-11-21

| MLLl1AM friend virtually
i E.l.l1S confirming b 9
| EIN:I:OsTsO5i rumor that the
ss f Republican Nat
SS ional Committee
i &It would sh tIy
i Il open permanent
headquarters in Washington, from
which the educational fight against
the free silver fallacy, which is to oright
along until the truth has been argued
into the heads of all misguided people,
shall be directed. This move would
have been generally commended any
way, but the announcement that the
silver committee, the populist committee
and the Democratic committee intended
to maintain permanent Washington
headquarters and to keep up the dis
tribution of silver literature, made it
almost necessary. The silver senti-
ment would not have been half SO ex-
tensive if its opponents had
met argument with argument
instead Of wasting time laugh
ing at the silver men sending out CAM
paign literature several years ahead of
the campaign, and doing nothing them
selves. Mr.. Hanna knows how hard it
was to undo in few weeks the work
that the silver men had been doing for
several years; hence be has from the
day the campaign closed favored con-
tinuation of the education of the voters
on the silver question.
There is enough work on the bills al
4 ready passed by the House to keep the |
Senate busy until the close of the last |
session of the 6fty-fourth Congress,
but how many of those bills the Sem
ate will act upon, or even devote any
time to, is more than any man can |
really say. Among the important bills |
passed by the House and left unacted |
upon by tho Senate are the Dingley |
Emergency Revenue Bill, the bill to |
protect the Gold Reserve and provide |
for temporary deficiencies in revenue,
the bill to amend the customs admins
tratige law, the Bankruptcy Bill, the
Immigration bill ard the Pension Bill.
Doubtless other bills would have been |
| acted upon by the House had not the
disposition of the Senate to do moth
ing been SO apparent. How much of
that disposition remains will not be
certain until after Congress meets, not
withstanding the opinions pro and con
which some of the Senators have re-
Gently made public. It will be noticed
that men like Senator Morrill,, OF VT,
.sThe Father of the Senate" are not
attempting to say what the Senate will
do. Mr.. Aorrell is in Washington for
the winter, but he isn't making any
prophecies. /
Mr.. Cleveland's administration al
ways seem to have a war scare ready
to spring on the public. Having just
cotton rid Of the principal cause Of
friction with England by negotiating
a treaty providing for the submission
of the Venezuelan Boundary dispute
with England to arbitration, the Span
ish war scare is trOtted out in a new
dress. While no official statement has
been made to that effect, friends of the
administration say that it has trust
worthy information that Spain intends
to force war with this country if her
present campaign against the Cuban re-
volutionists fail, and the administrat-
ion is accordingly preparing to fight.
If Spain really had any such intention
it would be wise to prepare for war,
and in any event it will do no harm.
But it isn't at all likely that Spain has
any such intention. There has been
enough to prove to the world that the
men. or women, who are running the
government of Spain during the min 8
ority of the king are not models of wis., I
dom, but that is no reason why they 1
should be foolish enough to provoke
a war with the United States. It may g
be that some Spaniards are ignorant q
enough to believe that one-horse nat a
ion, like Spain, is in the same fighting 2
class with the United States, but it is Ri
to believe that men of suf- I
ficient education and intelligence to be ?
entrusted with official positions under
the Spanish Government, share such t
an absurd belief. At any rate, there s
is no reason for anybody to- lose any Q
sleep over the probabilities of war 8
with Spain. If the Dons haven't any
better sense than to get up q rnmpus 9
with US, they will find that the thrash
ing they will receive will be too sud- \
den and thorough to be dignilled by =
the name Of war. I
9
Mr.. Cleveland has decided to give "
Secretary Herbert place on the bench, :
and he would like to do as much for !.
Secretary Carlisle and Postmaster. Gem y
eral Wilson, but be has grave doubts y y
Is to whether the Senate will sanction =
she nomination Of either Of these men, 7
,wing to the prejudice Of the silver "
Senator'S against them and him. Re-
publican Senators will not be likely to
'ver exert themselves in helping him. u
g they will probably prefer to have all p
vacancies flled by President McKin-
ey.
Highest Of al IN Leavening pove,