Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
The Senate May Not Con
firm CIeVeland'S
Nominations.
civil Service uShCd by the
Democrats.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.

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WAsHINeroN, Nov. 23rd, '9o.
President elect Mckinley is free
from the disease which has suddenly
attacked many men elected to- the
Presidency Th disease has many
names, but is most popularity Known
as tn "big head" One of the indica-
tiOns showing that paj Mckinley has
happily escaped an attack of the 'big
head lis that he mas engaged Inaugural
tion quarters for himself and family at
the same Washington hotel in which
he and Mrs. Mckinley made their
home during his entire Congressional
career, instead of at the more fashion
able hotel which has been made the
inauguration stopping place of the
Presidents elect and their families for
"A long period. This is little thing in
itself, but it means much. 1t means
in the first place that he considers
what was good enough for Representa-
tive Mckinley is good enough for
President elect Mckinley, and it mel
dentally makes known TO all that his
elevation to the highest place in the
gift of the American people has not
caused and will not cause him to for
get the friends he had when he filled
the more modest position of one of
three hundred odd members Of the
House. This little incident serves to
emphasize one of the strongest traits
in Maj. McKinley's character, loyalty
loyalty to country, loyalty to party and
TO friends, trait OF which any man
should be proud.
MR.. CLEvELAND's TRIAL
All the indications are that Mr. Clev-
Gland is going to have hard shedding
all this winter. The silver democrats
blame him for Bryan's defeat and they
are determined to get all the revenge
they eau in every way they can. Some
OF them want to hang up every nomi-
nation sent to the Senate by Mr.. lev
Gland, and that proposition will be
made and advocated at n caucus OF sill
yer senators to be held as soon as Con-
gress assemblies. Under the circum-
stances, the republican Senators can
not be expected to aid Mr.. Cleveland
in any fight that he may have with the
silver senators, even il they would not
by helping Mr.. cleveland to get his
nominations confirmed be depriving
President Mckinley and themselves OF
patron age. There will be another and
a stronger reason fer his not getting
any assistance from republican Sena-
tors. 1t is generally understood that
Mr. Cleveland will recommend i'm his
annual message TO Congress and will
endeavOr to get through at this session
Internal revenue legislation which will
u-nish enough money TO up the deficit
IN government revenue.
An EXTRA SESSION
This he will do solely for the pur-
pose OF trying to place obstacles in
the way of tariff legislation on pro-
lection lines by the extra session of
4, t..L i. 4
expect President Mckinley to call as
soon as he is inaugurated. 1t is Mr.
Cleveland's idea that If the needed
revenue can be provided for by inter
nal revenue taxation at the present
session of Congress, the republicans
will be deprived OF one of the strong
est arguments in favor of tariff revi-
sion and that business pressure can
then be brought to bear upon Presi-
dent Mckinley against calling an ex-
ira session. Needless TO say, this
idea is not shared by republicans, who.
as rule, believe that President Nc
kinley and a republican Congress
were elected to give the country a
protective tariff and restore the pros
perity which has always been enjoyed
when our Industries were protected
and that a protective tariff law which
will incidentally furnish the revenue
needed TO operate the Government
. will be the leading feature of the Nc
kinley administration and the fifty
fifth Congress.
SUDDEN CHANGE
The most pronounced spoilsmen
among the democratic office holders
have suddenly become the most ar
dent advocates of the civil service re-
form law. Even Logan Carlisle, Chief
Clerk of the Treasury department,
who has been directly instrument al in
the discharge or reduction of more re-
publicans than any other one man
connected with the administration.
has turned civil service reformer
Logan does not probably hope to re-
main in office himself. but he has a
large number of democratic friends
whom he had promoted to places taken
from republicans and who are drawing
salaries in excess of their merits as
clerks whom he hopes TO see kept in
office. But the republicans, who, not
withstanding their good record, were
reduced to make higher places for
democrats are not without influential
friends, and while no democrats in
. the classified service are likely to be
dismissed solely for political reasons,
4 it is extremely probable that many of
them will get cOpIous doses OF salary
reduction early in the coming admin
. istration.
THE INAUGURATION
1t is already evidenced that the at
4 tendance at the Inauguration of Fresi-
8 dent Mckinley is going to smash all
Arecords. But no reader of this who
has an idea of witnessing the inaugua-
ration should allow the fear of large
crowd TO keep them away. Washing
ton knows how to handle a crowd, and
no city is so we'll prepared to do it
we'll and cheaply Let everybody
comet They can be assured of COM
Portable accommodation at reasonable
prices.
PRINCETON LETTER.