Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-02-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
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wonderful lot of political freaks -
gathered together. He might
ton himself on the east portico AZ -
senate wing Of the capitol buildia
and make this little speech, vs.
right in ladies and gentlemen -
see my wonderful collection Of ~
torlal oddities; see Hill. Corr.
and all the euekoos, who. since =.
ing againt the free coinage snbs.'
tute for the house bond Bill ~
been suddenly transformed into RAJ.
pant advocates of the free coinage i
silver; see the poFulist senators bar
ing the wool pulled over their a..
| by the free trade democrats ~
this, and more, Uncle Sam mi,b
truthfully say, without exapgerat;,
the situation in the senate. ~
democratic senator is now advao.
ting the free coinage substitute 4
the house tariff bill, which Sena.s
Jones, of Nevada, helped them !,
report from the finance committea
The gold democrats are not dain
this because they have experience
a financial change of mind. bnt h.
cause they hope to be able to use il
free coinage club to cudgel the III,
out of the house tariff bill, repnbli
can measure, which if it became
aw would add $40,000,000 wear
the government revenues, and pre
vent the issue of any more bonds Id
the Cleveland administration.
General Harrison's letter Stain
that he was not and would not be
candidate before the St. Louis con
vention was no surprise to his friendl
in congress, among whom are twI
eX-members of his cabinet-Senato
Proctor, of VT, and Elkins, of w. VA
These gentlemen had known Of Gen
Harrison's determination for lon1
time, and they had informed most 81
the republicans in congress, 50 thl
letter created no sensation. In fact|
/ have it on good authority, that
/ would never have been written ex
cept for the persistency Of rupubli
cans in various sections in offerin1
their services to General Harrison.
for the purpose Of electing delegated
to the st. Louis convention Wild
would favor his nomination. Thers
is more or less gossip in Washingtol
as to which Of the other candidate
will get the influence of Gen. Hafr
son. Ny own opinion, based upon
long acquaintance with and study b
the conduct of the man, covering hi
term as senator and his four years il
the white house, is that none of then
will get it. Not because he has nj
preference, bu: because his unerrinI
sense of the fitness of things vii
prevent his making himself Liable
to be charged with trying to contro
the party, after having been twica
accorded its highest honor.
President Willetts of the nationa
farmers alliance, the supreme coun
ell of which was in session in WASH
ington last week, evidently endorses
some things said by Senator rillN
man about Mr.. Cleveland, as he said
in his annual address: we are liz
| ing today under a supreme dictator
i. called president, who openly dis
regards the will of the people, VIII
! defies congress and who openly dlS
regards constitution and law"
Mr.. Cleveland must feel like crawl
ing into hole and pulling the holf
in after him every time he looks a
the footing of those bond bids. Ii
was so afraid that the credit OF ~
II. S. was no good that he gave a syn
dictate $l0,000000 of the people
money to float a loan of S62,O0O0V
and it was only because he was III
tually driven into it that he otfert
the present loan of $l00,000,00O to III
dividual bidders, and then he handi
capped the offer by stating his fear
that all of the bonds would not
subscribed for, and that he woui
in the end have to fall back upo
that same old syndicate. Instead
failing to subscribe for all the bonus
as he expected, the issue is subscribe
for fives times over. OF course %
fact must not be overlooked that u
bidders for these bonds know Una
the republican party will be IN chafs
Of the government in litde more
than year.
BY new arrangement with the pull
fishers Of the New York Tribune
are still able to offer that great
per, weekly, and the Mineral fasn
Tribune, both, to cash subscriber
$3.50 per year. Here is an unflNulss