West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE BOND ISSUE OVER sUBsCRIB
ED BY S40O, 900. 900.
Ex- President Harrison Cequetting
For the Republican Nomination.
The New Ambassador to Germany.

The New Ambassador to Germany.
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. ID. c.,
February 8, 1896.
a substitute for the first Cuban
resolution has been reported from
the Senate committee on Foreign
Relations. 1t declares il to be the
opinion of Congress that the bel
ligerency of tho Cubans should be
recognized by the U. s.
The selection OF Hon. Edwin r.
Uhl, now Assistant Secretary of
State, to be Ambassador to Ger
many, appears to have given gen.
eral satisfaction to Democrats IN
Congress. MIR, Uhl has made a
splendid record in the State De-
partment.
HDHI
The House will. OF course. sus-
tain the report of the Ways and
Means Committee. that the House
do not concur in the free coinage
substitute for the House bond bill.
which was last week passed by the
Senate. Then there will be a con.
ference, the members of which may
be looked upon as mourners, as
both measures will die on their
hands.
Col. William Il. Morrison brands
as fabrications those stories sent
out from Chicags, as to what he
intended to do to control the fnan-
clal opinions of the Illinois delega-
tion to the National Convention.
lie said 81 have read the dis
patches from Chicago, aud will
say in reply that | havo sent no
message to the Democracy Of llli-
noise; by anyone whomsoever This
answers all the assertions and is as
good as u whole column Of denial"
n1nE
Ex- Congressman Hendricks, of
N. Y, who was in Washington this
week, said when asked what he
thought of the condition of the
Democratic party "Ob, Democ-
racy is all right; that is to say, its
cardinal principles are correct and
sure to endure. The root of the
tree is live and healthy, but some
excrescence have developed in the
top that need topping Off. have
no doubt that the party will get
back III the old conservative chan
nels in the course OF time"
The fight made on tho appropfi.
atlous for the Catholic charitable
institutions in Washington, in the
House this week, may not have been
Of itself thing Of national import
ancc, but it will be heard from.
inasmuch as it brought out the fact
that many Republican mem bers of
the House were, while claiming to
be fighting sectarianism, IN reality
merely acting as agents for the A.
+. A. They got so mixed up that
they defeated the District Of OoIum
bia appropriation bill; the first time
such q thing ever happened in the
House. The vote was afterward
rcconTdered and the bin sent back
10 committee.
R1gB
To say that President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were pleased
to know that the proposed issue Of
bonds was over subscribed 10 the
extent Of about S4Oo 900. 900 is a
very mild WY Of stating how those
gentlemen felt when the bids had
all been opened and tabulated. or
conrse, they, as we'll as everyone
else, realized that this bond issa
ing business is thoroughly bad, but
so long as Republican laws make IL
necessary TO do so, it Is naturally
gratifying to all members OF the
administration to know that 80
many people are ready aud willing
to invest their money in them. h
indicates q faith ia national finances
that cannot but have good effect