Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondence
WASHINGTON. D. G.. NAV 90, 'se,

WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 90, 80.
Senator Quay's coming conference
with Gov. Mckinley bears out the
statement repeatedly made by your
correspondent that the rivalry for the
Republican nomination, so far as the
principles were concerned, was entirely
friendly. Needless to say that Repub-
licans generally are as much pleased
to know that this conference is to take
place as the Democrats are disap.
pointed. There is every reason for the
belief that Senator Quay will be author
lied to speak for Senator Allison and
Speaker Reed. In this connection it
may be well to recall a remark made
when Congress first met by one Of Gov.
McKinley's staunchest supporters. He
said: II believe that If Gov. Mckinley
is nominated he will ask Senator QUAY
to take the craftsmanship of the Ma.
tional Committee and manage his cam i.
paign." The anne gentleman said this
week that he thought Gov. Mckinley
had requested Senator Quay to come to
Canton in order that be might ask him
to manage his campaign.
Senator Sherman met Senator Cor.
man 3 amendment to the Fertilization
appropriation bill, providing for the
issue of 800, 900, 900 in three per cent
certificates of Indebtedness, which he
characterized as unexampled in the
history of the Government, with a
strong plea for the passage of the Ding.
ley emergency tariff bill, which would
furnish the money needed by the Gov
eminent without adding a cent to the
public debt and without burden to any
of our people. Senator German was
merely making a gallery play to empha.
size his charge that the appropriations
made at this session of Congress have
been extravagant. He knew that his
amendment would not be adopted or
he never would have offered It.. No
appropriation is too extravagant to re-
ceive his support, provided that the
money is to BIZ spent for the benefit of
his constituents, but he is always ready
to cut down elsewhere.
1t turns out that Mr.. Terrell, our
Minister to Turkey, was not summoned
to Washington to discuss Turkish af-
fairs, but to answer serious charges
against himself. He is charged with
being low and gross in his habits and
habitually using profane and vulgar
language in the presence of callers at
the United States Legation at Constan-
tinople. and as though that was not
enough he is charged with being utter.
ly incompetent, by reason of his lack
of familiarity with the usages of polite
socity, to protect American interests in
Turkey. These charges are made by
the American missionaries of all de-
nominations, now in Turkey, and were
originally sent to Washington by Rev.
H.O. Dwight, who failed to get an inter.
view with Mr.. Cleveland or Secretary
Olney on his first visit, being CURLY
informed at the State department that
he could present his charges in writing
and they would be filed. But he was
too smart to be caught in that sort of
a pigeon hole. He went to New York
and Boston for consultation with
friends, and the result was a second
visit to Washington, accompanied by
a committee of such influential men
that even before they demanded a
hearing for Mr.. Dwight they were in.
vited to lay the whole matter before
Mr.. Cleveland and it was so done.
Terrell has been asked TO explain, and
unless he can make it plain that he has
been slandered his official head will
fall.
Chairman Dingley, of the House Ways
and Means COMMITTEES, has made pub
lie q statement showing how that COM
mittee tried to increase the revenue of
the Government $40, 600, 900 a year by a
temporary tariff hill and how its at
tempt was baked by lack of a Repub.
lican majority in the Senate. The
statement closes with these words: THE
Committee on Ways and Means has
investigated the workings of the reci-
procity agreements made under the
tariff act OF 1890, and will present a re
port showing benefits of such recipro.
city. and declaring Unanimously, as
far as Republicans are concerned) for a
return to reciprocity and protection as
soon as the people shall elect a Repub.
iican Senate and President to
ate with a Republican House. This
seems to be all that is practicable un.
til the Republicans secure the Presi.
dent as well as the Senate.n