The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-01-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
prom our Regular correspondentJ

receive them after the 81. Louis
convention, should he be fortunate
enough to capture the prize Of the
Republican Presidential nominal
ton. That modest way of wearing
his honors is one of the many rea-
sons why almost everybody likes
Senator Allison, but it is also
source of weakness to him as a can
didate for the Presidential nomina-
ton, because it causes some people
to think that he lacks aggressive
ness.
Strange to say Gen. Harrson's
visit to Washington was not follow
ed by a flood of Presidential talk.
One reason for this somewhat I'M
usual exception was that Gen. Har-
rison himself positively declined to
discuss the subject, saying that he
was for the time out of politics..
In adopting that Armenian reso-
luton the Senate gave the world to
understand that Congress is willing
to go to any length in supporting
the President in protecting Amer
lean citizens in foreign countries.
A lot of tomfoolery has been
widely circulated concerning the
opposition in the Senate to the
Davis Monroe doctrine resolution
which was last week reported to the
Senate from the Committee on For
elgn Relations. 1t can he stated
upon the authority Of Senator
lodge, Of Massachusetts, who has
made careful and thorough can
Fass Of the Senate, that the Te8olu-
ton will be adopted, and that at
the outside there will not be more
than eight votes cast against it in
the Senate. 1t may not be voted
upon for ten days or two weeks yet,
as many Senators wish to make
speeches upon it, and the free coin
age substitute for the House bond
bill is still taking up the greater
portion of the time of the Senate.
But that bill will, it is expected, be
disposed Of this week, and then
there will be clear deck for the
Monroe doctrine speeches, and for
Senator Davis to press his resolu-
ton to vote.
The career Of Representative and
Senator. elect Money, of Mississippi,
Is viewed from the Washington end
Of the line, furnishes somewhat
striking picture of the ups and
Downs of the Southern politician.
Mr.. fernando De Soto Money
,an't to blame for his name at any
s3te-made his debut in National
politics as Representative of the
fourth Mississippi District IN the
forty-fourth Congress. He remain
ed in the House until the close of
the forty-eighth Congress. Then
NE became cheap Congressional
lobbyist, and renamed such-his
appearance indicated that he had
hard time too-until he succeeded
N getting himself elected to the
atty third Congress from the same
old district. Then things began to
go his way, although some of those
who had employed him as a lobbyist
must have gwen him some bad
Ealf-hours after his return to Con-
gress. He was reelected to the
present House, and last week was
elected for full term in the SEN
ate, beginning the day his term in
the House unprecedented 4, 1897.
There is more than one sex" hang
ing around Washington, lobbying
little, borrowing a little and drink
ing a great deal, who would like to
find out how Mr.. Money managed
to get up again after his first knock
down.
Senator Baker, Of Kansas, made
good impression with his speech
III favor Of the coinage of the Amer
lcan product of silver. in accord
ancc with his amendment to the
free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill, which is now be-
fore the Senate. He divided the
money ranks into three classes,
gold monometallists, silver mono
metallists and bimetallists, and an