Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-05-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspouden,
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cleveland intends to get hinso,.
nominated again. said a New VA.
bushes man who came to Washino
ton last week especially to find ~.
Mr.. Cleveland's intentions, sand u
is going to get up war scare. ner
haps and actual war, in order Ia heln
his chances of election, which
strange to say, be thinks are alraad,,
good.n The publication of the na,os
of the man who used this lanpuaco
would create big sensation, but =
was only upon pledge that it womb
not be done that the man to whom bo
talked repeated it to your cores.
pendent. There is plenty of evidence
in sight Indicating that the man cor.
rectly stated Mr.. Cleveland's intep.
tions. The activity of the admins
tration agents in fighting the silver
democrats is known to be personallv
directed by Mr.. Cleveland, and 70.
cent movements in connection win
Cuban affairs are significant. Gen
Fitzhugh Lee never would have been
sent to Cuba as Consul General If 10
had only been expected to perform
the ordinary duties of that position
Just what his part of the game is 10
be is not yet apparent, but it NAV he
set down as certain that he has an
important part to play. So too, with
the strong squadron of warships
which the administrator has been
gathering in Hampton Roads for
many months. These vessels are.
it is believed, gathered for a purpose
1t will be remembered that the
Spanish minister cabled to his gov.
eminent several months ago that
Mr.. Cleveland had promised to keen
his hand off the Cuban revolution
until June. 1t looks like that prom-
ise was going to be kept, AfterJune
the democratic convention will be
held. Then Mr.. Cleveland will know
whether that war scare will be worth
while.
A petition signed by 81 senators.
20 republicans and PETER and Butler.
populists, reading as follows, has
been sent to the finance committe:
"The undersigned request that, in
case any bill relating to internal
revenue or the tariff is considered by
the senate at the present session the
committee on finance will move and
support the addition of clause pro-
viding for an adequate duty on WOOL
In note which accompanied the
petition Sen. Chandler wroteSen Nor
rill that the petition had not been pre-
scented to any member of the finance
committee for signature, nor to either
Of the republican senators who had
voted against taking up the DINGHY
bill, and that some senators were out
of town who would have signed it,
and closed with the statement that
he believed all the republican sena-
tors and the populists to be in favor
of putting duty on wool whenever
any amendment of the present tariff
laws is made.
The house by nearly two-thirds
refused to accept the senate amend
ment to the navel appropriation bill
reducing the number of battleships
provided for from four to two, and
the talk of the members indicates an
intention to stick, which will, if per-
sisted in, win.
The house got tired of waiting for
the senate to take the initiative in
the matter of adjournment, and last
week adopted resolution to adjourn
on May Is. This means that the
house will be ready to adjourn on
that date, but what the senate intends
to do is yet to be learned. It Is prac-
tically certain, however, that adj
journment will not take place Oh the
date mentioned.
The number of republicans III con-
gress who do not think that Gov
Mckinley will be nominated and
elected president has been materially
lessened by the occurrences OF the
past week. But those who still hold
out that he willnot be nominated are
very positive, although they do not
say who will be.
The senate committee on foreign
relations reported bill authorizing
the postmaster general to make a
contract with any company which
may lay cable to Hawaii e pay az
annual subsidy not exceeding Sl6oVo
for the carrying Of government mes
sages.