The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1896.

w ASHlNGTON, May 10, 1876.
If Speaker Reed would abide by
the wishes of the rank and file of
his friends and admirers, he would
take the second place on the ticket
to be nominated at St. Louis, if
he cannot get the first place and
Gov. Mckinley seems to come very
near to having mortgage on that.
In fact there can be no doubt that
the combination Of those two names
on the tiket would give satisfaction
to more Republicans than any other
that could be made, and aside from
those who have personal reasons for
wishing one or the other of them to
head the ticket, it is probable that
Reed and Mckinley would be
equally as satisfactory as Mckinley
and Reed. Whatever may be the
relations existing between some of
their individual friends, Speake"
Reed and Gov. Mckinley, although
for the second time rivals for high
party honor, are on the most cor
dial terms with each other; and
they have already proven by the
great work they did in the fiftieth
Congress after haylng been rivals
for the Speakership of the House,
that work well in double harness and
make a very strong team. That
neither of these men should banker
after the Vice Presidency is not
strange, but they are both thorough
Republicans, and as such would
not refuse to accept duty imposed
on them by the National ConYen-
ton. 1t is safe to predict that if
the Convention selects these two
men neither will decline.
1t might look little queer to see
Senator Hill make speech at the
Chicago Convention nominating
Mr.. Cleveland for a third time but
precisely that no prediction was
made in my hearing by gentleman
who has been singularly fortunate
in foretelling political events. Mr..
Hill must be anxious to see Mr..
Cleveland get worse drubbing
that the voters of New York gave
to David B. when he ran for Cover
nor against Gov. Morton, if he is
really thinking about nominating
Mr. Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland has rewarded Com
missioner Lochren for carrying out
his pension policy by giving him
life job as U. S. Judge for the dis
trict of of Minnesota. Dominick
l. Murphy, of Pennsylvania, now
First Deputy, has been nominated
to succeed Lochren as Commissioner
and n. p. II. Dana, now chief of
division in the office, to succeed
Murphy. There will be no change
in the Cleveland Pension policy
until after the 4th of next March.
1t has been evident for some time
that Col. Dupont would not be
seated as Senator from Delaware.
The combined Democratic and Pop
ullst vote makes a majority of l in
the Senate, and that was the mar
gin upon which Col. Dupont was
kept out of the seat to which he was
entltled. If the Populists had
voted against Col. Dupont on con-
yiction, there would be "no kick
coming" to the Repu olicans, but
they didn't.
About six men in the Senate will
prevent the adoption of Senator
Morgan's joint resolution instruct
ing the President to recognize Cuban
bellIgerency, although all the other
Senators, nine-tenths of the House
and an overwhelming majority of
the people of this country favor its
adoption. 1t is the same old story.
This handful of Senators have in
dictated their intention to talk all
summer if necessary, to prevent a
vote on Senator Morgan's resolution
and the other Senators know that
the Senate rules are such that it is
only question of physical endur-
ance that Will stand in the way of
the threat being carried out. Con-
Sequently there is not much proba-
bility that the resolution will be
seriously pushed. Some day the
Senate will probably have rules
which will enable the majority of
it's members, and not q determined
and obstinate minority, to say what |
shall be done and to do it. Until
then wise men will not expect too
much from the Senate.
The Senate wants to know little |
more about what is being done in
behalf of the Americans who were