Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-30
Washington, Noe. 18Th, 1895.

/ attacked many men elected TO Inc
Presidency. This disease has many
names, but is most popularity and
comprehensively known as the ssbig
| head.'' One Of the indications show
ing that Maj. Mckinley has happily
escaped an attack of the 'Sbig head"
| is that he has engaged Inauguration
/ quarters for himself and family at the
same Washington hotel in which he
and Mrs. Mckinley made their home
during his entire Congressional ca
reer, instead of at the fashionable
| hotel which has been made the in
auguration stopping place of the Pres
idents elect and their families for a
long period. This is little thing in
itself, but it means much. It means
in the first place that he considers
what was good enough for RepreseR-
tative Mckinley is good enough for
President elect McKinly, and it in
| cidentally makes known to all that
his elevation to the highest place in
| in the gift of the American people has
not caused and will not cause MIN to
| forget friends he had when he filed
the more modest position OF one of
three hundred odd members of the
| House. This little incident serves to
| emphasize one of the strongest traits
in Maj. McKiniey's character, loyalty
to country, loyalty to party and loyal
ty to friends-a trait Of which any
man should be proud
All the Indications are that Mr..
Cleveland is going to have hard sled
ding this winter. The silver demo-
Gratis blame him for Bryan's defeat
and they are determined to get all the
revenge they can in every way that
they can. Some OF them want TO
hang up every nomination sent TO the
Senate by Mr.. Cleveland, and that
proposition will be made and advocat-
ed at caucus of silver senators to be
held as soon as Congress assemblies.
Under the circumstances, the repub-
lican Senators cannot be expected TO
aid Mr.. Cleveland in any fight that ne
may have with the silver Senators,
even if they would not by depriving
President Mckinley and themselves
of patronage It is generally under
stood that Mr. Cleveland will recon
mend in his annual message to Con
gress and will endeavor to get
through at this session internal re-
venue legislation which will furnish
enough money 90 make up the deficit
hoy
do for the purpose of trying to place
obstacles in the way of tariff legisla-
ton on protection lines by the extra
session of Congress which republicans
nearly all expect President Mckinley
TO call as soon as he is inaugurated.
1t is Mr.. Cleveland's idea that if the
needed revenue can be provided for
by internal revenue taxation at the
present session OF Congress, the re-
publicans will be deprived Of one of
the strongest arguments in favor of
tariff revision and that business pres
sure can be brought TO bear upon
President Mckinley against calling
an extra session. Needless to say,
this idea is not shared by republicans,
who, as rule, believe that President
Mckinley and republican Congress
were elected to give the country
protective tariff and restore the pros
perity which has always been enjoyed
when our industries were protected,
and that protective tariff law which
will furnish the revenue needed to
+Lo crounrnroon+ will ho bo
leading feature Of the Mckinley ad-
ministration and Of the fifty fifth
Congress.
The most pronounced spoilsmen
among the democratic Office holders
have suddenly become the most ar
dent advocates Of the civil service re-
form law. Even Logan Carlisle, Chief
Clerk of the Treasury department,
who has been directly instrumental in
the discharge or reduction of more
republicans than any other one man
connected with the administration,
has turned civil service reformer. Lo-
gan does not hope to remain IN Office
himself, but he has a large number of
democratic friends whom he has
promoted to places taken from re-
publicans, and who are drawing sal |
aries in excess of their merits as
clerks, whom he hopes TO see kept in
Office But the republicans, who, not
withstanding their good record, We're
reduced to make higher places for
democrats are not without influential |
friends. and while no democrats in |
the classified service are likely to be
dismissed solely for political reasons, |
il is extremely probable that many
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