Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-09
WASHINGTON LETTER
LOOKS LIKE nCKINLEY
Senate Diminishes I he
Number of Batte-S Ships
IiHhab aries the Eiet tor
iaI Vote Of Outh arc
linz in His VcSt-
Pocket?
FASTENING AN ADJOURNMENT

WAsmNeroN, ID G May 4th. 1895
While nothing is certain IN politics
until accomplished, the impression i
well nigh general in Congrss :, although
a few OF those who are committed o
other candidates will mot publicly say q :
much that Gov. sicKinley will be nom
ina ed for President by the ST Louis
convention. The original Mckinley
men express confidence that no ballot
will be taken, but that The nomination
will be made by acclamation. Or
course it is possible that something
may occur that will change matters
and it is largely upon that something
that the opponents of Gov. Mckinley
are now banking, but from the best OBJ
tainable information in Washington il
looks at this time as if Mckinley is
bound to win.
SENATE AND HOUSE, 70 DISAGREE.
Members of the House are disposed
to resent the action of the Senate in re-
ducing the number of battleships pre-
vided for in the Naval Appropriation
bill from TO ,, and the House will
probably refuse to agree to the Senate
amendment The House often refuses
to agree to Senate amendments, but
some how or other the Senate nearly
always succeeds in having its way, and
as members of the House are much
more anxious to get home-some OF
them have got to fight for renomina-
tiOn-than the Senators, this will pro
badly not be an exception TO the rule
If the Senate refuses to recede But
the vote in favor of the amendmen
was close-3l to 2T-and upon fuller
attendance of the Senate, enough votes
may be obtained to recede from the
amendment.
The House passed the general bank
raptcy bill 10y n vote of 1877 TO 81
Whether the bill will be disposed o
10y the Senate at this session is not yet
certain. Ii will depend largely OF
whether an agreement can be reache q
to limit the debate TO given time.
ANOTHER INN srIGATIoN
Representative Baker,of New Hamp
shire, has offered a concurrent resOlu
tion providing for an investigation b,
a select Congressional committee O
the recent purchase of seed by Secre
tary Morton. A preamble to the reso
luticn sets forth the charges mad
against Secre tary orr, ~ Chicag
firm OF seedmen; also Seer tary Nor
tons charge that Senators and Repre-
sent atiVes often di pose of their quot
of seeds Tor cash instead of havin
them sent to their constituents.
uNGENTLEMANLY RiMARKs-
If Senator Tillman OF 5 G.. was CIV
en his Just deserts lac would be expell
ed from the y. 5. enate for havin
insulted that body upon the Two occa
sions he has delivered harangues q
the floor OF the Senate oh amber, by
c0pious use of ungentlemanly langu
fsr lf-lS a
other public men just as harsh y q
Tilman did, and il being their right [
do so no objection has been made, bu
no other Senator has ever beich e
forth such a deluge OF billingsgate 4
Tillman did, and the worst feature
it is that he claims all his BLACKBOARD
ism TO be done in the name Of the pee
pie and in the interests OF reform III
reform of which Tillnan is the apost
is truly 90 be pitied How hollow il
may be Judged from the fact that Til
man drew his salary rs Senator for I'll
period he was travelling in the Wei
making blackguard speeches withOl
a blush Some of the aOlesJ silv,
men in Congress believe that Tillma
has done the cause of silver irrepar,
BILE injury by his wild talk. 1t must
calling to South Carolinians to read
Tillman's boast that he has the elet
torial vote of that state completel
under his control and can place
wherever he pleases. A more DISCUS
ing or disgraceful boast was never PIT
licly made in this country. 1t is Ii
tie more than the boldest political DO
has ever dared to do.
WILL HE COME FORTH?
1t is believed that when Senator II
stated in his speech. on the floor of Il
Senate, that he didn't believe NJ
Cleveland would again be candida
for the democratic nomination, tn
the foxy New Yorker was trying
smoke Mr. Cleveland out and get hi
to make definite d. claratiOn of
intentions. The wording of the pll
form adopted by the Michigan dem
cratic convention which was prohat
prepared by Don Dickins on, has j
creased the belief in Washington tn
Mr.. Cleveland intends to capture tn
nomination for himself unless the 5
YER democrats make it impossible
capturing the Chicago convention.
Although democratic Senators ia
assured their republican colleagu
that they would do nothing to preve
an early adjournment there is
lief in some quarters that the asst
ance had a string tied to it which "
become visible when the republics
report a resolution to the Senate s.
ting a date for ad journment.