The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-26
Otr-- WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, March 23, 1896.

my ~ o5CtI IttllI NllCu VI OiC ltSl'
Dental candidates is the ranking
favorite in Congress, has convinced
me that the average man, in or out
Of Congress, always sees future pOlit-
ical events as he hopes they will be.
The Mckinley men will not admit
that any other candidate for the
nomination is really IN the race,
Many of them claim his nomination
on the first ballot, and nearly all of
them not later than the third. The
Reed men are quite as confident
that the Speaker is bound to win.
The Allison men claim that they
will hold the balance of power and
that after there has been a sufficient
number Of ballots taken to show
that neither Mckinley nor Reed
can win that Allison will be nomi
udICO WIFI IL uuIIdl. llc MOIlOll
men and the Quay men are not say
ing much, except that they are play
ing waiting game and expect to
win, while the CullOm men, the
Henderson men and the friends of
several oGher candidates say just
wait; this is going to be dark
horse campaign, and our man S
chances are as good as those of any
body else.
Those Cuban resolutions have
now been before Congress for four
weeks, and while it's expected that
they will be disposed of this week,
there is nothing certain about it.
If Senator Morgan's joint resolution
for the recognition OF the belliger-
ency of the Cubans had come to the
Senate through the committee on
foreign relations, 1t might be adopted
but the Senate very seldom ignores
its committee reports. Therefore
it may be set down as certain that
the end of the matter whenever it
comes will be the adoption of the
committee report, IN favor of accept
ing the House resolutions as a sub
stitute for those ORDINARILY adopted
by the Senate.
If Secretary Lamont intends to
remain in politics for the purpose
of becoming Democratic candidate
for Governor Of New York, as many
believe he made a great mistake
when he wrote that letter attacking
Gen. N. A. Miles, by imputation,
If not directly, in order to prevent
Congress passing the bill providing
Cor revival of the grade Of Lieu
tenant-Geueral of the Army for Gen.
Miles. Already it must have be-
come manifest to Secretary Lamont
that he has stirred up a regular hor-
nets nest. Gen. Miles has many
friends, especially among the old
soldiers, and they have already be-
gan to take steps towards heading
off any political aspirations Secre-
tary Lamont may have.
Nearly all the answers received
to the circular letter sent out by the
House Ways and Means Committee
to importers and manufacturers in.
terested in the export trade strongly
favor renewal of the reciprocity
treaties abrogated by the Democra
tic tariff bill passed by the last Con
gress. This week the Committee
will devote to verbal hearings OF
the subject. 1t is almost certain
that the result will be bill proyid
ing for a renewal of the RECIPROCITY
treaties, but there is not much pro
liability that such a bill will becom,
law until after Republican presi
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From London Congress gets un
doubtedly authenic information
that Secretary Olney and Lord Sails
bury heve resumed the Venezuelan
negotiations just where they wer
brought up to the Monroe doctrin
communication but at the Stat,
Department IN Washington, nelthe
Congressman or newspaper mel
can get a word about what is being
done. 1t may have occurred befor'
but your correspondent does no
remember to have heard what on
state department was doing in i'm