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Convention, Gov. Mckinley will be
the Republican nominee and the next
President. While nobody knows ex.
actly why that visit was made. no,
what was its result, it has certainly
pleased the republicans, those who
have from the first supported Gov.
Mckinley as we'll as those who sup.
ported other candidates. 1t indicates
for one thing that the st. Louis Con.
vention is not to be followed by the
sulking which had much to do with
Republican defeat in "a and in 'o2.
The House cannot be accused Of
having any surplus love for Mr.. Cleve.
land. but it very promptly sat upon
the notoriety seeking resolution o.
Representative Howard, the Alabama
Populist. impeaching the President.
Before Howard could make the sensa.
tional speech he started, Representa-.
tive Dingley raised the question Of
consideration against the resolution
Speaker Reed at onceput the question
and by practically unanimous vote
the House refused to hear Howard.
There is much doubt about that in.
vestigation of the bond issues by this
administration which the Senate di.
rected to be made. According to Sen
ator Harris, who is chairman of the
subcommittee which will do the in.
vestigating, it may be finished in
three days or itmay take three months.
1t will not begin until Secretary Car
Isle furnishes the committee all the
details of the several bond issues.
While indicating his willingness to
do this. Mr.. Carlisle told the commit
tee that it would take considerable
time to prepare the statement. Some
criticism has been aroused by the re-
port that the investigation would be
secret.
1t is well known that neither Sena-
tor Vest nor Senator Blackburn has
any love for the present administra-
ton. The other day Vest approached
Blackburn and said; Joe, don't you
think Morton is the blankest fool who
ever held Cabinet position?" Black
burn took long pull on the long
black cigar he had just lit and replied:
Cant answer the question, Vest;
I'm committed to Hoke Smith
Senator Sherman had no difficulty
in showing that those Democratic
Senators who expressed their anxiety
to join hands with the Republicans
and pass non-partisan bill which
would give the government the reve.
nues which all the Democrats now ad.
NIT that it needs were merely making
grand stand play for the purpose o.
trying to escape responsibility for be-
ing willing that Congress should ad.
journ without providing for the legit.
innate needs of the government. All
that Mr.. Sherman did was to cal
their attention to the Dingley Emer.
gency Revenue bill which was passed
by the House early in the session, and
which comes as near to being an abso,
lutely partisan tariff bill as any
measure ever passed by either branch
of Congress. That brought out the
cloven foot of the Democratic Senators
and they at once declared that they
would never support that bill. 1t is
the countrys misfortune that the Re.
publicans cannot poll majority O
votes in the Senate, but it will be
remedied in the near future.
The bill prohibiting further issue o.
bonds without specific authority o.
Congress is being debated in the Sen.
ate. 1t has been virtually settled by
the several test votes which gave the
bill the tight of way that majority
of the Senate favors the bill, but il
there was any probability that the
bill could pass the House it would
not be allowed to come to vote in
the Senate, and it is not certain that
it will anyway.
The House last week passed bill
placing additional restriction upon
immigration, but the Senate commit
tee thinks the Lodge bill better
measure, and it has been reported to
the Senate as a substitute for the
House bill. They both shut out illit-
crate immigrants.
The date of the adjournment is
thought to depend largely upon the
River aud Harbor bill now in Mr..
Cleveland's hands. He is expected
to veto it, and Congress will not adj
journ until after it has passed over the
veto.
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