Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-11-21
SATURDAY, NOV. 81. 1896
THE POLITICIAN.

THE POLITICIAN.
Senator Morrill,, chairman of the
Senate committee on Finance, called
at the White House, by invitation, this
week and had an extended conference
with Mr.. Cleveland. As Mr.. Cleveland
is known to entertain high regard
for the opinions of Senator Morrill, on
questions of finance, Notwithstanding
their wide difference from his on the
tariff branch of the question, 1T is reas-
onably certain that he discussed with
Mr.. Morrill, the financial recommends
tions of his annual message to Con-
gress. It is also probable that he gave
Mr.. Morril, who naturally declines to
discus the matter for publication, a
hint as to whether he would sign or al
low the Dingley bill to become D law
without his signature, if it should be
passed by the Senate. Senator Morrill,
will probably acquaint his republican
colleagues on the Senate Finance COM
mittee with the nature of that con-
ference before they begin the work of
the coming session of Congress.
1t is an almighty good thing that the
Presidential election did not turn upon
the electoral votes of Virginia. If it
did, there would be the biggest sort of
row, as it is now charged that the
silver democrats of that state so
juggled the votes that what shonld
have been Mckinley majority of 25,-
D0O is made to appear Bryan majority
of something like 100000 Some of this
fraud may be shown up in Congress
ional contests
Col. 7. S, Clarkson, Commander-in-
chief of the G. A. r, stopped in Wash
ington on his way to New York to at
tend the big reception rendered him by
Lafayette Post of that city, and last
night he was honored with rousing
informal reception under the auspices
of the Potomac G. A. R. Col. Clarkson
and others made speeches which
aroused the enthusiasm of the veter-
ans to high pitch.
Nearly all the republicans among the
early Congressional arrivals in Wash
ington are outspoken in favor of the
calling of an extra session of Congress
for the purpose of passing tariff bill
that will at the same time give the
government the revenue it must have
and the protection needed by our home
industries Representative Grout, of
Vermont, voiced this sentiment when
he said, ~ would like very much to see
Congress meet in special session at noon
of the very day after the inauguration
of President Mckinley. The call for a
special session should certainly be the
very first act of the new administra-
tion. There will be votes enough in
the Senate to pass a republican tariff
measure, l am confident. If the votes
of the silver republican Senators from
the west are needed for that purposes
do not believe they will be withheld.
The constituents of these Senators are
ali protectionists, and it will be a diff.
ferent matter, that of ting clear
cut protective tariff measure, from re-
fusing to vote for a measure that even
its friends call makeshift, and which
there was no assurance that demo-
cratic President would sign. The
question of patronage, too, may cut
some figure with these men, for they
would not like to ALLEVIATE the admin
for the whole term of four
years."
The following resolutions adopted
by the Union Veterans Patriotic
League at meeting held this week
is self-explanatory:
Resolved, That the Union Veterans
Patriotic League continue it's organiza-
tion for the purpose of opposing any
effort, made by whatsoever party, to
depreciate our currency at a ratio of 16
to l, having had the experience of an
depreciation when serving
our country for Sl3 per month.
Resolved, That we will labor until
the last taps sounds against sectional
issue, mob rule, and attacks upon the
executive and Judiciary branches of our
The league is non-partisan and was
to oppose Bryan and the
Chicago platform.
The free traders and low tariff men
who supported McKinlev because of
the financial plank of the St LOUIS
platform are already moving heaven
and earth, SO to speals, in their efforts
to get some sort of patchwork legisla-
tion through the coming session of
Congress that will make up the de-
ficiency in the public revenues, and,
they hope, prevent any general tariff
legislation by the new Congress on
prOtectiva lines Tho administration is