Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-11-16
THE POLITICIAN.

Whether the republicans will decide
to attempt to put the Dingley emerg-
epcy tariff bill, which was passed by
the House at the last session of Con-
gress, through the Senate at the COM
ing session, or will wait until the Fifty
fifth Congress meets and then pass a
general tariff bill is question yet to
probably make the decision. If the
republicans are to control the Senate
after the 4th of March the chances
would be against the passing of the
Diugley bill at the coming session, as
that bill is only intended to be in eff
feet two years from the date it be-
comes law, and while it is an excel
lent emergency measure and would
serve the purpose for which it was in
tended-to bring the revenues of the
government up to it's expenditures-it
is not what most republicans would de-
sire as permanent law. If the re-
publicans are not to control the Senate
after the 4th of March it is probable
whatever else may be done it is abso-
lutely necessary that the revenue of
the country be increased, for one of
the certainties of the near future is
that no bonds will be issued by the
Mckinley administration.
The opposition are doing more wor-
rying over the probable makeup of
President McKinley's cabinet than the
republicans are. Republicans know
that Maj. McKinley's wide experience
in Congress and his extensive acquaint-
ance with members of the party in all
sections of the country make it we'll
nigh impossible for him to make any
mistakes in selecting his cabinet, con-
sequently they are perfectly satisfied
with the outlook and there is no doubt
that they will be equally well satisfied
with the cabinet when it is announced.
The party has SO many available men
that Maj McKinleys greatest difficulty
will be to decide which of them he
shall honor with cabinet portfolios.
Men who have talked with him within
the week say that he has as yet given
the matter no serious consideration.
There is plenty of time to decide upon
the personnel of his administration.
Lit. Coy. Worst, of North Dakota,
who is also president of the Agricul-
tural College at Fargo, was in Wash
ington last week to attend the meet
ing of the National Association of
American Agricultural Colleges and
experiment Stations. He says the re-
publican majority in his state was
about 1000 above expectations Speak
ing of the meeting of the legislature,
in January next, to elect a successor
to Senator Hansbrough, Mr.. Worst
said that the Senator's reelection
would be antagonized, although no
other avowed candidate is yet in the
field, and that he would not attempt
to say whether Mr.. Hansbrough would
succeed himself, but was absolutely
certain that the man elected to the
Senate will be repu blican.
The absurdity of the gossip alleging
that gold democrat would be invited
to become a member of President-elect
McKinley's cabinet has become so ap-
parent that it has been dropped, and
the gossipers have come down to the
common sense and probable basis of
saying that several gold democrats of
prominence will be given judicial and
diplomatic positions under the coming
republican administration. That will
be all right and no republican will
raise any objections to the bestowal
of such honors in payment for the work
and votes of the gold democrats, but
place in the cabinet would be horse
of another color entirely.
The agreement of Great Britain to
arbitrate the Venezuelan boundary
dispute is much more than a triumph
of the principles of peace. 1t is an Off
cial acknowledgment of the correct
ness of the Monroe doctrine as laid
down and maintained by every Presi-
dent of the United States since Monroe,
and when this acknowledgment comes
from the greatest Europeon power it
makes it practically certain that the
Monroe doctrine, which we were told
not long ago by English authorities
had not status as international law,
will in future be recognized as binding
upon all nations While few Ameri-
cans ever had the slightest doubt of
the binding nature of the Monroe doc
trine, because of their knowledge that
behind it was a possible army of 1O.-
900, 900 of the best fighting men the
world ever saw, it is far better to have
obtained its recognition through the
peaceable channels of diplomacy than
at the cannon's mouth.