Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-06-20
SECOND DISTRICT POLITICS
AS Seen In Washington-Th Original
Mckinley Man.

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1 WASHINGTON. June I5.-The center
of political news is for the time trans.
ferred from Washington to St. Louis,
and even the knowledge that it will
shortly return is not sufficient to keep
Washington from being little bit
envious. 1t is generally predicted
that the convention will not finish up
its work before the close of the week,
notwithstanding the avoidance ofauy-
thing like a real contest over the
nomination of the head of the ticket.
Very few prominent Republicans will
get the news of the convention in
Washington. Those Senators and
Representatives who have not gone
to the convention have gone to their
homes. Among the latter are Speak
er Reed and Senator Allison.
/ Senator Harris subcommittee be-
gan the bond investigation ordered by
Senate resolution, today, with the ex-
animation of Secretary Carlisle, but it
isn't conducted behind locked doors
as Mr.. Harris at first proposed.
/ There is no doubt about the s'hard
luck of the present administration.
The turning down of Carlisle and
Hoke Smith and the certainty that
the Chicago convention will be for
silver emphasizes it, and it seems thet
the hard luck" is to extend to the
individual aspirations of other menu
bers of the administration. Some time
ago Postmaster General Wilson, the
gentleman whose name was given to
the tariff bill which was repudiated by
the Gorinan-Brice combine in the SEN
ate and replaced by one only slightly
better, announced that he would try
to get back to the House from the
second West Virginia district. This
didn't worry the Republicans even
little bit, but they supposed that it
settled the Democratic nomination for
that district. That was what Mr.. Will
son thought, too. But it didn't. And
the latest is that the Democrats of the
district are going to endorse Popu-
list for Congress, on free silver plat
form, and let Mr.. Wilson go up Salt
River with the rest of the administra-
ton. According to information re-
ceived by the Congressional campaign
committee, it doesn't matter what the
Denis and Pops do in that district, as
Representative Dayton's renomina-
ton and election are practically sure.
There may be some doubt about
who was the original Mckinley man,
but there is none about who was the
first Nc Kinley delegate to the Repub-
lican National Convention. Accord
ing to letter written by Secretary
Bowling of the National Republican
League. that honor belongs to Hon.
VIM. P. Pierce, who was elected from
the third Georgia district, and who
made the motion which was adopted
Feb. 10, 1896, instructing the dele
gates from that district to support
Hon. VIM. Mckinley for President.
DIR. Delgado and his father. two
naturalized American citizens who
have recently been the victims of
Spanish brutality in Cuba, where
they own plantation, are in Wash
ington for the purpose of trying to get
the administration to compel Spain to
pay for their property. which was
wantonly destroyed by Spanish
soldiers, and to give them redress for
personal injury and insults. These
gentlemen would have done Just as
well to remain away from Washing
ton for the present, as it has been an
nounced that Mr.. Cleveland would do
nothing about Cuba, as he fears that
Spain might resent anything like
positive action by declaring war
against the United States. Should
Spain do that it might interfere with
Mr.. Cleveland's summer fishing plans.
The Delgados have seen Secretary Oh
ney and placed proof of their bad treat
ment by the Spanish soldiers in his
hands, and they are hopeful that some
thing will be done for them, although |
Mr.. Cleveland would not even see
them. And something will be done
for them, and for all other American
citizens-by the Republican admins
tration which will assume control |
March 4. 1897. ~
Either the United States needs a |
minister to Mexico or it doesn't. fit
does, somebody should be sent there
who will spend at least one-half of his
time at his post of duty. which is
more than Ex-senator Ransom, of
North Carolina. has done. He was
appointed to the position at the ex-
piration of his term in the Senate, |
March 8, Eos. Since then he has
spent considerably more than one
half his time in the United States. He
has been back three or four times, and
upon each occasion has made a pro-
longed stay in Washington and at his
home. He was presumably ION leave"
upon each of these trips; but his
worship of Mr.. Cleveland is not a suf
ficient reason for granting him so
much time fer which the public pays
him his salai and there seems to be
no other. He is now in Washington.
Gould Not Eat or Sleep.
GLENwooD, w. VA. May IS, 1896.