The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-08

From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, May l. Democrats are de-
lighted with what now looks like the certainty
OF Mckinley's nomination for President by the
Republicans. If they can't beat Mckinley
they can't beat anybody. speaker Reed was
reported to be So Disguised with the result of
the week just closed that it required not II little
persuasion % prevent hlSanHuuucin@ his with
dr;lwal in favor OF Mckinley, whom he has
abandoned all hope oi defeating. The Mckin-
les iIcs want Reed to take the second place on
their ticket. bur hiS mind will have To undergo
It great change before he consents. 1t Is said
that Mr.. Reed feels very bitter towards Scna-
tor Proctor, of Vermont, on account OF his be
lief thar Proctor betrayed him 10 Mckinley III
hat state, IA the hope of getting second place
ON the Mckinley ticket, and il has been init
mated that Reed intends To have something 10
say about the trcachery OF Proctor, after the
meeting OF the st. Louis Convention.
General FitIhugh Lee Is i'll Washington Tor
he purpose OF receiving his final Instructions
before going TO Cuba as L. ). Consul General.
lie has mad several conferences with President
Cleveland us well rs with Secretary Olncy, and
| has probably been made fully acquainted with
he position the President intends To maintain
| towards both Cuba ANA Spain. lie expects TO
20 TO Havana this week.
President Cleveland will preside over the cX-
crCScs at the unvciling Of the equestrian statue
If Gen w. :. HancOck, on the Eth instant,
and may make il short Introductory address.
Following is the formal programme: Prayer,
| by Bishop Sa;teriee; star Span2led Banner
by Marine Band unVciing of statue, accent
panied by Artillery salute fired on the Wash
| ngton Monument ground address by Senator
| Palmer, OF Illinois, " no WAS u Major General
of volunteers Hail Columbia by Marine
| Band; benediction, by Rev. DR.. w. II. GOtt-
wald Post Chaplain, Department Potomac. G.
| A. Il. The military and evil parade. which
will prcccdC the unveling, VIII be under com
mand OF Brgudicr General Brooke, command
| ing the Department of Dakota. who Is III W ash
| rgton on visit. All of the U. s. Troops in
| reach OF Washington will take part in the pa
rade.
| W nile all Democrats regret the wrnngle he
weCn senators Hill, of New York, and Tillman
| nfS pnth (llrpliu.l here almost OF
| opinion among Democrats rs to who was N
| fault and who got the best of it. Senator Till
mans honesty is unqueStiOned. but his juag-
| mcnt is generally regarded as poor, and heard
one of the most prominent silver Democrats i'll
| Congress say that MIR. Ti!lmaut latest speech
had done silver more harm tntn all IFS enemies
had been able to dOit, by frightening cOnScrV;I.
| tive Democrats into the belief that there was
danger i'll the triumph of silver. y nurn' cr oi
silver Democrats in Congress deny that Mr.
| Tillman spoke for them when he declared that
| the silver Democrats would bolt JhC Chicago
| invention unless rs to ! free coinage plat.
| form was adopted, and agree with senator
Hiil's declaration that no man ought 10 hc All
nitted 70 the National Convent on who de-
clarcs in advance that he Will bolt il nc fails Il
ret anything he wants. Senator Hills anSwr,
| To senator rilmnn'S claim that the Democrats
| of the South were going to Chicago with only
one dca-tO get silver or To bolt-was level
headed enough to Do studied by every Demo
Graf. in the South rs well as elsewhere. He
sud mo it will not do for my friend to give
hat us the sentiment OF the South. The Demo
tGdCN 81 inc SOlitH Il Il''s tt ~ Nbllh
ton with one idea. The Democracy has more
than one idea. TIE South will go tn that great
gathering to confer, To compare. IT would bC
biiud !Ol Tor that great party to split, to divide
IN tne financial question. There Is more. iii
Democracy than the SINGLE question Of silver
here are the great questions OF patGrna!lSEn
NJ Capitalization, and the vital question OF
personal liberty of the citizen Mr. Hill ended
his remarks with this advice to the party: "ln
essentials unity: i'll noncssentials liberty in all
things charity.
senator \ iIiSgU'S reDutltiDU : GDlgpT is us
nd rs his aspirations To be the Presidential
| candidate of his party, therefore nobody was
surprised when he lodged the vote on Senator
Gorman's amendment to the Naval appr0pria-
ron bill reducing the number of battleships
provided for from to ., hut nearly everybody
smiled. The amendment was adopted.
According to the mOSt trustworthy informa-
lion which reaches Washington from Georgia
rx-Spcakcr Crisp will get that Senatorship rc-
rlrll"sS of the result OF the financial fight ion
supremacy which is being waged by the silver
lnd anti silver Democrats Of that State.
The House passed the bankruptcy bill Satur.
lay afternoon by nearly Il two-thirds vote.