Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-15
THE POLITICIAN.

Every train that has left Washing
ton for St. Louis since the adjournment
of Congress has been crowded with
Republican Senators and Representa-
tives en- route to the convention, and
nearly every man of them expresses
the utmost confidence that the conven-
tion is going to do the right thing,
both as to candidates and platform. If
the sentiment of the convention is the
same as that of most Republicans in
Congress there is no doubt of the
nature of the financial plank of the
platform that will be adopted; it will
be only question of how the old Re-
publican policy of true bimetallism
shall be expressed There was a gen.
eral disposition among Republicans to
smile when it was announced early
this week that member of the ca BIZ
net had said that Mr.. Cleveland would
support the Republican ticket if the
platform adopted at st. Louis contain
ed gold standard plank. The object
of the announcement was palpab BILE to
all, but it will have no effect upon the
convention. The Republican party
has never been a single idea organiza-
tion and there isn't the slightest dang
er of its becoming such.
Delegate Catron, of New Eexico, had
the pleasure before Congress adjourned
of presenting strong report to the
House, from the committee on Terri
tories, in favor OF the bill admitting
New Mexico to statehood. The report
recalls the fact that as long ago as the
Forty-third Congress bill for the ad-
mission of New Mexico to the Union
passed both branches of Congress, but
was hung up because of Senate
amendment upon which the House did
not have time to act. Mr.. Catron is
confident that the bill will go through
all right at the short session of Con.
gress.
The Indian bill as finally agreed to,
limits government aid to sectarian In
dian schools to the fiscal year begin
ming July l, next and provides that
the money appropriated shall be as far
as may be equally proportioned among
the Indian schools of all denomina-
tions.
Chairman Dingley, of the House
Ways and Means committee, is one of
the comparatively few Republicans in
Congress who will not attend the st.
Louis convention. Before leaving for
his home to take long rest, which he
needs, he said: 81 regret that the Dem
ocratic friends of the administration,
and the silver men in the Senate, re-
fused to accept the relief for the Treas
ury contained in the emergency tariff
bill passed by the House A number
of prominent Democrats have told ne
that their party made serious blunder
in not taking that bill, which was
thoroughly non-par tisan in its con-
struction, and passing it through the
Senate as promptly as it passed the
House. Senator Hill has told me more
than once that his party associates
made a serious mistake in not accent.
ing that bill From party stand
point, he was obliged to defend the
administration and his party, but there
never has been any doubt in his lninc
about the insufficiency of the revenues
Not only has Senator Hill admitted
that fact, but Senator German anC
other Democrats have made similar
statements. Secretary Carlisle, il
spite of his public utterances to tn,
contrary, has admitted the insufficiency
OF the revenues, but, in justice to hin
will say that he has always accom-
panied the admission with an expires
sion of the hope that the next montl
will bring an increase. / have ap
pealed to Secretary Carlisle to use hi.
influence with the administration arc
his party in Congress to treat the sui
ject as purely business proposition
and divorce it from the narrow line.
of political sentiment and false parti
san pride. But he could not bring him