Middletown transcript., 1896-11-28

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most commonly and comprehensivly
known as the''big head" One
of the indications showing Major
Mckinley has happily escaped an at
tack of the "big head" is that he hal
engaged Inauguration quarters for him
self and family at the same Washing
ton hotel in which be and Mrs. Nc.
Kinley made their home during his en-.
tire Congressional career, instead of at
the more fashionable hotel which has
been made the Inauguration stopping
place of the Presidents elect and their
families for lorg period. This is a
little thing in itself, but it means much.
1t means in the first place that he COR
siders what was good enough for Re-
preventative Mckinley is good enough
for President elect Mckinley, and it
incidentally makes known to all that his
elevation to the highest place in the
gift of the American people has not
caused and will not cause him to fOr-
get the friends he had when he filled
the more modest position of one Of
three hundred-odd members of the
House. This little incident serves to
emphasize one of the strongest traits
in Major McKinley's character, loyalty
loyalty to country, loyalty to friends
trait Of which any man should be
proud.
All the indications are that Mr..
Cleveland is going to have hard sled
ding all this winter. The silver DEM
ocrats blame him for Bryan's defeat
and they are determined to get :all the
revenge they can in every way that they
can. Some of them want to hang up
every nomination sent to the Senate
by Mr.. Cleveland, and that proposition
will be made and advocated at a eau.
Gus of silver senators to be held as
soon as Congress assemblies. Under
the circumstances, the Republican
Senators cannot be expected to aid Mr.. |
Cleveland in any fight that be may have
with the silver Senators, even if they
would not by helping Mr.. Clevela to |
get bis nominations confirmed be de-
priving President Mckinley and them
selves of patronage. There will be
another and stronger reason for his
not getting any assistance from Repub-
lican Senators. It is generally UNDER
stood that Mr.. Cleveland will recon-
mend in his annual message to Con-
gress and will endeavor to get through
1t this session internal revenue legis-
lation which will furnish enough money
70 make up the deficit in government
'evenue. This he will do solely for
;he purpose of trying to place obstacles
n the tariff legislation on protection
ines by the extra session of Congress
which Republicans nearly all expect
President Mckinley to call as soon as
10 is inaugurated. It is Mr.. Cleve-
and's idea that if the needed revenue
ian be provided for by enternal reve-
lue taxation at the present session of
Congress. the Republicans will be de-
rived of one of the strongest argu- !
nents in favor of tariff revision and
hat business pressure can then be
rought to bear upon President Nc I
linley against calling an extra session. =
leed]ess to say, this idea is not shared '
y Republicans, who, as rule, believe o
hat President Mckinley and a Repub- =
can Congress we're elected to give the r
ountry protective tariff and restore
be prosperity which has always been c
njoyed when our industries were pro-
scted, and that protection tariff law 9
'hich will incidentally furnish the rev. '
nue. needed to operate the Government a
ill be the leading feature of the Nc a
linley administration and Of the fifty u
fth Congress. t
c
The most pronounced spoilsmen :.
mong the Democratic office holders i
ave suddenly become the most ardent
dvocates of the civil service reform
w. Even Logan Carlisle, Chief Clerk .
the Treasury department, who has !
zen directly instrumental in the dis . =
large lor reduction of more Republ- 4
ans than any other one man connected .
ith the administration, has turned
vii service reformer. Logan does not .
robably hope to remain in Office him y
If, but he has large number Of
friends whom he had pro- .
oted to places taken from Republi- q
ms and who are drawing salaries in o
,cess of their merits as clerks whom =
hopes to see kept in Office. But the y
epublicans, who, notwithstanding y
cir good record, were reduced to ..
AXE higher places for Democrats are =. -
1t without influential friends, and -
lille no democrats in the classified ser ~
oe are likely to be dismissed solely =, =,
II political reasons, it is extremely
obable that many Of them will get al
pious doses Of salary reduction early IC
the coming administration. of
ca
1t is already evident that the attend- ht