The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom our Regular Correspondent

turn is not sufficient to keep Wash
ington flom being little bit en-
vious. 1t is generally predicted
chat the convention will not finish
up it's work before the close Of the
week, Notwithstanding the avoid
ance of anything like 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 conven-
ton have gone to their homes.
Among the latter are Speaker Reed
and Senator Allison.
Senator Harris sub committee
began the bond investigation or
dered by Senate resolution, today,
with the examination of Secretary
Carlisle, but it isn't conducted be-
hind locked doors as Mr.. Harris at
first proposed.
There is no doubt about the "hard
Iuck"of the present administration.
The turning down of Carlisle and
Hoke Smith and the certainty that
the Chicago convention viii be for
silver emphasizes it, and it seems
that the "hard luck" IS to extend to
5he individual aspirations of other
members of the administration.
Sometime ago Postmaster General
Wilson, the gentleman whose name
was Civen 20 the tariff bill which
was repudisted by the Gorman-B rice
combine in the Senate and replaced
by one only slightly better, an
nounced that he would try to get
back to the House from the second
West Virginia district. This didn't
worry the Republicans even a little
bit, but they supposed that it settled
'5he Democratic nomination for that
district. That was what MIR. Will
son thought, too. But it didn't.
And the latest is that the Democrats
of the district are going to endorse
q populist for Congress, on a free
silver platform, and let Mr.. Wilson
go up Salt River with the rest
Of the administration. Ac-
oordlng to information received by
che Congressional campaign com
mlttee, 1t doeSn matter what the
dems and pops Go IN that district
as hepresenta'lFe dayton rehom-
NATION and election are pfactlcalIy
sure.
There may be some doubt about
who was the original Mckinley
man, but there is none about who
was the first Mckinley delegate to
The Republican National Conven-
zion. According to a letter written
by Secretary Bowling of the Ma
Gional 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. 10th, 1896, instruGting the
delegates from that district to sup
port Hon. VIM. Mckinley for Presl-
dent.
EDr. Delgado and his father. two
naturalized American citizens who
have recently been the victims of
Snanish butalitv in Cuba. where
Ibev own a plantion are IN Wash.
5ngton for the purpose of trying to
cot the administration to comnel
5nain to nav for their property,
(which was wantonlv DESTROYED by
Spanish soldiers. and to give them
.,e9rnss for nersonal iniurv and in
suits these gentleman world
have done as we'll to remain away
from Washington for tha present
.as,t has hcon annouced that Mr.,
CLEVELAND wonId do nothing about
Ouha as he fears that Spain MIGHT
resent ANYTHING like positive action
Nv declaring war AGAINST the Uni
+od States Sbould Snain do that