Middletown transcript., 1896-05-30

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s.NN the fillibuster
r Compel it r,
| asked for by the Morgan resolution, is
hot well received either in or out of
the Senate, and unless it is proven TO
Senators, by allowing them to see the
correspondence. tiat some better
reason than whim of Mr.. Cleveland IS
exists for refusing this inform alton,
the Senate is likely to take some addi-
tional action. A report which cannot
be verified says that secretary Olney
| refused to allow m: mber of the Sen
ate Commilte Oil Foreign Relations to
see this correspondence.
Senator Qaay's visit to Gov. Mex n
ley is the subject most talked about
just now by the Republicans in Con-
gress, who have nearly all concluded
that unless there is a radical change
not now expected in the sentiments of
the delegates to the st. Louis Conven-
tion, Gov. Mckinley will be the Re-
publican nominee and the next Presi-
dent. While nobody knows exactly
why that visit was made, or what was
its result, it has certainly pleased the
Republicans, those who have from the
first supported Gov. Mckinley as we'll
as those who suppored other candidates.
It indicates for one thing that the st.
Louis Convention is not to be followed
by the .splking which had much to do
with Republican defeat in 'S4 and in
1872.
The House cannot beac:used of hav-
ing any surplus love for Mr.. Cleveland,
but it very promptly sat upon the no.
tority seeking resolution of Represen-
tative Howard, the Alabama populist,
impeaching the President. Before
Howard could make the sensat ional
speech he started Representative Ding
ley raised the question of coDsjdsr a.
tion against the resolution; Speaker
Reed at once put The question, and by
practically unanimous vote the
House refused to hear Howard.
There is much doubt about that in
vestigati0n of the bond issues by this
administration which the senate di-
rected to he made. According 10 Sen
ator Harris, who is chairman of the
subcommittee which will do the inves-
tigating. it may be be finished in three
days or it may take three m onths. 1t
will not begin until Secretary Carlisle
furnishes the committee all the details
of the several bond issues. While indi-
eating his willingness to do this, Mr..
Carlisle told the committee that it
would take considerable time to pre-
pare the statement. Some criticism
has been aroused by the report that the
investigation would be secret.
1t is well known that neither Sena-
tor Vest nor Senator Blackburn has
any love for the present administration.
The other day Vest approached Black
burn and said: s'Joe, don't you think
Morton is the blankest fool who ever
held a Cabinet positi0n?" Blackburn
took a long pull on the long black ci-
gar he had just lit and replied: "Can't
answer the question. Vest; I'm COM
mitted to Hoke Smith,"
Senator Sherman had no difficulty in
showing that those Democratic Sena-
tors who expressed their anxiety to
join hands with the Republicans and
pass nOn- partisan bill which would
give the government the revenues
which all the Democrats now admit
tina. it needs were merely making a
grand stand play for the purpose of
trying to escape resi- onsibility for be-
ing willing that Congress should ad--
journ without providing for the legiti-
mate needs of the government. All
that Mr.. Sherman did was to call their
attention to the Dingley Emergency
Revenue bill which was passed by the
House early in the session, and which
comes as near to being an absolutely
non-partisan tariff bill as any measure
ever passed by either branch of Con-
gress. That brought out the cloven
foot of the Democratic Senators and
they at once declared that they would
never support that bill. 1t is the
country's misfortune that the. Repub-
iicans cannot poll majority of votes
in the Senate, but it will be remedied
in he near future.
The bill prohibiting further issue of
bonds without specific authority of
Congress is being debated in the Sem
ate. 1t has been virtually settled by
the several test VOTES which gave the
bill the right of way that majority Of
the Senate favors tbe bill, but if there
was any probability that the bill could
pass the House it would not be allowed
to come to a vote in the Senate, and it
Is not celtain that it viii, anyway.
Fhe Hruse last week passed a bill
placing additional restriction upnn i'm J