Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-06-06
SILVER AND ANTI-sILvER.
The River and Harbor Bill -Monu-
ment to Gen. tirant-Nofes.

INC kJfef anu 1afDOr biii-mOnu-
ment to Gen. drant-Nofes.
WASHINGTON, June While no
Republican in Congress contends that
the River and Harbor Bill which Mr.
Cleveland has vetoed and which will
this week almost certainly be passed
over his veto is perfect measure. or
that any previous bill of its kind was,
every Republican in both branches of
Congress will vote to pass the bill
over the veto. because they believe it
is. taken as whole, a good measure
and that the Improvements provided
for will mostly, if not all, be good
commercial investments The bill is
in line with the system of internal i'm
provements which the Republican
party has always fostered and believed
in. Besides these reasons, the failure
of the bill to become law would re-
suit in large losses by reason of the
stoppage of many important improve
ments nov under way.
1t is now regarded as certain that
Congress will not be in session later
than next Monday or Tuesday. and
there is strong probability that ad-
journment will take place during the
latter part of the present week.
Although the President, Vice resi-
dent, and every member of the Cabinet
except Secretary Morton was in Wash
ington the only member of the admin
istration who attended any of the
memorial day exercises was Secretary
Herbert, who is an ex-Confederate.
This has been commented upon to a
considerable extent, as there was no
excuse other than want of inclination
why these officials should not have
paid their RESPECTS to the memory of
the men who gave up their lives to
make it possible for them to hold
their present ohhceS.
Amajority OF Congress feel reluctant
to adjourn without doing something
definite for Cuba, but any attempt to
do anything would start an indefinite
debate which might do more harm
than good, with no certainty that any
thing could be done, anyway.
Senator Squier, as the first step
towards the erection of a suitable
memorial to General Grant, has intro
duced bill providing for the creation
of Commission, composed of the
Secretary of War, the Chairman of the
House and Senate joint Committee on
the Library. and the Architect of the
Capitol The duties of this Commits
sion will be to secure from leading
artists and architects, plans and esti-
mates for monument, each artist or
architect being at liberty to make his
own, and the estimated cost of same.
All of these plans are to be reported
to Congress. After consideration,
Senator Squier concluded that this
was better plan than that of his
original bill, providing outright for a
monument to General Grant. He
wishes the monument to be the best
that can be suggested, and believes
the creation of this commission is the
best way to get it.
The Silver Democrats are consider
ably stirred up over a consultation
which Mr.. Harrity, the Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
had with Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle while he was in Washington.
The consultation would not have
worried the silver men much, as they
knew that all the parties present had
been doing all they knew how to do
to down them for many months. had
it not been. for Harrity's announce
ment afterward that he intended to
support the ticket and platform made
by the Chicago convention. They
don't believe that Harrity would sup
port a silver candidate. and they fear
that his announcement means that
some trick has been concocted by
which Harrity feels certain of defeat
ing the silver men at the Convention.
The Treasury deficit for the month
of May exceeds $4,000, 600, and for
the eleven months of the present fiscal
year is pushing SCI, 900, 900, and these
figures are made as favorable as posi-
bic by democratic Treasury officials.
Ifyou wish to make Senator Brice
mad you have only to mention Mr.
Cleveland name to him. He thinks
of Mr.. c. what the late VIM. H. Van
derbilt once said of one OF his sons-in-
law. The trouble all came through
the silver and anti-silver Democrats
in Ohio. Although Senator Brice has
had no love for Mr.. Cleveland since
the tariff fight which resulted in the
substitution ofthe German tariff bill for
the original Wilson bill, he sometime
ago called on him and told him that
he would help to prevent the silver
men getting the Ohio delegation to
the Chicago convention. According
to his friends, Mr. Cleveland gladly
welcomed his offered assistance. It
was not long, however, before Senator
Brice found out that the sound
money Democrats in Ohio were ex-
pected to become a mere Cleveland
machine, to vote for him or any man
he might name, in case they got to
Chicago. He also found out that in
stead of his being credited for what
he was trying to do, the Cleveland
men were steadily trying to break
down his influence in the party. He
threw up in disgust, and now says he
doesn t care what the Convention does.