San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May Is.

1
II Speaker Reed would abide By
the wishes of the rank and file o.
his friends and admirers, he would
take the second place on the ticket
to be nominated at st. Louis, If he
cannot get the first place, and Gov
Mckinley seems to come very near
to having a mortgage on that. In
fact, there can be no doubt that the
com bination of those two names on
the ticket would give satisfaction
to more republicans than any other
that could be made, and aside from
those who have personal reasons
for wishing one or the other OF
them TO head the ticket, it is prob
ably that Reed and Mckinley
would be equally as satisfactory as
Mckinley and Reed.
Whatever may be the relations
existing between some of their in
dividual friends, Speaker Reed and
Gov. Mckinley, although for the
second time rivals for high party
honors, are on the most cordial
terms with each other, and they
have already proven by the great
work they did in the Fiftieth con-
gress, after having been rivals for
the speakership Of the house, that
they work well in double harness
and make very strong team. That
neither of these men should
banker after the vice presidency is
not strange, but they are both
thorough republicans, and as such
would not refuse to accept duty
imposed on them by the National
convention. 1t is safe to predict
that if the convention selects these
two men neither will decline. .
1t might look a little queer to
see Senator Hill make a speech at
the Chicago convention nominat-
ing Mr.. Cleveland for a third time
but precisely that prediction was
made in my hearing by a gentle
man who has been singularly
fortunate in foretelling political
events. Mr.. Hill must be anxious
to see Mr.. Cleveland get worse
drubbing that the voters OF New
York gave to David B. when he
ran for governor against Gov.
Morton, If he is really thinking
about nominating Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland has rewarded
Commisser Lochren for carrying
out his pension policy by giving
him a life job as United States
judge for the district of Minnesota.
Dominick I. Murphy, of Pennsyl-
vania, now first deputy, has been
nominated to succeed Lochren as
commissioner, and N. P. T. Dana,
now chief of division in the Office,
to succeed Murphy. There will be
no change in the Cleveland PEN
sion policy, until after the 4th of
next March.
1t has been evident for some
time that Col. Dupont would not be
seated as senator from Delaware.
The combined democratic and pop
ulist vote makes a majority OF in
the senate, and that was the mar
gin upon which Colonel Dupont
was kept out of the seat to which
he was entitled. II the populists
had voted against Colonel Dupont
on conviction, there would be mo
kick coming" to the republicans,
but they didn't.
About six men in the senate will
prevent the adoption Of Senator
Morgan's joint resolution instruct
ing the president to recognize
Cuban belligerency, although all
the other senators, nine-tenths OF
the house and an overwhelming
majority Of the people Of this coun-
try favor its adoption. 1t Is the
old story. This handful of senators
have indicated their intention to
talk all summer il necessary, to
prevent vote on Senator Morgan's
resolution, and the other senators
know that the senate rules are
such that it is only a question OF
physical endurance that will stand
in the way Of the threat being car
ried out. Consequently there is
not much probability that the reso-
luton will be seriously pushed.
Some day the senate will probably
have rules which will enable the
majority of its members, and not a
determined and obstinate minority
to say what shall be done and to do
it. Until then wise men will not
expect too much from the senate.
The senate wants to know lit
tie more about what is being done
in behalf of the Americans who
were tried by q court martial in
Cuba and sentenced to death, than
the meagre story the state depart
ment has made public. that the
Spanish government had set aside
the sentences and directed that the
men be tried again In a civil court,
and as the surest way to get what
it wanted, adopted without q divis-
ion, a resolution calling on the