The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-22
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6,ht from start 20 finish between the .
Mckinley aud an;i.McKinley men. a.
though most Oft was secret. It d. evident
chat Doe Mckinley Hcn came ont on top.
The Yr,an.at.on will not oppose L'm
sthsras +, candidate Tor the nomination
M after nc q. nominated. Somesanl,i.
5a, .l5re. are told about thi. urin,.a,
ata.ih'y have uorcsponsibie vouchers
your correspondent declines o. repeat
them.
The administration i- sail 90 have
fully determined that the Americans
who we're sentenced to death by court
martial in Cuba, and whom the Spanish
government have agreed 10 give another
rial before a civil tribunal, shall DO, be
executed. and Spain has been - notified.
spaln j. not likely 10 do anything 20 Of.
fond the administration. a. IL know.
that President Cleveland In deluyIrg
recognition OF Cuban bcliigerency d. ag'.
lug dirccily contrary to the sentiment Of
the United States.
The adjournment Of Congress Is not 300
sight yet. and 10 may not be- ior several
weeks. The river and harbor bill which
passed the senate this week carrie.
more pork" than any similar measure
ever did. aud Congress IL very anxious
tbatit should become % law. Cleveland
ha.ug,cr signed river aud harbor bill,
although hc has allowed q number OF
them Goo become laws without bic sigma.
tufc. Congress will give him q chance
90 doa. much ior this ono, by remaining
ia session the requisite ten days after %
re,che, b.m. which is not likely to be
before the middle VI next week on nc.
count OF thc amendments added 10 the
bill by the senate. Il b. generally OK.
pcctrd that this bin will be- vetoed and
passed over the veto.
The Mabou Nicaragua Canal bill has
been iayonblv acted upon by the House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce aud will be- reported 10 the
House. ltauihoriles the guarantee Of
tlOOOlo.OIO To- bonds and directs that
the canal ,hall bee under the supervision
OF United States army engineers. At
the committee meeting which directed
the bill to be- iavombiy reported there
were only eleven Of the seventeen mem.
befs present, and four Of them voted
against the bill. There has been some
criticism Of the action.oi the committee
In disposng Of such an important matter
with more than one.third Gifts members
absent, but 1t Is answered by the asser'
ton that the absent members knew the
vote was to be taken and could have
been present u they had wished to he
A prominent railroad man. row visit
ing Washington, says: The ~. Louis
people are going to be very much disap'
pointed in the Republican National Con
yention. and the railroads which have
been At work preparing for big bust
ness will also feel the effect Of prcma
ture settlement Of the Presidential nom
nation. Since IL has developed thai
Mckinley has practically captured III,
nomination, tae interest In the coayen
ton has decreased wonderfully, and IN,
railroad officials In all parts Of the coun
try are kept busy countcrmandingo order
for special trains and special accomoda
tons. Clubs from New York. Penn
sylvania, New England and other see
tons which contemplated going hay,
abandoned the idea, and this will be
come quito common by the time th
convention meets This Is NOR
valuable pointer than columns Of tall
from preiudiced politicians.
Senator Morrill, chairman Of the Sen
ate finance committee, isn't as rule
tricky man, but he probably couldn
resist the temptation when It came &
naming the subcommittee to inye.tigat
those bond issucs. under the Allen rose
luton. lie made Senator Harris Of Ten
nessee chairman aud gave him two Dem
ocratic colleagues--Nr.t OF Missouri an
WalIhall of Mississippi-one Republica
Plat OF Connecticut and one Popull.
Jones Of Nevada. -Four ont Of the hy
are silver mon, and the one Republica
Is probably the most friendly toward
the administration, Mr. Morrill, make
the subcommittee Democratic IN IL. ma
iorily, 20 that it, findings cannot b
chargeable TO pariisarship, but solecte
silver Democrats because Of his bell,
that their opposition to the tinancia
policy OF the administration would pr,
vent whitewashing. This committee
qualified to get ut the truth, Whethe
Il does Is yet to be- seen.
The idea VI adding another memb,
to the Presidents cabinet in the pcr.o
Of secretary Of commerce, which is b
no means new, has been brought to IA
front again by Representative Cobb
bill providing for the creation ola d,
parlmout OF commerce. The idea rs
place all of the bureaus OF the other d,
+. par.ments which deal exclusively wit
commercial matters under the new d,
partmont 10 De- not proposed 90 nus
thlf bin until thp nest session. but IA
. nfI,rf Ia ga Is mol. De-. ....... .t ID.