The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-03-13

From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. March 9-The war now rag.
ing in the Republican ranks, in Congress, over
the Pre- sdcntial nomination of the party is
| much more real than any war that is likely tC
come because of the Cuban concurrent reSOlu.
tions adopted by Congress. So bitter has this
war now become that the prediction is openly
made that il will take the st. Louis Convention
IL week to settle the contested seats from the
South alone. According to the programme
as outlined by the both the Mckinleyites and
the anti's, there will be conteSting delegations
from every Southern State. 1t will be remcm-
bered that it was upon plan somewhat SINH
lar that the Harrison men got their man nomi-
mated at Minneapolis. Under this sort of Il
scheme il is the Committee on Credentials not
the convention. that dominates. The plan
which nominated Mr.. Harrison was so bad that
it made his defeat certain and resulted in Il
proposition from the more respectable element
among the Republicans to reduce the repre-
sentution of the Southern States in their NJ
tional Conventions. But the present plan is
lots worse, and il carried out in its entirety
will disgust the friends of all of the candidates
who get turned down to an extent that will be
worth thousands of votes to the Democratic
ticket.
McKinley's Republican enemies are growing
more active every day, and if he should get
nominated, they will have to spend the greater
part of the campaign in explaining stories they
are now circulating against him. One Of the
latest of these stories charges Mckinley with
soliciting manufacturers to contribute money
to help nominate him, i'll exchange for his
promise that the Mckinley tariff law shall be
re-cnacted. Whether this story be true or not
ttle man VINO expects 10 see the Mchlnley law
enacted again must be entirely blind to public
opinion.
After going home and spending several weeks
familiariZiug himself with the sentiment of the
Illinois Republicans, Senator Cullom returned
to Washington without raising his Presidential
banner, because he didn't wish to be one of the
tavOrite sons who couldn't even get the solid
support Of his own State. That didn t chime in
with the plans Of the Reed Quay-Platt combine,
so Senator CuliOm was ordered to run up his
Presidential flag and to follow Henderson, of
Nebraska. in declaring that he not n pHuUi-
date for the nomination in the interest of any
other aSprant, etc, the tune Is getting quite
familiar nOw-hut familiarity hasn't caused
anybody 10 regard it as sincere. OF course
senator Culom obeyed orders and took his
place i'll the ranks Of the dummy candidates
that are being SET up in the interest of Reed.
Senator Morgan is perfectly willing TO con-
ccde that c. Z. Huntington is a hard man 10
get information from. About the only result
of the long cross examination which Senator
Morgan, on behalf of the Senate Committee On
Pacific Railroads, subjected Huntington TO is
that Huntington will tell nothing that he does
not consider it to be to his interest 80 tell The
Huntington lobby do not expect to secure the
legislation that Huntington wants but they
hope to be able to prevent legislation that will
Dust him from the management of the roads.
Beginning to-day, President Cleveland re-
SumeS his informal tri-W eekly midday recCp-
tions i'll the East Room of the White House.
These receptions, which have always been
popular with visiting tourists. have been SuS-
pended for quite while But it is now official
~ announced that all who care to present
Wednesdays and Saturdays will be given an
opportunity to shake hands with the President
and say "Howdy.'
Senator Sherman has II scheme by which he
hopes to reSurrect the dead House tariff bill
before the session closes, but his hopes are not
shared to any considerable extent 10y any of his
colleagues. He is trying in his sly sort of way
to jolly the silver Republicans and the very
idea of it is enough to make a horse laugh.
Probably because he didn't get his share of
the Spoils, Senator Chandler, of New Hamp-
shire. has offered II resolution setting forth the
extravaganza of the pay roll of the Senate end
of Congress ard providing for an INVESTIGATION
looking towards reduction, all of which re-
minds one of the devil turning monk.
The Cabinet resignation rImOr had grown
quite rusty from long idlencsS but il has been
dragged out, oiled up, labeled with Secretary
Olney'S name, and started OF.
The most important legislation of the
House during the past week was an amend
ment to appropriation bill, aboiShing fees to
U. 5. Marshalls ana other court officials, and II
bill providing that pensioners shall be paid by
checks mailed to their addresses, instead of by
the present method. c. A. S.