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week, and had IN extended confer
ence with Mr.. Cleveland. As Mr..
Cleveland is known to entertain .
high regard for the opinions Of Mr..
Morrill, on questions OF finance, not
withstanding their wide difference
from his on the tariff branch OF the
question. 1t Is reasonably certain that
he discussed with Mr.. Morrill, the
financial recommendation of his an
nual message to Congress. 1t IL also
probable that he gave Mr.. Morrill,,
who naturally declines to discuss the
matter for publication, hint as to
whether he would sign or allow the
Dingley bill to become law without
his signature, IL IL should be passed
by the Senate. Senator Morrill, will
probably acquaint his republican COL
leagues on the Senate finance COM
mitee with the nature of that con-
ference before they begin the work OF
the coming session Of Congress.
1t is an almighty good thing that
the Presidential election did not turn
upon the electoral votes of Virginia.
II it did, there would be the biggest
sort of row, as 1t is now charged
that the silver democrats of that
state so juggled the votes that what
should have been Mckinley major
of %, 200 is made to appear to be a
Bryan majority Of something like
q, 900. Some of this fraud may be
shown up in some Congressional con-
tests.
Col T. S. Clarkson, Commander In
chief of the G. A. r., stopped In
Washington on his way to New York
to attend the big reception rendered
him by Lafayette Post of that city,
and last night he was honored with
rousing informal reception under
the auspices OF the officers and MEN,
bers of the Department Of the Po-
tomac &. A. r. Col. Clarkson and
others made speeches which aroused
the enthusiasm of the veterans to q
high pitch.
Nearly all the Republicans among
the early congressional arrivals In
Washington are outspoken in favor
of the calling of an extra session of
Congress, for the purpose of passing
a tariff bill that will at the same
time give the government the rev.
enue it must have, and the protec-
ton needed by our home industries.
Representative Grout, Of Vermont,
voiced this sentiment when be said:
IL would like very much to see Con-
grcss meet in special session at noon
OF the very day after the inau-
guration of President Mckinley. The
call for a special session should GER
tainly be the very first act Of the
new administration, There will be
votes enough in the Senate to pass a
republican tariff measure, am con-
adent. II the votes Of the silver Re-
publican Senators from the west are
needed for that purpose, do not be-
lieve they will be withheld. The
constituents of these Senators are all
protectionists, and it will be diff
ferent matter, that Of defeating a
clearcut protective tariff measure,
from refusing to vote for a measure
that even its friends called make
shift, and which there was no assur-
ance that a democratic President
would sign. The question OF patron
age, too, may cut some figure with
these men, for they would not like
to ALLEVIATE the administration for the
whole term of four years..
The following resolutions adopted
by the Union Veterans Patriotic
League, at a meeting held this week,
are self-explanatory: Resolved. that
the Union Veterans Patriotic League
continue its organization for the
purpose Of opposing any effort, made
by whatsoever party, to depreciate
our currency at the ratio of 16 to l,
having had the experience of an un-
avoidable depreciation, when serving
our country for $l3 per month. Re-
solved, that we will labor until the
last taps sound, against sectional
issue, mob rule, and attacks upon
the executive and judiciary branches
of our government. The league is
non partisan, and was organized to
oppose Bryan and the Chicago plat
form.
The free traders and low tariff men
who supported Mckinley, because of
the financial plank of the ST. Louis
platform, are already moving heaven
and earth, SO to speak, in their ef-
forts to get some sort Of patchwork
legislation through the coming ses-
sion Of Congress that will make up
the deficiency In the public revenues,
and, they hope to prevent any general
tariff legisla tion by the new congress