The Arizona sentinel., 1896-05-23
WGshin gtOn Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

of 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 mortgage on that. In fact, there can be no doubt that the combination of those two names on the ticket would give satiSfac-- ton 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 probable that Reed and Mckinley would be equally as satisfactory as | Mckinley and Reed. Whatever may be the relations existing be- tween some of their individual friends, Speaker Reed and Gov. Mckinley, although for the second time rivals for high party honor are on the most cordial terms with each other; and they have already proven by the great work they did In the fftieth Congress, after hay ing been rivals for the Speakership of the House, that they work well in double harness and make a 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. It is safe to predict that if the Conven- ton selects these two men neither will decline.
 It might look a little queer to see Senator Hill make a speech at the Chicago Convention nominating MT. Cleveland for the third time but precisely that prediction was made in my hearing by gentle man who has been singularly fort unate in foretelling political events. Mr. Hill must be anxious to see Mir, Cleveland get a worse drub- ping that the voters of New York | gave to David B. when he ran for Gov. agalnst Gov. Morton, if he is really thinking about nominating MT. Cleveland.
 MT. Cleveland has rewarded Commissioner Lochren for carry ing out hIs pension policy by giv- ing him a life job as U. s. Judge for the district of Minnesota. Dominiek l. Murphy, of Pa, now
  first Deputy, has been nominated 1 to succeed Lochren as Commission CT, and N. P. T. Dana, now chief of a 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.
 It had been evident for some time that Col. Dupont would not be seated as Senator from Delaware. The combined Democratic and Popu!ist votes makes a majority of 1 in the Senate, and that was the margin upon which Col. Dupont was kept out of the seat to which he was entitled. If the Populists had voted against Col. Dupont on conviction, there would be ':no kick coming" to the Republicans, but they didn't.
 About six men in the Senate will prevent the adopting of Senator Morgan's joint resolution instruct ing the President to recognize Gu ban belligerency, although all the other Senators, nine-tenths of the House and an overwhelming major ity of the people of this country favor its adoption. It is the same old story. This handful of Sen. ators have indicated their intention to talk all summer if necessary, to prevent the vote of Senator Nor gan's resolution, and the other Senators know Shat the Senate rules are such that it is only a ques- ton of physical endurance that will stand in the way of the threat being carried out. Consequently there is not much probability that ( the resolution will be seriously [ pushed. Some day the Senate will probably have rules which will t enable the majority of it's mem- bers, and not a determined and obstinate minority, to say what ' shall be done and to do it. Until