The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-05-15
ashingIoH Letter.

Washington, May Q. 1S96.-The
finn of Platt and Quay, president makers,
has Dissolved partnership. Mark Hanna
fried So much fat out of the expect-to-be
protected manufacturers that he drove
them out of business ami captured tue
prize for his man, Mckt1iey-the
81. Louis convention will ONLY
be a sort of ratification meeting
Probably Just To show his vets al ity Mr.
Platt is trying the same tactics hv which
he mad,, such miserable failure four
wears ago Then he tried to use Blaine
to prevent tine nomination OF MrkIhley.
But Quay isn't helping him 1t Quay
was compelled to choose between the de
vii and Harrison ne would vote for his
satanic majesty any time, and Reed Is
of the same mind in that respect. But
there is every reason to believe that
| Quay has had an understanding with
| Mckinley all the time, and that he Is
not doing any worrying over the sltua-
| ton. IL is said that Plat accuses Quay
| of treachery towards both himself and
| Reed, and that Reed is inclined TO take
| the same view.
| Senator Hill has during the present
| session proven himself to be one of the
| most dangerous men in the senate to
! tackle in running debate. The last
| man to discover this WAS senator Vol
| colt, of Colorado, who tried to rescue
| Senator Pettigrew, OF South Dakota.
from the ridicule which Senator Hill
was heaping on him by reading news
| paper extracts of the humiiating ex-
perience he had at the Republican con
ventlon of his state. After sarcastically
referring to Wolcott as .'this sensitive
! senator" and ''this defender of decen-
| cy, ;" and asking where he was when Pet
tigrew was abusing senators and the
| president, Mr.. Hill exclaimed: And
where was my friend-my English friend
from Colorado, who has tributes for
English statesmen, English soldiers,
English policies and everything English.
but not one word for an American poll
cy or United States citizenship"
Republican stump speakers during the
coming campaign should not be allowed
to overlook a few remarks made this
week in the house by their chairman of
the house finance committee, Represen-
tative Cannon, of Illinois, Mr.. Cannon
said that by its enormous appropriations
this congress was mortgaging the future
receipts of the government to the extent
of 500, ,000, 900, which meant that the
next administration would have to bor
row money just as this one has to do, no
matter what sort of tariff law may be
enacted Mr.. Cannon spoke a truth
that cannot be too strongly impressed
upon the minds of the voters who must
choose between Republican extravaganza
and Democratic economy.
Sergeant-at Arms Bright, of the SEN
ate, is regarded as good authority on
things congressional. When he was
asked what time he thought congress
would adjourn he replied: ''If not by
the first of June, then not until the first
of October The general impression
around the capitol is that adjournment
will take place on or near the first named
date, although the house has adopted a
D resolution naming May Is.
Representative Kleburg, of Texas,
who was this week sworn in as the sue
cessor of the late Representative Grain,
takes no stock in the movement of .he
gold standard Democrats, to secede from
the party in that state. He says on the
subject. 1.-The movement on the part
of a number of gold standard Democrats
to secede from the party in Texas is to be
? deplored, and | regard their course as
very unwis.. | am pronounced in my
s views on the money Question, and have
combatted the free silveridoctrines to the
: best of my ability. My district is almost
e solid for sound money, and yet none OF
= my free silver friends abstained from vo.
I ling for me because of my views or
finance. | recognize the right of the
1 majority to govern, and that is the gen.
! eral sentiment of the voters of Texas
D We have issues of higher importance
than the money question. That issue
: ought not and will not divide the De
mocracy. There is no other party tC
P which our people can turn. We are no
ready to embrace the wild schemes o
S the populists, and after all these years o
contending with the Republicans we dc
s not now propose to surrender to them
But there is no cause for alarm abou
7 Texas. The Democracy is safe and will
give the Chicago nominees the bigges
vote of any state in the Union.'
One of the amusing incidents of the
j Republican campaign for that nomina
e ton is the trotting out at this late day
p when Mckinley looks sure winner, Of
, | Speaker Reeds war record, which, b,
the way, was not very sanguiuary. He
: was acting assistant paymaster in the
e navy from April 1864 to Novembe
Z. 1865, and was attached to the Mis-
I sissippi squadron. The anus
ing part of the record is the attempt tC
credit Reed with the achievements O
of that squadron, which he had about a.
much to DO with directing as one of tn,
: powder monkeys"
o An order extending the civil service
rules to all branches of the government
i service has been issued.