The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-02-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Ctrrespondent.l
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. Z, '96

Uncle Sam ought to turn Snowman
for few days to exhibit the most wond.
erful lot of political freaks ever gather.
cd together. He might station himself
on the east portico of the Senate wing
Of the Capitol building and make this
little speech: Walk right in, ladies and
gentlemen, and see my wonderful col.
lection of Senatorial oddities; see Hill,
German and all the cuckoos, who, since
voting against the free coinage substitute
for the House bond bill, which passed
the Senate last week to die in conference,
have been suddenly transformed into
rampant advocates of the free coinage OF
silver; see the Populist Senators having
the wool pulled over their eyes by the
free trade Democrats All this, and
more, Uncle Sam might truthfully say,
without exaggerating the situation in
the Senate. Everv Democratic Senator
is now advocating the free coinage sub.
stitute for the House tariff bill, which
Senator Jones, OF Nevada, helped them
to report from the Finance committee.
The gold Democrats are not doing
this because they have experienced
financial change of mind, but because
they hope to be able to use the free
coinage club to cudgel the life out OF the
House tariff bill, Republican measure,
which if it became law would add $4O,
100000 year to the government rev.
enues, and prevent the issue of any
more bonds by the Cleveland admin.
istration.
If disposed, those Republican Sena-
tors who argued against attempting to
do anything other than pass the appro.
priaiion bills at this session, because OF
the lack of Republican majority in the
Senate, might now say I.told-you'so to
their more impetuous colleagues. But,
instead OF wasting time in that useless
manner, they are trying to think out
q way to outwit the Democratic schem.
ers and get the tariff through the Sem
ate, Just as it passed the House. They
may or may not succeed, but it is en-
couraging to know that whenever the
Republican and Democratic parties
have had a contest depending upon
brain and wit for weapons the Repub.
licans have always come out on top.
General Harrison's letter stating that
he was not and would not be candi.
date before the st. Louis convention
was no surprise to his friends in Con.
gress, among whom are two ex members
of his cabinet-Senators Proctor, of VT,
and Elkins, of W. Va These gentlemen
had known of Gen. Harrison's deter.
mination for long time and they had
informed most of the Republicans in
Congress, 80 the letter created no sen.
lsation. In fact, have it on good
authority, that it would never have
been written except for the persistency
of Republicans in various sections in
offering their services to Gen. Harrison,
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the St. Louis convention who would
favor his nomination. There is more
or less gossip in Washington as to which
OF the other candidates will get the
Influence of Gen. Harrison. NY own
opinion, based upon a long acquaintance
with and study of the conduct of the
man, covering his term as Senator and
his four years in the White House, is
that none of them will get it. Not
because he has no preference, but be-
cause his unerring sense of the fitness
of things will prevent his making him.
self liable to be charged with trying to
control the party, after having been
twice accorded it's highest honor. Gen.
Harrison will occupy position of dig
niiied neutrality in keeping with the
proper ideas of an ex President, and
high.toned gentleman.
President Willett's, of the National
Fatmer's Alliance, the Supreme council
Of which was in session in Washington
this week evidently endorses some of
the things said by Senator Tillman
about Mr.. Cleveland, as he said in his
annual address: We are living to. day
ander supreme dictator, called Presi.
dont, who openly disregards the will of
ne people, who defies Congress and
Rho openly disregards constitution and
~"
M. Cleveland must feel like crawling
TO hole and pulling the hole in after
im every time he looks at the footing
3 those bond bids. He was 90 afraid
1T the credit of the u s was no good
- he gave syndicate $lO,OOO.0OO OF
: psople's money to float a loan Of
1.O00. 900, and it was only because he
D virtually driven into it that he OF
Ia the present loan of 500. 900, 900 to
1ividusl bidders, and then he handi
I'D the offer by stating bis fears that
of the bonds would not be subscrib
~ and that he would In the end
- 70 fall back upon that same old