The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-04-10
NO.. 16
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent


smile at the democratic stories of that
"revolt" of the House against him.
The aforesaid "revolt" consisted of the
House voting to devote day to the
consideration of private bills on the
calendar, instead of following the ad-
vice of Chairman Cannon, of the APP
preparation committee, and going
ahead with the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill. Speaker Reed had no more
to do with the matter than the reader
Of this paragraph, and the only reason
for the vote was that many Of the
members realizing, especially since the
offering of Senator Platt's resolution
for adjournment Oh May 2, that the
session is rapidly drawing to close,
were anxious to try to get action upon
private bills in which they are inter-
ested. That is all there was TO it.
The Cuban business will be finished,
so far as Congress is concerned, as
soon as the House accepts the confer
ence report in favor OF the House
adopting the Senate resolution instead
of its own. The change was made be-
cause it became clear that there was
an intention on the part of few Sen
ators to prevent vote being taken on
the original conference report, which
was in favor of the House resolutions
being adopted as substitute for those
of the Senate. There will probably be
some talk on the subject in the House,
but no protracted debate is expected.
or will be allowed, before the confer
ence report is agreed to. If those who
are assuming the right to speak for Mr..
Cleveland know what they are talking
about, the resolution will not be of any
material benefit to the Cubans.
The sentiment of the republicans in
Congress is practically unanimous in
favor of passing the appropriation
bills and adjourning as early as posi-
BILE, it having been fully demonstrated
that no other important legislation can
be gotten through at this session.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find
when he returns from his present
Georgia crusade against the free silver
senatorial candidacy of ex-Speaker
Crisp, that he has got mixed up in an
ugly scandal. Just before he left Wash
ington he issued orders reducing Ser
geant Perry and Captain Watson, of
the Pension Bureau watch, and their
friends intimate that the reduction is
a punishment for not doing what some
of Secretary Smiths friends wanted
done, rather than for any neglect of
duty. 1t is reported that Senators
Voorhees, and Turpie, of Indiana, who
although they are democrats are not
in love with Secretary Smith and his
methods, particularly those relating to
Pension Office matters, will take up
the cases of the reduced men and get
them justice if they have to have the
whole business investigated by Con-
gressional committee
Ex-senator Warner Miller, of New
York, told the House commerce COM
mittee that the Nicaraguan canal
company, of which he is President had
never asked Congress for aid and was
not now asking for aid. He said that
all the company asked from Congress
was definite answer as to the position
this government intended to occupy in
the matter, and that if the government
didn't want to control the canal and
would say SO, the company could get
private capital to carry out it's plan,
but that it could do nothing while the
attitude of this government was un-
certain.
Congressman were reminded of the
adage "Go away from home to hear the
news" when telegram from Mass.
was published in a local paper saying
that a democratic member of the
House, now in that state, was authori-
tv for the statement that Mr.. Cleveland
had written a letter announcing his
desire to retire to retire to private life
and positively stating that he would
not allow his name to go before the
Chicago convention as candidate. II
he had stopped right there his story
might have had some believers. But
he killed everything by adding that it
had been Mr.. Cleveland's intention to
publish that letter some time ago, but
| he had been persuaded by members OF
the democratic national committee to
hold it while longer. Now it is we'll
known to every man and woman and
|eyen the children who have reached
the age of discretion, that Mr.. Cleve-
has never, since he became President,
lbeen persuaded into doing or not
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