Middletown transcript., 1896-03-28

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tnAH- - that the average
man, in or out of Congress. always sees
future political events as he hopes they
will be. The Mckinley men will not
admit that any other candidate for the
nomination is really in the race. Many
of them claim his nomination on the
first ballot, nearly all of them not later
than the third. The Reed men are quite
as confident that the Speaker is bound
to win. The Allison men claim that
they hold the balance of power and
that after there has been sufficient
number of ballots taken to show that
neither Mckinley nor Reed can win
that Allison will be nominated with a
hurrah. The Morton aud the Quay men
are not saying much, except that they
are playing waiting game and expect
to win, while the Cullom men, the
Manderson men and the friends of
several other candidates say just wait;
this is going to be dark horse CAM
paign, and our mans chances are as
good as those of anybody else.
Those Cuban resolutions have now
been before Congress for four weeks,
and while it is expected that they will
be disposed of this week, there is moth
ing certain about it. If Senator Nor
gan's joint resolution for the recogni-
tion of the belligerency Of the Cubans
had come to the Senate through the
on foreign relations il might
be adopted, but the Senate very seldom
ignores its committee report, in favor
of accepting the House resolutions as
a substitute for those originally adopted
by the Senate.
If ecretary Lamont intends foreman
in politics for the purpose Of becoming
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York. as many believe, he made
a great mistake when he wrote that
letter attacking Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
by imputati'n, if not directly, in order
to prevent Congress passing the bill
for revival of the grade of
Lieutenant-General of the Army for
Gen. Miles. Already it must have be-
come manifest to Secretary Lamont
that he has stirred up regular hornets
nest. Gen. Miles has maDy friends
among the old soldiers, and
hey have already begun to take steps
towards heading off any political aspira-
ions Secretary Lam ont may have.
Nearly all the answers received to
10 the circular letter sent out by the
House Ways and Means Committee to
importers and manufacturers interested
IN the export trade strongly favor re-
1ewal of the reciprocity treaties abro-
yated by the Democratic tariff bill pas
,ed by the last Congress. This week
The Committee will devote to verbal
hearings on the subject. 1t is almost
certain that the result viii be a bill
providing for renewal of the recipro-
;ity treaties, but there is not much pro-
liability that such bill will become a
aw until after Republican President
axes his seat.
From London Congress gets uL-
authentic information that
Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury
rave resumed the Venezuelan negotia-
ions just where they were brought up
o the Monroe doctrine communication,
,ut at the State Department in WASH
ngton, neither Congressman or news
,aper men Can get word about what
s being done. 1t may have occurred
,efore, but your correspondent does not
emember to have heard what our state
department. was doing in important, in
ernational mat ers for the first time by
way of the European cables until the
cleveland administration came in with
Is myst erious policy and dark lantern
Methods of conducting public business.
It has been the rule during the last
hree years to find out what our govern
nent was doing through the published
ltterances of officials in foreign CAPT
ais.
Those who have anything to say either
or or against the Nicaragua Caral
Till be given a chance to be heard be-
ore the House committee on Interest
nd Foreign Commerce decides what I
ort of a report shall be made. These
earrings will begin this week.
Secretary Corlisle hasn't made any
riends by his letter to the Senate COM
,ittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
pposing the joint resolution providing
Or the erection of bronze statue OF
len. Spencer, formerly U. 8. Treasur-
r, on ore IT the approaches or butress-
3 of the Treasury building. And he
'asn't satisfied with opposing the re-
olution as 1t now is but added that
here was no place for the statue in
be grounds attached 70 the Treasury
Gen. Spinner was q popular
ficial, and the money TO pay for this
tatue was raised by popular subscrip-
ons. But he was also Republican.
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