Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-04
CAPITAL cuLLiN0s.

No. 81.

| of the House against him. The afore-
said revolt consisted of the House
voting to devote a day to the con
sideration of private bills on the ca.
endar, instead of following the advics
OF Chairman Cannon, of the Appro
priation committee. and going aheas
with the snndrv civil appropriation
bill. Speaker Reed had no more L
do with the matter than the reader o
| this paragraph, and the ouiy reason
for the vote was that many Of tbs
members realizing, especially sine.
the offering Of Senator Platt's reso.
luton for adjournment on May 2,
! that the session is rapidly drawing to
a close, were anxious to try TO gel
action upon private bills in which
they are interested 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 con-
ference report in favor OF the House
adopting the Senate resolution instead
of its own. The change was made
because it became clear that there
was an intention on the part of few
Senators to prevent vote being taken
on the original conference report,
which was in favor of the House reso.
lutious being adopted as substitute
for those of the Senate. There will
probably be some talk on the subject
in the House, but no protracted de-
bate is expected, or will be allowed,
before the conference report Is agreed
to. # those who are snniue>-4be
right to SPEAK lor Mr.. Cleveland
know what they are talking about.
the resolution win not be of any ma
terial benefitto the Cubans.
The sentiment of the Republicans
in Congress is practically unanimous
in favor of passing the appropriation
bills and adjourning as early as pos
sible, it having been fully demonstra.
ted that no other important legislas
ton can be gotten through at this
session.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find
when he returns from his present
Georgia crusade against the free sill
yer senatorial candidacy of Speaker
Crisp that he has got mixed up in an
ugly scandal. Just before he left
Washington he issued orders reduc-
ing Sergeant Perry and Captain Wat
son, OF the Pension Bureau watch, aud
their friends intimate that the reduc
ton is punishment for not doing
what some of Secretary Smith $
friends wanted done. rather than for
any neglect of duty. It is reported
that Senators Voorhees, and Turpie,
of Indiana, who although they are
Democrats are NOE in love with Sec.
rotary Smith and his methods. par
ticularly those relating to Pension
Office matters. will take up the cases
of the reduced men and get them jus.
tice il they have to have the whole
business investigated by Congress
ional committee.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, Of New.
York, told the House commerce com.
mittee that the Nicaraguan canal com.
pany, of which he is now President
had never asked Congress for aid and
was not now asking for aid. He said
that all the company asked from Con
gress was definite answer as TO ths
position this government intended te
occupy in the matter. and that If til,
government didn want to control the
canal and would say so. the company
could get private capital to carry oui
its plan, but that it could do nothing
while the attitude Of this government
was uncertain.
| Congressman were reminded OF tn
adage go away from home to hea
the news, when a telegram from
Massachusetts, was published in a 10
cal paper saying that a Democrats
member Of the House. now in tina
State, was authority for the statement
that Mr.. Cleveland had written let
ter announcing his desire to retire Il
private life and positively stating
that he wonld not allow his name tc
go before the Chicago convention as .
candidate. If he had stopped righ:
there his story might have had some
believers. But he killed everything
by adding that it had been Mr.. cleve.
lands intention to publish that letter
some time ago. but he had been per.
suaded by members Of the Democratic
national committee to hold it while
longer. Now it is well known to
every man and woanaa and even the
lchildren who have reached the age Of
discretion. that Mr. Cleveland has
never, since be became President,
been persuaded into doing or not do
ing anything.
The all absorbing topic wherever
| two or three Republicans are gathered
together is the election Of delegates to
the St. Louis convention. The claims
of nomination are not being so posi-
lively made BY the friends OF any Of
the candidates as they were short
time ago. IT IS now generally admit
ted that Coy. Mckinley will have a
good lead on the first ballot bat that
he will not have enough 10 nominate
him. The conundrum that IS most
discussed is, will he gain after the
first BALLOT His supporters say he
will. and his opponents that be will
not. and both are ready to present
argument to prove that they are right.
Speaker Reed will be second in
strength on the FIRST ballot.
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