Fair play., 1896-11-21
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Corresp"ndent.l

(From our Regular Correspnndent.l
Washington. ID. e, Nov. Is, 1896.
While President Cleveland ma,
have failed in uIanN things he has
uuhrrtnker, hia administration has
! jas, won the greatest diplomatic vic
| tory in ,hr history of our counir, .
! The negotiations, now completed, OF
the treat, providing for the submis
sion to arbitration OF the NenZucl:,
c"ynii,"n Of the Monroe doctrine by
Great Britain, and c"nacqnrnil, b,
! the rest of The would. aud compile.
| with eyer, demand made b, this
government The extent of this diplo
matte victor, may be cOmprchenied
best by RENE mbering that Eenzuela
has been tr, ing To get Grea, Britain
To arbiirate the dispute for more than
fit, Years, aus! now the other party
Ia iii- arbiirail"n is not To be Ven
Znria hut the United States Mem
brr- of the diplomatic corps say the
credit TO- the victory is more largely
due {" Secrets; D3n.y than to Pre-i-
dent Cir,, land NJ matter to whom
credit is due, il is "A matter for every
patriotic American to ri ice over.
Il ginning with Monroe every Pref
I,c u
the right of This c"nn'ry TO interfere
ii prevent the forcible acquisition of
terrilor, on this rontiucn, b, tor.
eign power, bnt never un il now has
that right been recognized by a
European nation.
The republican circus promises to
open with the reassembliGg of Con
gress, instead of waiting for the in
augnra,inn of McKihl.y, and the per-
formancc is likely to be continuous, :,
aud from the number of clowns who
will appear i, ought to be nprOarious-
ly "funny." The fun may not ma
teria'ize but the mproar can be counted
upon to dead certainty.
Ex Secretary lioke Smith was in
Washington this week on legal busi-
ness lie said he was out of politics
for The time being and was not cam
didatc for the Senate, because the
voters of his State had decided that
. lao rtn u 10
Gordon must be a silver man.
Senator Morgan evidently thinks
that the intcr,ie lew with Chairman
Dingley of the House Ways aud
Means committee which was iele-
graphcd all over the country was
given for the purpose of notifying
the country that the Dingley tariff
bill would not be passed by the Senate
at the coming session of Congress, be-
cause of the opposition of silver
Senators. As one of the silver Sena-
tors Mr. Morgan said: eff the Ding.
ley tariff bill, SO called, doesn't pass
the Senate this winter it will be the
fault of the republicans. ! have no
hesitation in say ing | will not oppose
it, although | would not Say that |
will vote for it. The DingIey bill, or
the Reed bill, whatever you may
choose TO call il, is only makeshift
and the manufacturers OF the east do
not really want il. do not expect
to see it pass. 1t seems to me very
likely that this will be case of the
engineer hoist by his own petard
The matter of tariff legislation at the
coming session depends very much
upon whether the republicans really
desire to pass the Dingley bill.
have had no talk at any lime with any
Senators regarding their probable at
titude toward the measure in the event
~f it, being brought before the Senate
this winter, but SO far IA | am per-
Sonaily concerned they may have their
way with il. | would like to see il
presented TO Mr. Cleveland. lie
might feel sufficiently grateful to Mr..
Mckinley for praising and upholdlng