Milford chronicle., 1896-03-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGroN. March %. 1900

WASHING TON. March %, 1896
A day spent with Republican Senators
and Representatives trying to ascertain
WHICH of the Presidential candidates is the
ranking favorite in Congress, has con-
WINGED me that the average man, in or out
of Congress, always sees future political
events as he hopes they will be The Nc
Kjnley men will not admit that any other
| candidate for the nomination is really in
the race. Many of them claim his nomi
nation on the first ballot, and 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 will hold the balance of power
and that after there has been a sufficient
number Of ballots taken to show that
neither Mckinley nor Reed can win that
Allison will be nominated with a hurrah
The Morton men and the Quay men are
not saving much, except that they are play
ing waiting game and expect to win,
while the CullOm men, the Henderson men
and the friends Of several other candidates
say Just walt this Is going to be a dark
horse campaign, and our mans chances
are as good as those of anybody else.
If Secretary Lamont intends to remain
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 i'm
putation, if not directly, in order to prevent
Congress passing the bill providing for a
revival of the grade of Lieutenant General
of the Army for Gen. Miles. Already it
must have become manifest to Secretary
Lamont that he has stirred up a regular
hornets nest Gen. Miles has many
friends, especially among the old soldiers,
and they have already begun to take steps
towards heading off any political asplra-
tons Secretary Lamont may have
Nearly all the answers received to the
circular letter sent out by the House Ways
and Means Committe to importers and
interested in the export trade
strongly favors renewal of the reciproc-
ity treaties abrogated by the Democratic
tariff bill passed by the last Congress
This week the committee will devote to
verbal hearings on the subject 1t is al
most certain that the result will be a bill
for a renewal of the reciprocity
treaties, but there is not much probability
that such bill will become a law until
after Republican President takes his seat.
From London Congress gets undoubt-
idly authentic information that Secretary
Olney and Lord Salisbury, have resumed
Inc Venezuelan negotiations just where
hey were brought up to the Monroe doc
rine communication, but at the State De-
oartment in Washington, neither Con.
gressmen or newspaper men can get a
word about what is being done It may
lave occurred before, but your correspond
mt does not remember 10 have heard what {
,ur State Department was doing in i'm
,ortant international matters for the first !
ime by way of the European cables until 4
he Cleveland administration came in with
IS mysterious policy and dark lantern
Methods of conducting public business 1t
las been the rule during the last three /
ears to find out what our government
vas doug through the published utter
noes of officials in foreign capitals.
Those who have anything to say either
Or or against the Nicaragua Canal will be
iven a chance to be heard before the
louise Committee on Interstate and For c
ign Commerce decides what sort of a re- E
ort shall be made. These hearings will o
egin this week
Secretary Carlisle hasn't made any !;
-iends by his letter to the Senate commit
e on Public Buildings and Grounds. opz q
osing the joint resolution providing foA 4
le erection of a bronze statue Of Gen. 4