The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-06-05
him out of the nomination, hut they
will make him spend some anxious
hours before he gets it.

uiLu Out VI VIC uOmlnAIion, huI ChSJ
will make him spend some anxious
hours before he gets it.
1t has leaked out that President
Cleveland is gathering data upon which
to base his vote of the $75, 900, 900
River and Harbor bill, which may go
in any day before next Wednesday.
The impression in Congress is that the
bill will be passed over the veto.
The Senate voted down the propo-
sition to add rs cents barrel to the
internal revenue tax on beer, which
was offered as an amendment TO the
filled cheese bill.
Democrats were disappointed be-
cause the Supreme court decision, that
the money appropriated by the last
Congress fer sugar bounties should be
paid, did not touch the question OF the
constitutionality of the sugar bounty.
Some Of the ablest democrats have
from the birth of the party claimed
that the whole system sof government
counties was unconstitutional, and it
was hoped that a decision would have
been made of that question in this
case.
There Is every reason to believe that
the House committee on Invalid PEN
sions was merely indulging in = little
campaign buncombe when favorable
report was ordered to be made to the
House on the service pension bill, and
that few members Of Congress seriously
wish this bill to ever become law
The bill provides that every man who
served ninety days or longer in the U.
S. Army or Navy between 1861 and 1865
shall receive So month and one cent
additional for each day ever ninety
that he served in either branch of the
service, and this money is TO be paid
to the milliono or thereabouts who are
already drawing pensions for dis
ability as well as to those who are not
on the peonsion roll. The bill, if it
becomes law, would add annually
$50 0OO, 900 or more to the already
enormous expenditures for pensions.
Ex-Congressman Enloe, of Tenn,
who is visiting Washington and who is
an authority on the democracy of his
State, said Of the outlook: 'Tennes-
see is in good shape. We will elect
our democratic State ticket by an old
:ime majority. The people are as mad
as hornets over the '94 slump, and are
going to expatiate that slip by eating
up the republicans in November.
1t hardly needed q denial from
Chairman Harrity of the National
Democratic Committee, to convince
anybody who knows him that he had
never said that the National Commit
tee would attempt to keep any body out
of the Chicago convention. MIR. Har-
rity is in Washington, and thus ex-
rlicitly defines his position. Speaking
for myself as delegate to the National
Democratic Convention, expect to en-
ter it with view Of abiding by the
will of the majority. Whoever is
nominated will receive my support,
ani am certain that will be the sent;-
ment of the great bulk of delegates.
Democrats always enter a conference,
caucus or convention with the idea of
submission to the vote of the majority.
That is cardinal principle and there
is no reason to think it will be violat-
ed at Chicago by either the advocates
of sound money or of free silver"
Section 81 of the Wilson toriff law.
admitting free foreign alcohol to be
used in the arts and manufacturers,
was this week repealed by the House,
the vote being les to SO. 9.Secretary Car.
Isle had asked to have this section re-
peslcd because it had been so clumsils
drawn that 1t was practically impoe-
sible to make regulations to enforce it.
This section was one of the amend
ments added to the Wilson bill in the
Senate. 1t was known at the time that
it was badly drawn, and expected that
1t would be put into proper shape in
conference. Everybody remembers
bow the House was compelled to ac-
cePt all the Senate amendments in q
lump to save the entire bill from fail