Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-02-01
WASHINGTONLETTER
SEN ALLISON'S nOD-
ESTY.
Senate Talk
SENATOR BAYARD TO BE OBNsUR-
I'd.


WAsaINGrON. Jan. 9th, 1896.
senator Allison has returned from
Iowa and is receiving the congratula-
tions of his friends and colleagues on
his re-election 20 the Senate Just as
mOdestly as he will receive Them after
the st. LOusis convention should
he be fortunate enough TO capture
the priz4 of the Republican Presiden-
tial nomination That modest way OF
wearing his hOnOrs Is one of the many
reasons why almost everybody likes
Senator llison, but it is also source
of weakness TO him as candidate for
the Presidential nomination. because
it causes some people to think that he
lacks aggressiveness.
Strange Co say Gen. Harrison's visit
TO Washington was not followed by a
food of Presidential talk. One rea-
son for this somewhat unusual excep-
tion was that Gen. Harrison himself
positively declined TO discuss that
subject, saying that he was for the
time out of politics.
In adopting that Armenian resolu-
ton. the Senate gave the world to un-
derstand that Congress is willing to &C
any length in supporting the presi.
dent in protecting American citizens
in foreign countries
A lot of tom -foolery has been widely
circulated concerning the opposition
in the Senate 20 the Davis Monroe
doctrine resolution which was las
week reported Co the Senate from tn,
Committee on Foreign Relations. Il
can be stated upon the authority o.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,, whs
has made careful and thorough can
vass of the Senate. that the resolution
will be adopted, and that at the out
side there will not by more than eigh
votes cast againss it in the Senate
1t may not be voted upon for ten day
or two weeks yet, as many Senator
wish TO make speeches upon it, anC
the free coinage substitute for tn,
House bond bill is still taking up tn,
greater portion of the time OF the Sen
ate But that bill will, it is expected
be disposed OF this week, and theI
there will be a clear deck for the Mon
roe doctrine speeches, and for Sena
tor Davis TO press his resolution TO
vote.
The career of Representative sns
Senator-elect Money, Of Miss, as view
ed from the Washington end of tn
line. furnishes a somewhat striking
picture of the ups and downs OF tn,
Southern politician. Mr. Hernand
De Soto Money-isn't TO blame for hi
name at any rate-made his debut il
National politics as Representative O
the fourth Mississippi District in tn
forty fourth Congress He RENAME,
in the House until the close of the for
ty-eighth Congress. Then he becam
a cheap Congressional lobbyist, an,
remained such-his appearance indi
Gated that he had hard time too
until he succeeded in getting himsel
elected to the hfty-third Congress
from the same old district. The
things began 60 go his way. althoug
scme of those who had employed hir
as lobbyist must have given hin
some bad half-hours after his retur
20 Congress He was reelected {
the present House, and last week wa
elected for full term in the Senat,
beginning the day his term in th
House eXpires-March 4, 1897 Their
is more than one lex" hanging aroun
Washington, lobbying a little, boz
rowing a little and drinking a gre,
deal. who would like to find our no
Mr.. Money managed TO get up agai
after his first knock down.
Senator Baker, of Kansas, made
good impression with his speech in Fl
vor of the coinage of the Americs
product of silver, in accordance viii
MS anne 10 the Tree COlndl
substitute for the House bond bi
which is now before the Senate /
divided the money ranks into thr,
classes, gold monometallists, silve
monometallIsts and bimetallists, al
announced his own allegiance TO &
last named He said, he was very pc
tive that the question of tariff and
nance would be settled by the repu
lican party alone. MIR. Baker ISM
great orator, but he seems to have
supply of hard, horse sense that
likely to be beneficial to Kansas &,
to the republican party during
Senatorial term.
tits now practically certain that t
House committee on Foreign Alta
will report a resolution censuring A
bassador Bayard for those anti-Am
lean speeches he made. So much
been agreed to by the sub-commiti
consisting of Draper of Mass, Pears
of n. O., and Densmore of Ark
which the matter was referred.
would be comparatively easy for
republicans on the committee 60
any sort OF resolution passed by I
House that they might choose to
port, even to the extent of recC
mending Bayard's recall but as Il
wish the matter to be shorn of all ?
tisanship by having the resolution
ported unanimously from the CONN
tee, the res Olution to be reported
be merely one of censure, and
Worded that it will be supported
the democratic members of the G.
mittee, who agree with their rep
lican colleagues in believing that
yard deserves to be censured.