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Washington, November l3, 1896.
While President Cleveland may have
failed in many things he has under
taken, his administration has Just won
the greatest diplomatic victory in the
history of our country. The negotia-
tions, now nearly completed, of the
treaty providing for the submission to
arbitration of the Nenzuea boundary
dispute, involves full recognition of
the Monroe doctrine by Great Britain,
and consequently by the rest of the
world, and complies with every demand
made by this government. The extent
of this diplomatic victory may be com
pretended best by remembering that
Venzuea has been trying to get Great
Britain to arbitrate the dispute for more
than fifty years, and now the other
party to the arbitration is not to be
Venzuela but the United States. Mem
bers Of the diplomatic corps say the
credit for the victory is more largely
due to Secretary Olney than to Pres-
dent Cleveland. No matter to whom
credit is due, it is Il matter for every
patriotic American to rejoice over. Be
ginning with Monroe every president of
the United States has asserted the right
of this country to interfere to prevent
the forcible acquisition of territory on
this continent by a foreign power, but
never until now has that right been
recognized by European nation.
Senator Morgan evidently thinks that
the interview with Chairman Dingley,
of the house ways and means committee,
which was telegraphed 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 con-
gress, because of the opposition of silver
senators. As one of the silver senators
Mr.. Morgan said: IF the Dingley tariff
bill, so called, doesn't pass the senate
this winter it will be the fault of the Re-
publicans. | have no hesitation in say
ing | will not oppose it, although |
The Dingley bill, or the Reed bill, what
ever you may choose to call it, is only
mGkeshift and the manufacturers do not
really want it, but | would like to see it
presented to Mr.. Cleveland. He might
feel sufficiently grateful TO Mr. McKin-
ley for praising and upholding his fnan-
cial policy to forgive the severe reproof
which the Republican party administer
ed to him at st. Louis convention, and
to aid the Republicans now in getting
through their bill ! am afraid the Re
publicanS will have to offer great many
apologies for their failure to pass such
a measure, and | do not propose that
any of them shall be charged to me-"
The president of the Democratic Club
of Lakeland, near here, says the organi-
zation will be continued, and he gives
his ideas on the situation thusly: If
Major Mckinley succeeds in restoring
good times permanently, and demon
strates that his theory is correct, Of
course we will have no fight. If we are
benefited we will be glad to acknow-
ledge it, but it is our belief that Major
Mckinley cannot overcome immutable
natural laws. His proposed policy offers
no encouragement. Business cannot
substantially revive unless more money
is put in circulation. The retirement of
the greenbacks will not do this. There
fore, we intend to stay organized to pre-
vent further encroachment on popular
rights, and the campaign of patriotic
education will go on and four years
hence we will wave the victorious Dem
ocratic banner"
There is just one thing" remarked a
| Republican senator, (which, to my
mind, makes it certain that neither
ex-Presdent Harrison nor Speaker Reed
will be members of McKinley's cabinet;
they are both too big, mentally, to play
subordinates to Mckinley, and nobody
knows it any better than Mckinley him
self. He may tender portfolios to both
men, in fact, feel assured that he will =,
| but it will be done merely as an act of
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/ pectaton that either man will accept" y"
The Republican circus promises to
open with the reassembling of congress,
| instead of waiting for the Inauguration
of Mckinley, and the performance is
| likely to be continuous, and from indica-
tons it ought to be uproariously "funny. .
The fun may not materilize, but the
uproar can be counted upon to a dead
certainty.
EX-Secretary Hoke Smith was in
Washington this week on legal business.
He said he was out Of politics for the
time being and was not candidate for
the senate. because the voters of his
state had decided that the man elected
to succeed Senator Cord on must be a
silver man. s.
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