Middletown transcript., 1896-02-08

NY a vote OF 42 t
M 35, and three Re
publican Senat
ors who would have voted for it, Hans
brougb, of N. Dakota, Dubois, o.
Idaho, and Wolcott, of Colo, wer,
paired. As there is no possibility tha
the substitute can become law th'
only interest attached to the matt
was the record made by the vote. Will
the exception of Senator Cameron, oi
Penn, all of the Republicans are be-
lieved to have voted in accordance
with the views Of majority of theil
constituents.
The Democrat ic members of the
House C, mmitite un Foreign Affairs
having refused t. agree To any resoln.
tion submitted by the Republican men,
bers of that committee, the Republic
cans adopted, and, of course, the House
will also, resolution expressing the
sense of the House that Ambassador
Bayard's un-American utterances in
recent speeches III Great Britain were
improper and that he he censured
therefor. If Bayard has any sense of
manhood left he will resign when the
House adopts that resolution.
Senator Pettigrew, of s. Dakota,
sometimes has a prophetic mood. While
one of them was on him he said. 1.-THE
bill will die in conference. The House
will not agree TO the free coinage SUBJ
stitute of the Senate, and all of the
various compromises that may be pro-
posed will 60 into the waste basket.
There is no common ground upon
which the House can meet. The reve-
nue. bill will be reported from the
Committee on Finance without amend
nent, and will pass the Senate in the
same shape it passed the House. 1t
will then go to the President, who will
Knock it in the head v ith his little veto
md end financial legislation for this
'ession. We will then pass the approia-
ion bills and go home before the first
# May, making the short. st long ses-
ion on record.
Speaker Reed has been presented
With gayel from Mr.. Blaine's BIRTH
place, accompanied by the following
letter, which is self-explanatory: 1.-THE
wood for this gavel was taken out of
he window frames of tie Blaine
louse. A living shrine is more salts |
actory than dead one, a mans house
8 more attractive than his grave. To
ee the rooms in which he lived and
alked, the bed On which he slept, the
hair and table where he wrote, the |
be very pen which his living fingers
uided these very sights bring the man
efore us and he lives again. James G.
'laine belongs to history. Knowing
he Hon. Thomas B. Reed to be a
lend of the dead statesman. we send
i'm this gavel as token of our esteem
nd respect for him personally, and as
lr standard bearer in 1896. We hope
hen taps of this gavel shall Call the
ouse to order, it will Call before the
embers the form of Hon. James G.
laine, whose words have echoed
rough the chamber which now knows
s voice no MORE"
While there are many men in both
anches of Congl ess mho are as much
posed to Mr.. Cleyeland's policy as
'na tor Tillman, of S. c., is or can be,
ere are few men in Congress who do
It openly condemn the blaekguard
nguage which Tillman used to ex-
ess his opposition. The Presidents
sition should protect him from per-
nal abuse.
The Union Republican Club, of
proposes to celebrate the
tieth birthday of the Republican
rty by holding big mass meeting on !
evening of Feb. 22nd. A large o
1 has been engaged, and already the =
1itations of the club have been ac- q
tied by sufficient number of Re- a
olicans of National reputation to t
ke it certain that the celebration 81
! be the brilliant success it deserves il
be. M
t the Democratic members Of the !"
ate all follow the example of the hl
of the Election committee, al
vill be left for the Populists to de- as
} whether Senator Dupont, of DEL, ~,
II get the seat to which he was ie- y,
y elected. The Election Com 90
tee has, by the vote of every ~ n
'ublican member, reported in favor an
senator Dupont's right to the seat, n,
if the Democrats all the vote
inst him he will have to get some
'ulist votes to get in. Neither
ator Dupont nor his friends haye -.
doubt of his final success. w
for
is said by some that the reason or
Q of the Republican senator's op-J fec
making y change in the offices of he
etary and Sergeant-at-Arms of an,
Senate is that they control more nl.
onage under the present Democratic
ials than they Could hope t., retain ..
er new ones. An a; tempt is 10 be s's'
. the last Of til,s week 10 settle the ask
'tioIl al 4 caucus Cf Republican ahe
tors. r.