Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-05-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(p,on oar Regular Correspondent

(rscm our Regular Correspondent
Washington, ID. y. May A.
Nine congressman out OF every ten
believe that the events Of the past
week have settled the question OF
who wOulI head the republ can
National ticket tins 3ear. L iere
has been no withdrawal OF the
other candidates aud there will
probably be none, bnt Senators
Allison and Quay and Speaker
Reed know as we'll as their friends
do that nothing short of a great
popular upheaval against him can
COW prevent the nomination or
Gov. Mckinley, although thew are
not prepared to admit as much
publicly. McKinley's friends
claim that be already has fifty or
more votes than will be needed to
nominate him. While this Is
probably stretching things little
unprejudlced observers believe
that he will have enou "a votes to
WIN, because they 1gure Ih st IN
addition to the votes pledged TO
him he will get many OF the I'M
pledged delegates who have Oeen
waiting until they could PICK a
sure winner before declaring them
selves as the winning candidate
always fares little better than the
other fellow when it comes to dis
tributiug the loav's and fishes.
1t IS possIb Z that he belief 10
the certainty OF Mex nley's noml'
nation may resulC in prolonging
this session of Congress, as it was
the friends of the other candidates
who were doing the pushing for an
adjournment sometime in advance
Of the meeting of the republican
National convention. With the
work Of that convention all cut out
IN advan 70 they will not care so
much about adJOurnlng early.
Although the general bankrupt
CT bill was strongly opposed 1t
passed the House by vote of ls7
to 81.
The division in the Senate on the
question of whether 4 battlesbips
should be appropriate for, as pro
vided for by the House or only z,
as advocated by Senator German,
was entirely Outsideo OF party lines.
Senator German, who won, was
supported by 8 republicans, Is
democrats, aud populists, and
opposed by 20 republicans. Q
democrats and populiSt. Soma
tor Allen thought the time Oppor'
tune to get all the battleships
struck out, but his motion to that
effect only got 10 votes, while "A
were cast against it. THIS reduc-
ton does not mean that the s .na'
tors who supported it are all OPP
posel to increasing OurN Navy, on y
that they are opposed to spending
money before We know where it is
to come from.
A resolution has been offered in
the House providing for an in-
vestigatiOn by com nittee select
I'd from both branches of Congress,
of the charges made against S4cy.
Morton in con nectiOn With the
purchase of seeds for free distrlbu.
ton, and OF the charge made by
Secretary Morton and hls assistant
that some members of Congress
have sold their quota of seeds and
pOcketed the money.
Senator TIllmau's latest effort
10 the way Of speech making was
quite as sensational as his first,
and it dldnt please either reDubII-
cans, democrats or pOpu'ists. He
used his pltchfOrk too lndiscriml
n4tely for any OF tnem. His slurs
the old parties were expect d
but it bad been supposed, in view
Of his unquestiOned presidential
aspiration, that be would not say
anything to offeud the p)puIlSts,
but he dill all the same: and al
though the pOpGlists will not talk
about 1t, they do not like it even a
little bit. Some people take the
attitude Of Senator TiIlman TO
mean that he believes the result
If the republican aud democratic
National conventions will be the
formation OF an entirely new party
with silver for its Foundation stone
and Tlllman for its presidential
candidate. Speaking OF where be
would 60 if he boiled the demo
C attic convention, to which he Will
/ 10 N ,Iolonuk. NJ IT, man o.f1.