The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
OUR wAsHINGroa LETTER.


" ASHiNGTON, NOV. 10, lopO.
Chairman Hanna has written
Washington friend virtually confirm
ing the rumor that the Republican
National Committee would shortly
open permanent headqGarterg in
Washington, from which the edhca-
tional fight against the free liver
falacy, which is to go right 4ong
until the truth has beenNarguedH Unto
the heads Of all misguided PEOPLE,
shall be directed. This move wpuld
have been generally commended any
way, but the announcement that.the
silver committee, the Populist com
mittee, and the Democratic committee
intended 90 maintain permanent
Washington headquarters and TO
keep up the distribution of literature
made it almost necessary. The silver
sentiment would not have been Half
so extensive il its opponents had lhet
argument with argument, instead of
wasting time laughing at the silver
men sending out campaign Literature
several years ahead Of the campaign,
and doing nothing themselves. Mr.
Hanna knows how hard it Ito
undo in few weeks the work tAat
the silver men had been doing for
several years; hence he has from IL
day the campaign closed favoredHa
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continuation OF the educasief OF INV
voters on the silver question.
There IS enough work on the bills
already passed by the House to keep
the Senate busy until the close OF the
last session Of the ffty-fOurth Con
gress, but hoWlmGny of those bills the
Senate will act upon, or even devote
any time 10, is more than any one can
really say. Among the important
bills passed by the House and left
Enacted upon by the Senate are the
Dingley Emergency Revenue bill, the
bill to protect the gold reserve and
provide for temporary deficiencies in
revenue. the Dill TO amend the Gus
toms administrative law, the bank
ruptcy bill, the Immigration bill and
the pension Bill. Doubtless other
bills would have been acted upon by
! the House had NOT the disposition OF
the Senate 10 do nothing been so APP
parent. How much OF that dlsposl-
| ton remains Will not be certain until
after Congress meets, notwlthstand-
ing the opinions pro and con which
some OF the Senators have recently
made publc. III Wlil be noticed that
men like Senator Morrill,, OF Vermont,
me Father OF the Senate, are not
attempting TO say what the Senate
Will do. MI Morrill, IS III Washington
| Tor the winter, but he lsn t making
any prophecies.
Mr. Cleveland administration al
ways seems to have a war scare to
spring on the public Having just
! gotten rid OF the principal cause OF
friction with England by negotiating
a treaty providing FOR the submission
OF the Venezuelan boundary dispute
with England to arbitration, the
| spanish war scare is trotted out IN d
new dress. " nile no Official state
ment has been made to that effect,
! friends OF the administration say that
1t has trustworthy information that
| Spain intends to force war with this
country If her present campaign
| against the Cuban reYoiutlonlsts
fails, and that the administration is
accordingly preparing to fight. If
Spain really had any such intention
1t would be wise to prepare for war,
ana III any event 1T will 90 no harm.
But 1t isn't at all likely that Spain
has any such intention. There has
been enough to prove 20 the world
that the men, or women, who are
running the government OF Spain
during the minority of the king are
not models of wisdom, but that is no
reason why they should be foolish
enough to provoke war with the
United States. 1t may be that some
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