The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-03
Washington Notes.

IT is well known that neither Sena
tor Vest nor Senator Blackburn has
any love for the present administra.
ton. The her day Vest approached
Blackburn and said: "Joe, don't you
think Morton is the blankesr fool who
ever held cabinet position?" Black
burn took long pull on the long, black
cigar he had just lit and replied: Cant
answer the question, Vest; Pm CON-
mitted to Hoke smith,"
THE bill prohibiting further issue of
bonds without specific authority of
congress is being debated in the senate.
1t has been virtually settled by the
several test votes which gave the bill
the right of way that majority of the
senate favors the bill, but If there was
any probability that the bill could pass
the house it would not be allowed to
come to vote in the senate, and it
is not certain that it will anyway.
Mr.. CLEvELAND's curt refusal to
furnish the senate with copies Of the
correspondence with Spain concerning
the American citizens captured on the
ilibuster Competitor" asked for by
the Morgan resolution, is not well re-
and unless it is proved TO senators, by
allowing them to see the correspond
ence, that some better reason than
within of Mr.. Cleveland's exists for re-
fusing this information, the senate is
likely to take some additional action.
A report, which cannot be verified,
says that Secretary Olney refused to
allow member of the senate commit
tee on foreign relations to see this cor
respondence.
SENATOR QUAY's visit to Governor
Mckinley is the subject most talked
about Just now by the republicans in
congress, who have nearly all concluded
that unless there is radical change,
not now expected, in the sentiments of
the delegates to the st. Louis Conven-
ton, Governor Mckinley will be the
republican nominee and the next pres
ident. While nobody knows exactly
why that visit was made, nor what was
its result, it has Gel tainly pleased the
republicans-those who have from the
first supported Governor Mckinley as
we'll as those who supported other can
ddates. 1t indicates for one thing
that the St. Louis convention is not TO
DO iOlIOWSu ny llC WulCll uuu
much to do with republican defeat in
1884 and 1892.
SENATOR SHERMAN had no difficulty
in showing that those democratic sens-
tors who expressed their anxiety
to join hands with the republicans, and
pass non-partisan bill which would
give the government the revenues
which all the democrats now admit
that it needs, were merely making a
grand stand play for the purpose of
trying TO escape spOnsbllily for being
willing that congress should adjourn
without providing tor the legitimate
needs Of the government. All that
Mr.. Sherman did was to call their at
tention 10 the Dingley emerge ncy reve-
nue. bill, which was passed by the house
early in the session, and which comes
as near to ben{ an absolutely nom
partisan tariff bill as any measure ever
passed by either branch of congress.
| That brought out the c'oven foot of the
democratic sena'o rs and they at once
declared that they would never support
that bill. II is the country's mistor-
tune that the republicans cannot poll a
majority of votes in the senate, but it
will be remedied in the near future.