Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-23

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sPE IAL 1p7sassDSoESCE OF TEE MONITOR
Washinoton, Nor. 10th, 1896.


Washington friend virtually confirm
ing the rumor that the Republican
| National Committee would shortly
open permanent headquarters in
Washington, from which the educa-
tional fight against the free silver
fallacy, which is to &c right along un-
til the truth has been argued into the
heads of all misguided people, shall
be directed. This move would have
been generally commended anyway,
but the announcement that the silver
committee, the populist committee,
and the democratic committee in
tended to maintain permanent Wash
| ington headquarters and to keep up
the distribution of silver literature,
made it almost necessary. The silver
sentiment would not have been half
so extensive if it's opponents had met
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 was to I'M
do in few weeks the work that the
silver men had been doing for several
years; hence he has from the day the
campaign closed favored continue
ton of the education Of the voters on
the silver question.
There is enough work on the bills
already passed the House to keep the
Senate busy. Among the import
ant 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 bill to amend the Gus
toms administrative law, the Bank
ruptcy bill, the Immigration bill and
the Pension bill. Doubtless the other
bills would have been acted upon by
the House had not the disposition Of
the Senate to do nothing been so ap-
parent. How much OF that DISPOSE
ton remains will not be certain until
after Congress meets, notwithstand-
ing the opinions pro and con which
some Of the Senators have recently
made public. It will be noticed that
men like Senator Morrill,, Of VT,
''The Father of the Senate" are not
attempting to say what the Senate
will do. Mr.. Morrill, is in Washington
for the winter, but he isn't making
any prophecies.
Mr.. Cleveland's administration al
ways seems to have q war scare
ready to spring on the public. Hav
ing just gotten rid OF the principal
cause Of friction with England by ne
gotiating a treaty providing for the
sub mission of the Venezuelan Boun-
Diary dispute with England to arbit "a
ton, the Spanish war scare is trotted
out in new dress. While no official
statement has been made to that eff
feet, friends OF the administration say
that it has trustworthy information
that Spain intends to force war with
this country if her present campaign
against the Cuban revolutionists fail,
and that the administration is &C
cordingly prepared to fight. If Spain
really had any such intention it would
be wise to prepare for war, and in
any event it will do no harm. But it
isn't at all likely that Spain has any
such intention. There has been
enough to prove to the world that the
men, 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 pro
yoke war with the United States. 1t
may be that some Spaniards are ig
norant enough to believe that one
horse nation, like Spain, is in the
same fighting class with the United
States, but it is impossible to believe
that men of sufficient education and
intelligence to be entrusted with Of
fetal positions under the Spanish
government, share such an absurd
belief. At any rate, there is no rea
son for anybody to lose any sleep
over the probabilities of a war with
Spain. If the Dons haven't any bet
ter sense than to get up run1pus
with US, they will find that the thrash
ing they will receive will be too sud-
den and thorough to be dignifed by
the name Of war.
Mr.. Cleveland has decided to give
Secretary Herbert place on the
bench. and he would like to do as
much for Secretary Carlisle and Post
master General Wilson, but he has
grave doubts as to whether the SEN
ate will sanction the nomination OF
either Of these men, owing the pre-
JUDGE of the silver senators against