The Arizona sentinel., 1896-12-05
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.)
Washington, Nov. 30th, 1S9t

to the Presidency. This disease ,has many names, but is most po- pularly and comprehensibly known as the "big head" One of the indications showing that Maj. Mckinley has happily escaped an attack of the ''big head" is that he has engaged inauguration quart t3ers for himself and family at the same Washington hotel in which he and Mrs. Mckinley made their home during his entire Congress sional career. instead of at the more fashionable hotel which has been made the inauguration on stop ping place of the Presidents elect and their families for lorg period. This is little thing in itself, but i 1t means much. It means in the first place that he considers what was good enough for Representative Mckinley IS good enough for Pres ident elect Mckinley, and it in cidentally makes known to all that his elevation to the highest place in the gift of the American people has not caused and will not cause him to forget the friends he had when he filled the more modest position of one of three hundred
 old members of the House. This little incident serves to emphasize one of the strongest traits ill Maj. McKlnley's character, loyalty loyalty to country, loyalty to party and loyalty to friends a trait of which any many should be proud.
 All the indications are that Mr
 Cleveland is going to have hard sledding all this winter. The silver Democrats blame him for I,Bryan's defeat and they are de- termlned to get all the revenge they can in every way that they can. Some of them want to hang up every nomination sent to the Senate by Mr. Cleveland, and that proposition will be made and ad- vocated at caucus of silver sena- tors to be held as soon as Congress assemblies. Under the circum- stances, the Republican Senators cannot be expected to aid MT. Cleveland in any fight that he may have with the silver Senators, Feven if they would not by helping MT. Cleveland to get his nomina- tions confirmed be depriving Pres ldcnt Mckinley and themselves of patronage. There will be another and stronger reason for his not getting any assistance from Re- publican Senators. It is generally understood that MT. Cleveland will recommend in his annual message to Congress and will endeavor to get through at this session internal revenue legislation which will furnish enough money to make up the deficit in government revenue. This he will do solely for the pur- pose of trying to place obstacles lin the way of tariff legislation on protection lines by the extra session of Congress which Repub- licans nearly all expect President Mckinley to call as soon as he IS inaugurated. It IS Mir. Cleveland's Eidea that if the needed revenue can be provided for by internal revenue taxation at the present session of Congress, the Repu bll- cans will be deprived of one of the strongest arguments Tn favor of tariff revision and that business pressure can then be brought to bear upon President Mckinley against calling an extra session Needless to say, this idea is not shared by Republicans, who, as a rule, believe that President Me- Kinley and Republican Con- gress were elected to give the country a protective tariff and restore the prosperity which has always been enjoyed when our industries were protected, and that a protection tariff law which will incidentally furnish the revenue needed to operate the Government will be the leading feature of the Mckinley administration and ot the ffty-ifth Congress:
 The most pronounced spoilsmen among the Democratic office hold CTS have suddenly become the most ardent advocates of the civil service