Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-13

stead of the common enemy. They
know, that the little hope that demo-
Gratis allow themselves to indulge in
of ever regaining control of this gov
eminent again is based entirely upon
their ability to stir up dissension
among the supporters of the several
| candidates for the republican presi
Dental nomination. Notwithstand-
| ing the action and talk of few of the
over jealous friends of some of the
republican candidates, your CORES
pondent has no hesitation whatever
in asserting that the contest for the
nomination will not be allowed either
before or during the ST. Louis con-
ventiOn to degenerate into dog and
cat fight that will leave sores for the
democrats to throw salt on during the
campaign. Each Of the candidates
have warm supporters among the ma
tional leaders of the republican party,
and each of these leaders will use
every honorable effort to bring about
the nomination of his candidate, as
he has perfect right to do, but there
will be no blows below the belt with
their sanction, and when the nomina
ton shall have been made every man
of them will be found cordially sup
these things are we'll known because
republicans all know the cordial per-
sonal relations which exist between
Speaker Reed, Cows. Mckinley and
Morton, and Senators Allison, Cullom
and Quay, and that should any one
of the six be chosen that he would re-
ceive no warmer or more heartfelt
generalization than would come from
the other five, but they are here writ
ten for the especial benefit of those
mistake Of getting their Information
as to republican affairs from the dem
ocratic or assistant democratic press.
Representative Mccall, of Mass,
has not been impressed with the al
legged reform made in the consular
service by the Cleveland administra-
ton. On the contrary, Mr.. Mccall |
thinks our consular service might be
improved in many ways which would |
add to it's efficiency, and he has intro
duced a bill providing for thorough |
investigation Of the system by non
partisan commission which shall re-
port plan of reorganization to the
President in time to be acted upon by
the fifty fifth Congress at its first ses-
sion. The bill is now in the hands of
the committee on Foreign Affairs,
and Mr.. Mccall hopes to get it favor
ably reported and placed on the cal
endar before the close of the present
session, and to get it passed at the
next session.
Speaker Reeds explanation of why
ne reversed his ruling in the fifty first
Cong ress, that the presence of ma
ority of the entire number of mem
oers entitled to seats in the House
was necessary to constitute quorum,
and last week ruled that majority of
jhe living members of the House was
A legal quorum, is perfectly logical.
He was compelled to make his first
ruling on short notice and not desir
ng to take any chances chose that
view of the question which could not
possibly be upset by the Courts at
jhe time it will be remembered that
5he democrats were threatening to
carry every ruling he made into the
Courts. Since then he has made
careful study of the matter and be-
come satisfied that a majority of liv-
ng members are constitutional
quorum.
For the second time since he has
been a member of the Senate Senator
Quay's committee has been burglar
zed. The first time was in 1888, when
he was Chairman of the Republican
National Committee. There is no
doubt that the object of the burglary
n both instances was the same-po-
itical information, which it was
thought could be obtained from Mr..
Quay's private papers. The last burg
airy was no more successful than the
irst, as about three weeks ago the
Senator had all his important private
papers removed from his committee
DOM to his house. Mr.. Quay's health
las not been good of late and his phys
clan has ordered him to Florida to
emain there until the weather gets
warmer in Washington. He declined
10 discuss this last burglary before his
departure, further than to say that ;
somebody had taken a lot of trouble
md the chance for term in the pen ,
tpntiarv for pOthinU