The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-29
" ashington Letter.
From our regular Corresponder

From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. C. May, %, 1896
If Speaker Reed would abide by thu
wishes of the rank and file of his
friends and admirers, he would take
the second place on the ticket to be
nominated at st. Louis, if he cannot
get the first place, and Gov. Mckinley
seems to come very near to having 9
mortgage on that. In fact, there car
be no doubt that the combination o
those two names on the ticket would
give satisfaction to more republicans
than any other that could be made
and aside from those who have person.
al reasons for wishing: one or the other
of them to head the ticket, it is prob
able that Reed and Mckinley would
would be equally as satisfactory as
Mckinley and Reed. Whatever may
be the relations existing between some
of their individual friends, Speaker
Reed and Gov. Mckinley, although for
the second time rivals for high party
honor, are on the most cordial terms
with each other; and they have already
proven by the great work they did in
the fiftieth Congress, after having been
rivals for the Speakership of the
House, that they work well in double
harness and make a very strong team.
That neither of these men should
banker after the Vice Presidency is
notstrange, but they are both thorough
republicans, and as such would not re-
fuse to accept duty imposed on them
by the National Convention. It is
safe to predict that if the Convention
selects these two men neither will de-
cline.
1t might look a little queer TO see
Senator Hill make speech at the
Chicago Convention nominating Mr..
Cleveland for third time but precise
ly that prediction was made in my
hearing by gentleman who has been
singularly fortunate in foretelling pol
itical events. Mr.. Hill must be anxious
to see Mr.. Cleveland get worse drub-
blng than the voters of New York
gave to David B. when he ran for Gov.
against Gov. Morton, if he is really
thinking about nominating Mr.. Cleye-
land.
Mr. Cleveland has rewarded Commits
sioner Lochren for carrying out his
pension policy by giving him life job
as U. S. Judge for the District of Min
nesota. Dominick 1. Murphy, of Pa,
now First Deputy, has been nominated
to succeed Lochren as Commissioner,
and N. P. I. Dana, now chief of a
division in the Office, to succeed
Murphy. There will be no change in
the Cleveland Pension policy-until
after the 4th of next March.
1t had been evident for some time
that Col. Dupont would not be seated
as Senator from Delaware. The COM
bined democratic and populist vote
makes majority of in the Senate,
and that was the margin upon which
Col. Dupont was kept out of the seat
to which he was entitled. If the
populists had voted against Col.
Dupont on conviction, there would be
"no kick comingY to the republicans,
but they didn't.
About six men in the Senate will
prevent the adoption of Senator Nor
gan's joint resolution instructing the
President to recognize Cuban belliger-
ency, although all the other Senators,
nine-tenths of the House and an over
whelming majority of the people of
this country favor its adoption. 1t is
the same old story. This handful of
Senators have indicated their inten-
tion to talk all summer if necessary, to
prevent a vote on Senator Morgan g
resolution, and the other Senators
know that the Senate rules are such
that 1T is only question of physical
endurance that will stand in the way
OF the threat being carried out. Con-
sequently there is not much probabil-
ity that the resolution will be seriously
pushed. Some day the Senate will
probably have rules which will enable
the majority of its members, and moi
a determined aud obstinate min ority
to say what shall be done and to do it
Until then wise men will not expect
too much from the Senate.
The Senate wants to know littlt
more about what is being done in be-
half of the Americans who were tried
! by Court-Martial in Cuba anG
sentenced to death, than the meagr.
story the State Department has made
public, that the Spanish Government
had set aside the sentences and direct
ed that the men be tried again in ,
civil court, and as the surest way Il
get what it wanted adopted without
division, q resolution calling on th'