Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-27

Cuba. The matter is being investlgat-
ed. Should Dygert's reported execu-
tion prove to be fact there is no tell
ing what it may lead to. declara-
ton OF war against Spain is one OF the
possibilities.
The National Arbitration Conference
which met here this week displayed its
wisdom by electing ex-senator Ed
munds, of Vermont, permanent chair
man, his long experience in Congress
making him especially we'll Qualified
to perform the duties attached to the
position. The conference again dis
played its wisdom by recognizing the
serious obstacles which stand in the
way of compulsory international ar
bitration. In $ fact, the conference
proved itself wise body, and the gem
eral belief is that 1t has made the pfop-
er start towards securing its object
and that sometime in the not far dis
tant future we shall have asgeneral
arbitration treaty with England, if not
with all other nations.
The serious charges against the
management of the Soldiers Home at
Leavenworth, made by Representative
Blue, of Kansas, will probably be in
vestigated. as the House committee on
Military Affairs has voted to report a
resolution authorizing the Speaker to
appoint a committee of five members
to make the investigation. Ten OF the
sixteen members of the committee were
present, and the vote was to 8. Rep
resentative Mcclellan, of New York,
son of the late Gen. Mcclellan, voted
against reporting the resolution and
gave notice of his intention to present
minority report to the House asking
that it be not adopted.
If there are any more Democrats who
wish to pose as the administration can
didate for the Democratic Presidential
nomination they should lose no time in
communicating their wishes to Mr..
Cleveland, who appears to haye laid
aside his customary obstinacy in this
particular matter and to be willing to
allow all of the would-be leaders of
the party to try their hand at playing
the part. First it was Olney, then
Carlisle, who was followed by Russell,
and now it is Pattison, of Pennsylvania
1t may be that Mr.. Cleveland himself
is playing a part in this Democratic
melodrama. Already some of his wor-
shippers are saying that none of the
men suggested as satisfactory candi-
dates to the administration have de-
veloped any support in the rank and
file of the party; that Whitney, who
might develop large party following,
will not allow his name to be used,
and that there is only one man who
can prevent the nomination of silver
man by the Chicago convention. That
man is, of course, Mr.. Cleveland. And,
cccording to the aforesaid worshippers,
the only way he can head off the silver
wing of the party is to again become
the candidate himself. 1t may be that
Mr.. Cleveland has nothing to do with
this sort of talk, but it is much more
probable that he has
Some of the Senate amendments to
appropriation bills may haye consider
able trouble in getting through the
House In this class is that allowing
two years to change the Indian sec
tartan schools to government schools.
1t will be remembered that when this
bill was in the House it was made to
explicitly provide that no money car.
ried by it was to be expended for the
support of sectarian Indian schools.
There are also lot of other Senate
amendments to other appropriation
bills that will find bitter opposition in
the House.
No positive action looking to early
adjournment had been taken in either
the House or Senate, and nothing has
been done to indicate whether the
statement that the Democratic steer
ing committee of the Senate had de
termined that adjournment should not
take place until after the Republican
convention was fact or fiction, Owing
to the peculiar condition of affairs in
the Senate adjournment cannot be hat
without Democratic consent s.
The Reed bill, reducing the salarie
of county officers, notice of the pass
age of which in the lower house ap