The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-05-08
VI ashinEtOn letter.

Washington, May >, 1896 Senator
Gorman's speech protesting against Re
nut,ican extravaganza IN providing Tor
an expenditure of 5000. .oO0. 600 when
the estimates of the government receipts
for the next fiscal year are o',ly SSH +
600 600 was a notice served upon the |
Republicans that during the .hiIng cam |
,,aign the people should be sally posted |
ap0n Republican intentions, n"t avO ed, |
,ut surely indicated by II" "a ion OF
their leaders in both branches IF this |
congress. to increase federal ttNa'Ian all
around, in o;der u raise the M 'uey to
meet needl, s. appropriations The men
who are in control of the Republican
party apparently wish t. put this coun
try upon a European basis in the matter
of expenditures, and perhaps in other
yavs Now, Mr.. German aud other
leading Democrats believe that major
ity-an overwhelming majority, of the
plain, everyday people of this country
favor the American idea of economy In
public expenditure, and oppose public ex-
travagauce in any and every form; and
they intend to see that the facts are
placed before the people.
Not a little amusement has been
Carnegie, before the senate naval COM
mittee in the investigation as to the cost
If armor plates for our fighting vessels,
which although given sometime ago was
not made public until this week. Mr..
Carnegie had the nerve to tell the COM
mittee that he considered making the
irmor for the government at 800. ton
work OF patriotism. Tne public is
L IS ha
contract he has made with the Russian
government to furnish the same kind of
trmor for $500 a ton. Abuses brought
to light by that Investigation caused the
senate to amend the naval appropriation
| Oil SO as to prohibit the employment of
naval officers by private contractors af
| ter June 80 1897. While nothing posi-
| lively criminal was shown in connec-
ion with such employment enough sus-
| picion was engendered to make it desira-
| ble to put stop to the practice.
Ex-congressman John ID. Anderson,
# w. Va, takes a rosy view of Demo-
cratic prospects in that state. He says:
The Democrats in my state are going
to make "A great fight this year to re
ieem the state from Republican rule,
and | think they are going to win. 1t
is going to be pretty exciting cohtest,
but our party is united, and the condi-
tions are all favorable to success" "
The senate evidently is not afraid of
the A. p. A, whatever its other faults
may be. After listening to mastery eu-
logies on the life and character of Faith
sr Marquette by Senators Villas and
Mitchell, of Wisconsin, and Kyle, of
South Dakota, who, by the way, is a
Protestant minister, it adopted a joint
resolution offered by Senator Palmer,
Of ILL.,, accepting the statute of Father
Marquette, now In Statuary Hall, and
thanking the state of Wis. 1t remains
to be seen whether the A. p. A. can pre-
vent the house adopting this resolution
1t is understood that 1t will make the
attempt.
Representative Clarke, who was the
unsuccessful 'sound money" Democrat
&c candidate for governor of Alabama
mas returned to his seat in the house
and he brings good news. He says
: ''No matter how much we may differ OF
| financial questions, the Democrats o
Alabama are harmonious in agreeiu,
that the best Interests of the state requir
!, | that 1t shall remain under Democratic
control. We are all together in the sup
I port of the ticket Just nominated ant
will elect it fairly and triumphantly
That's the way for Democrat to talk
There is no sore head under that man
nat.
Mckinley's managers stole a marcl
: IN Reed when they captured that Ner
T. mont state convention, even if they fail
ed to get everything they wanted from
the Illinois convention. 1t begins t
look as though Quay and Platt had un
Il dertaken task of gigantic proportion
T.: in trying to keep Mckinley from get
s ting that nomination. Their lates
scheme of uniting all the opposition I
} Mckinley on Harrison is not at all pleas
y ing to Reed, who hates Harrison On
: Of Reed friends speaking of this schem
f said: eff Platt and Quay can't bea
Mckinley without taking up Harriso
they can't beat him at all. Just Re
member what | say. If these men tr
II to stampede the convention to Harriso
n Mckinley will be nominated, and til
man who will do most to bring it aboU
will be Tom sReed. Reed wants til
L nomination himself, and next to gettin
l. it he wants to keep Harrison out of it
n FmhEZZlpr Tried in Mpyrca