Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25

kE6z@Q9 s. H>h', Smith
SzA2zEss3C be his turn mex
Hilary's disgrace was biouph. abou' b
his having given pedagogue Cleve Ian
false reports as to the condition of af
fairs at home. He told Mr.. Clevelan
that the free silver Democrats of Ads
bama were more noisy than numerou
and that the recent primaries woul
show the state overwhelmingly 70
sound money. He's sorry now he toll
that, and lie won't forget the half hou
he spent with Mr.. Cleveland after
became known that the silver Demo
Gratis had captured the state bag an,
bagga e. Hickey Smith has brough
the same report about Georgia, and
according to ex-Speaker Crisp an,
o.her silver Democrats, they will b
found to be more trustworthy thai
those of Hilary Herbtrt. Mr.. Cleve
land is just beginning to realize thai
the silver Democrats are much NOR
likely to control the Chicago conven
tion than he is, and the realization
hasn't added to his amiability.
The last appropriation bill is now
before the House and will prob. bly be
passed this week. Then the HOUSE
will only have to act on the Senat,
amendment to those appropriation bill.
which have not yet been finally disposed
of before being ready for adjournment.
Republicans in the House have no fear
of Senator Gorman's threat that the
present Congress wiHbe arraigned on
the stump as a do-nothing body. In
fact, they hope the Democrats will
make such an attempt. The record of
the present House has never been ex-
celled for business-like procedure, and
the more the Democrats say about the
failure of Congress to relieve the
Treasury, the more creditable will ap-
appear the action of the House in
promptly passing the revenue tariff
bill that failed in the Senate.
The conclusion of the House com.
mittee on Ways and Means not to re-
port bill providing for a restorat ion
OF the reciprocity policy originated by
the late James G. Blaine, which was
bene6tting American producers and
manufacturers when repealed by the
Democratic tariff bill, is on all fours
with common sense. The hearings be-
fore the committee left no doubt that
public sentiment favors a return to
the reciprocity, but that return being
impossible while a Democratic presi-
dent is in Office the committee, wisely
decided not to waste time in preparing
a bill and putting it through the Re-
publican House only to have it hung
up by the non-des :ript Senate, as the
revenue tariff bill was or vetoed by
Mr.. Cleveland If it got through the
Senate. Reciprocity will come along
with the other good things which will
follow the restoration of the Republic
cans to the control of all branches Of
the government.
No speaker of the House ever re-
ceived great compliment from a p1li-
tical opponent than wi as paid to Speaker
Reed by Representative Dockery, Of
Mo-, during a discussion of private |
bills before the House. Mr.. Ducke ry |
'aid: I" want to say here in his pres
,nee, that 1 honor the present Speaker,
Thomas B. Reed He has stood like a
ion in the path of members on both
'ides of the political aisle who hav e
,eeD pressing bills carrying a large
ums."
Representative Grosvenor, of OHIO,
3 one of the heavy hitters on the Re-
ublican side of The House, and lie
ruck knock out blow when he said
0 the Democrat side IF the House.
You are paralized by your own utter
deficiency. The great feature of the
of Grover Cleveland,
fe only feature thai II save him from
lture contumely, is that when Q
i'll to repeal the great revHniie-produc-
ig, industry proragating tariff law
rs presented To him, lie said: My
anne shall never disgrace is pagps.'
on are attempting Ia place in c. n
ast IN admin tra' ON that aid
$50 00O, ,OC0 of tie public debl with
IL that b rrow~ti $3.50 600 600, aud
~ frrmbles each day ls the trh- /,
rat.h brings the u. VS. lt.t the III su
proved is drifting across the wattr.n
Secretary Bowling, of the National
eague of Republican Clubs, whose .
are at Chicago, is in
'ashington on League business. His
,sition gives him excellent facilities
r knowing the trend of sentiment :.
nong the rank and file of Republi-
ms, and he says that nea ly all the re- = :
rests for political literature, which
Q now being received from every SEC =
1n Of the country, at the League J.
ask for tariff speeches :.
ID say that the most important ques- =
IN of the campaign will be protection. Z
Q says that comparatively few re- II
ests are received for financial litera- :
re. One of MIR. Duwling's objects IN
sitting Washington il t. arrange II ra