The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-07-03
Washington Letter.

| washington Letter.
Washington, June 9th, 1896
| Little except the Chicago convention is
talked about by the politicians of all par
! ties who are now in Washington -Ail
sorts of guesSes are being made as to
| what the convention will do, hut nobody
| pretends to be able TO do more than
| guess One thing seems certain, ii
| such Democrats as Senators Harris, OF
Tenn aud Jones. of Ark. are in touch
with the controlling element IN the con
vention, as they are believed 10 be
| That is, that Senator Teller will not be
even seriously considered as candidate
| for the presidential nomination An
| other thing which seems probable, II
/ not quite certain Is that the south VIII
not furnish the candidate. Senator
! Black burn who has been endorsed by
| the Kentucky Democrats will 1t Is stated
| declare his appreciation of the compil-
| ment and then decline the support OF
| fered, because of his belief that II would
| he uuwise to nominste southern man
1t is generally admitted by Democrats
that the fight in the Chicago convention
| will probably be the bitterest since the
| convention of 1860, hat they all hope
that the result will not he so disastrous;
and are all certain whatever the out
come that there will not be two Demo
cratic presidential tickets in the field
this year Ample time is to he given
for the delegates to fully consider the
platform and the ticket, with the under
standing that when action Is taken 1t
shall be concurred in by the minority.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary eff
forts which President Cleveland and his
friends are making to prevent 1t. the
general impression among all classes of
politicians is that the platform will de-
clare for the independent free coinage of
silver bv this country at the ratio of l6
to l.
There was no surprise in Washington
when it was stated as coming direct
from Mr.. Hobart himself that his nom
ination for vice president was the result
of an understanding months before the
convention with Mark Hanna, but when
Hobart's talk got back to Hanna there
was probably few remarks made which
could not be printed in a family news
paper. One Republican remarked when
told what Hobart had said that he
thought Hanna might at least have Sc
lected man for second place on the
ticket who knew enough to keep his
| mouth shut.
1t looks like it may be ascertained af-
ter while just what it costs to make
| armor plate for warships. During the
last session of congress the senate naval
committee made bluff at finding out,
but it made bad failure and the house
committe announced its intention to try,
| 10 M
in the naval appropriation bill clause
instructing the secretary of the navy to
make no more contracts for armor plate
until congress acted upon the matter,
and also instructing him to have an in
vestigation made by naval officers. This
week Secretary Herber: appointed a
board consisting of Captain w. T. Samp-
son, chief of the bureau of ordinance
1t Commander n f Niles, and 1t A
A. Ackerman to investigate and report
TO congress. The general belief is that
too much has been charged for the plates
by the only two concerns in the country
which have the plants to make them.
al see, said man who served in
congress with Mckinley and who know;
him too well to vote for him, 'tha
Mark Hanna is reported to have saiC
that Mckinley secured that nomination
without making any promises. If Han
us said that he must have been Joking
for he must know that making promise:
has always been a weakness with Nc
Kinley. Why, it kept him in hot wa
ter nearly all the time he was governor
of Ohio, and he even went so far some
times as to promise the same thing t.
two different men. In one such case
where both men had too much influence
to be turned down, he had to get tn,
Legislature to help him out at the ex
pense of the state by making two posi-
tions at 50. 900 year where only on
had existed when he promised it to tw,
men. Not made any promises. Why
I'll bet my very head that Mckinley ha
promised away every position wortf
having in the gift of the president, an,
nobody knows it any better than Mar
Hanna"
, While the rumor mongers were firin
off whole broadsides of Fourth of-Jul
war fireworks, based upon what the
supposed would be the nature of Genera
: Fitzhugh Lees report on the situation
r in Cuba, which, by the way, the presi
dent has not yet received, the presiden
was catching a few salt water fish, an
Secretary Onley was getting two or thre
l days rest out of town. When it come
: down TO hard work the sensational news
. paper man wears the belt all the time
NJ.