The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-25

ment of the United States assist him {, the extent of many thousands of dollar by carrying through the mails free. un der congressional frank, a bulky vol ume, printed at the government printins office in the form of the Congressiona Record and containing speeches and compilations from public documents This volume, as it first appeared. con. tained extracts from newspapers and was therefore not frankable. The re. vised edition, now being sent out, has left out the newspaper extracts.
 i A new republican candidate for Sena. tor Germans seat has added to republi- can confusion in Maryla nd, and to the growing belief in the certainty that the legislature will be carried by the demo- crsts. master General Gary is 4Us na caH8 ate, although the announce nlaato of i.'s candidacy waz pfsmatureIy made. He-itAs goS t}ze---~ctariai itch very bad. and had hoped 6y the aid oi postmasters and other followers to have had thoroughly organized machine in every county of the state before allow ing it to become public that he was a candidate, but somebody leaked. He refuses now to confim, deny or in any way discuss the matter. He probably wants to find out "wbere he is at" be- fore committing himself.
 Although Attorney General McKenna was indignantly emphatic in declaring that he did not intend to consult with MT. Mckinley about the opinion he is to give as to the proper construction to be placed upon the clause of the tariff imposing discriminating duties, he did that very thing. And he did not even have the satisfaction of waiting until Mr. Mckinley came back to Washing ton to consult with him, but was ordered up to Somerset, Penn., where Mir. Mo Kinley was to talk the matter over. The opinion is still held back, and it will be discussed at the cabinet meeting which Mir. Mckinley has called. It is probable also that the cabinet will discuss the verbal report made by Consul General Fitz Hugh Lee, who is in Washington on Cuban affairs. It is understood that after this cabinet meeting, Mir. McKin- ley will go away to remain & couple of weeks.
 In the opinion of the silver men, now in Washington, the action of the Bank of England in deciding to hold one-fifth of it's reserve in silver, will not prove any direct benefit to silver, but they be- Iieve it will help silver indirectly by in- public interest in Europe in the principle of bimetallism. They think hat the action of the Bank of England was taken more to conciliate the grow ing silver sentiment in Great Britain .-.-u ss 3 iesuFT U4 ..... ...-. n. ta i. commission to England aud js with representatives of the government of Great Britain. Some of the silver men regard the whole busi- ness as nothing more than a trick on the part of the gold standard financiers of England 10 make the silver men there and over here believe that they are gradually coming around to bimetalllsm of their own accord, in preference to waiting until they are compelled to do SO. These gentlemen are firmly of the opinion that England will never will ngly adopt bimetallism, and that the only way to get her to do so is to force t, and the way to force it is for the United States to adopt bimetallism in- or in conjunction with as many European governments as may lesire to join the move.