The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-12
Washington Letter.

Washington, February 9th, 1877
The inauguration of the millionaire's
president was pulled off in a manner
gorgeous enough to he in keeping with
cost of electing him, which is said to
have exceeded SIC 600, 600 Everything
was conducted on the most lavish scale,
from the personal escort ON Cleve-
land, Ohio, with their black horses, for
which $4,000 was spent, to the ten
thousand electric lights of variegated
colOrs used in Illuminating the costly
decorations for the inaugural ball III the
big court of the Pension building. II
was a millionaire's event from start
| to finish, and the talk OF the million
| aires agent, otherwise known as hing
| Hanna, indicates that 1t Is to be
| millionaire administration, notwlth-
/ standing the Dlatitudes of Mckinley
| inaugural address Never before were
there so many private railway cars In
| Washington at one time and never De
fore was so much money spent at and
upon an inauguration 1t is very evil
| dent that the millionaire's expect Nc
| Kinley's administration to bring them
prosperity, whatever 1t may do for the
| poor. When they invest their money
they always expect, and they usually
get return in dollars and cents.
Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, who spent two
| days in Washington this week, divided
his time between conferences with lead
| ing Democrats and social intercourse
with his extensive circle of personal
| friends, but declined to remain for the
| ina Iguration of his successful rival,
said to those who proffered him their
support for 1900 that he was not think
! ing so much about the next presidential
| campaign as about the condition of the
| people, between now and then He al
so expressed his sincere regret that the
| promises Mckinley Prosperity had
not come to the country. 1t is a re-
markable fact about Mr. Bryan that his
| hold upon Democrats has increased since
I his defeat, instead of diminishing, as is
usual in the case OF defeated candidates
of all parties.
The silver men are not surprised at
| the failure of the Fifty-fourth Congress
| to admit Arizona, New Mexico and Ok
lahema as states, and they expect no
better from the Ffty-fifth Congress, as
| the edict has gone forth from the Re
! publican bosses that none of the terrific
| ries shall be admitted, because it Is
| known that they would all send silver
senators. But the silver men expect to
control the house that will be elected in
| November1S9S, and as they will cer'ain-
| ly retain control of the senate, to have
the territories all admitted to statehood
before the opening of the campaign of
! 1900.
Ex-Postmaster General Wilson left the
| fraud charges again St. John Wedder-
burn Il Co. and the National Recorder,
their paper, which were filed with the
post-office department a few days ago
| by fiftyfve of WashingtOn's leading
patent lawy ers, to be acted upon by his
! successor. The head of thefrm of Wed
| derburn Il Co., is the man who started
| the Examiner Claims Bureau and the
Press Claims Co., both of which, during
| their existence, had extensive dealings
with newspaper publishers and figured
| in suits in court.
! Senator Teller thus stated his opinion
| of the relations of Mr.. Mckinley to-
ward the monetary conference bill.
| which passed with the house amend
ments: eff the new president has any
| sympathy for an international agree
ment, 1t must be judged from his votes
! in the house, and not from anything he
|
cepting the prefunctory acceptance of
| platform, his every utterance has indica
ted that he has gone over to the gold
standard, and will remain there -
| Senator 1Illman was the central figure
| in the most dramatic incident of the
closing week of congress. He charged
in impassioned tones that the two cor
uOrations which have a monopoly of
| al,
have agents in the senate and when Sen
ator Hawley, of Conn, protested against
the charge he repeated it, and intima-
ted very plainly that Hawley was one of
the agents. There was a time when
such charge would have resulted in
trouble outside of the senate chamber,
but senators no longer fight with any
other weapons than their tongues
| Mr.. Cleveland vetoed the immigration
bill, on the ground that it was depar
ture from our national policy that
would impose hardships upon deserving
people. The house passed it over the
veto, but the senate did not try
1t is noteworthy that the harshesi
criticisms of the manifest weakness.
both from business and political point
of view, of the men IN McKinley's cab
met, have come from those who are
classed asRepublican leaders. Ofcourse
this criticism is as yet only privately ex
pressed, but it indicates that unless Me
kinley walk the chalk line he will soon
find himself confronted by formidable
Republican opposition.
Mr.. McKinley's little bluff about not
taking up the question of appointments
for month or so, intended to keep
some of the office seekers away from
Washington, did not work worth cent
They have turned up in swarms and are
making things lively for King Hanna
as well as for Mr.. Mckinley. The only
prosperity they see ahead lies in the pub
lie trough. NJ.