Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. Jan. II. 1897

WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1897.
The last plays in the little game ar
ranged by Mckinley and Hanna to freeze
John Sherman out of the Senate and ont of
Ohio politics by compelling him to become
member of McKinley's Cabinet will be
made this week at Canton, whether Sher-
man has been summoned. It is believed
in Washington that Mckinley and Hanna
hold all the trumps, and that Sherman
will bow to the inevitable and go into the
Cabinet, although he makes no secret Of
preferring to remain In the Senate, because
be would rather do that than to retire to
private life at the end of his term in the
Senate. Should he enter the Cabinet,
Hanna will succeed him in the Senate, by
gubernatorial appointment, and be candi-
date for a full term at the expiration OF
this one. if the Republicans retain control
of the Ohio Legislature. The attempts to
put the Mckinley collar upon other Sena-
tors have been dismal failures. Allison
and Aldrich have both refused the Treas
ury portfolio, which had first been refused
by Representative DINGHY. 1t is difficult
to get men of self-respect who are willing
to blindly pledge themselves to support
Mckinley for reelection in return for
Cabinet portfolio.
1t seems that BLACKBOARD speech has to-
be made at every session of Congress
Representative johnson, of California, who
was working with the Huntington lobby
for the Pacific Railroad Funding (which
was disposed of by the House to-day after
four days discussion, is entitled to the belt
for having made one of the dirtiest and
most indecent personal attacks ever made
on the floor of the House the speech was
so dirty that no newspaper would print 1t
at all. The man attacked was VIM.
Hearst, who has fought the bill in his New
York and San Francisco newspapers, and
who, johnson thinks, was instrumental in
getting him defeated when he was candi.
date for reelection last November.
A Senator who is a close friend of Justice
Field, of the Supreme Court, said of he
revival of the rumor that Justice Field,
who has long been eligible for retirement,
would retire on the promise of President
Cleveland to Nominate Secretary Carlisle
20 the vacancy "There isn't word Of
truth in the story. Justice Field
has said that he would not give Mr. Cleve-
land an opportunity to name his successor,
aud the old gentleman has long and I'M
broken record for living up to his word.
But even if he should retire, or there should
be another vacancy in the Court, it would
not be flied by Secretary Carlisle; he
might be nominated By the President, but
there would be no possibility of the nomin-
alton being confirmed by the Senate"
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has gone
home to be present at the election of his
successor by the Arkansas Legislature. AS
he has no opposition, there isn't the slight
est doubt of his being his own successor and
the Democrats of Arkansas will make no
mistake in sending Senator Jones back, as
10 man in the Senate has more rapidly
come to the front in power and influence
than he has since he became prominent in
the Wilson tariff bill fight in the Senate.
The work he did in the last campaign as
Chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee is known to all.
Whether the speech of Senator Mills to-
day, on his resolution declaring that the
ex pediency of recognizing the Independence
of a foreign State belongs to Congress, and
that the President shall act in harmony
with Congress and further declaring that
the independence of Cuba ought to be, and
is hereby recognized, and appropriating
$4,000 for the salary and expenses of a
Minister to Cuba, will open the flood gates
of Cuban oratory remains to be seen. 1t
was plain and to the point. Mr.. Mills
thinks the matter should not be longer
postponed, and a short time ago majority
of the Senate thought with him, but in
faences have been at work, which, if they
have not changed opinions, have at least
brought about an apparent willingness to
leave the whole business for the next Con-
gress and the administration to deal with.
Representative Money, Of Miss, has re-
turned from bis investigating trip to Cuba,
but says he isn't ready yet to talk for
publication of what he found out, or at
least of all he found out
The House passed the Loud bill and it
is now in the hands OF the Senate Com
mittee, with chances of action in doubt.
There is disposition on the part of
Democrats in the House to criticize the.
hardness of Speaker Reed in filling the
two Democratic vacancies on the Ways
and Means Ce.esgi.teA, !, The uld un-
q0esSi6nRbfy sa.s5e n t1s1ees 7-Aslere the
tariff hearings, but although the hearings
are now over, they are still unified. 1t
looks like a bit of pure eussedness on
Reeds part. The places are merely
honorary now, as the Democratic members
will not be allowed to have any hand in
making the tariff bill