Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-05-28
WARRINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent


is no reason tor any body enter.
tanning any doubtas to his attitude
towards that resolution. If PreSI-
dent Mckinley should conclude
that recognition OF belligeIency
wOnld be preferable to the policy
he has mapped out for himself
and should desire to have that res
olution adopted by the House,
he has only to say so and Speaker
Reed will promptly put the IeSolu-
ton through, but so long as the
President remains Of the opinion
bat a recognition Of belIigerepcy
will not sati, factOrily meet the
exigencies of the case; that reso.
tuition will remain just where 1t is
ON the Speakers table. There
Is much talk about a revolt on the
part Of the House, and the adOp
ton OF that resolution in spite of
the Speaker, but 1t is only talk.
Enough republicans in the I'll Dose
will stand by the Speaker aud
the President to control that body
aod that, TOO, IN the face OF the
TACT thai probably seven tentbs of
them are IN favor Of the belllger-
ency IT solution. No such thing
as a vote OF confidence is known
in American legislative proceed
ings, but President Mckinley in
saying that the adoption OF that
resolution At this time would ON.
barass bin in carrying out Il S
Cuban policy, has practically ask
ed his parry in the House for a
vOle of confidence. aud, although
there Is no politics in this ones
ton, his party is likely 10 do as
he wishes, at least enough for bin
to have tie chance to make his
policy known.
If the republican aud democratic
Senators lives up 10 their caucus
agreements, the cOuotry Will lie
spared long-winded speeches it,
the tariff debate which was opened
:oday by Senator AldIich. The
republicans did not attempt to
have their caucus iudorse the
amendments to the tariff bill, be-
cause it would have been useless,
owing to outspoken opposition tn
some ct the schedules on the parI
of republican Senators. The demo
Gratis decided to siBrt 1t by max
ing an attempt 70 strike out all
the internal revenue taxes imposed
by the bill, leaving their future
actions TO be determined by the
i ssenslODs they expect to see
developed among the republicans,
Tae populist Senator's are not
'alkiug much about theirintertlous
butitis safe to say that they Will
in all the preliminary vot-
lag. stand for or against
those items in the bill which thew
thiuk are for or against the III
terests Of their states, re-
serving the right TO vote for or
against the entire bill when it is
pat upon its fiial passage. It Is
now thought that the bill will be
passed by The Senate inside of
four weeks. unless 1t shall be de
layed 10y some complications now
unexpected.
Senator German, and RepreSen
tative r cbardson, of TenE., nave
always enj yed the reputation of
being hustlers IN getting places
for their constituents, bat 1t fairly
made the eyes of some of their co!
leagues bulge when it was stated
before the Senate civil srrvic'
corlmlttee that when Nc. G Drmau
was chairman of the Senate Prin.
ting Committee, and Mr. Richard
on Of the House Printing Gu
mlttee, they had to their or, di
wo hundred and seventy five EN-
ployes respectively in the Govern.
ment Printing Office. A great
many OF those employees are still
there, eDj lyiug whatever protect
IN there may beln Mr. Cleveland's
extensions OF the civil service rules
agalnst which such a fight is be-
Tag made by republicans
The politicians are much inter
es' ed in the successor of the late
Senator Early, offs. @, who died
LAST week. The legislature OF the
State vii not meet until next
January, so the naming OF the
Senator Who will serve until that
time, belongs to G ". Elerbe, who
i himself credited with Senator.
ial aspirations. II Is thought that
Senator TilImAn would like very !
IEuch to have his frieni, Elk Gov.
Evaas, appointed to the yaca cy,