The Southern herald., 1897-09-24
Onr NashlnglOn Leller.
WASHINGTON, SEPT L lo''

" AsHIN6TON, sept H. 80
The Hanna Mckinley combine
d. NJ, wish Secretary Sherman to
take the stump in OH +; hey are
fraid that he will say sumr,hIns
tha, ought not 10 be said, et'hrF
abou, The alleged Cuban ? pi'cE ''
abou, the various indIgnlur> Nh''"'
have ben put upon him sIne~ Hr.
va. furcrd uut al thr srual~ ln'.
The Cabinet kunwlug the Nd mai
"a poses he -Gunbarunr>s char
act-rl,uc Of TIE Sherman iamlly
they have mol ait mptrd 10 oHil.
,uzr l.im into not making .peeehes
IA the Ohio campaign. but have al
lacked him upon hls weakest SIDE
For many years Mr. Sherman has
bren one Of the greatest suckers
for q maintenance If thr pr"prleIles
Of ufIicial life, and that is what the
Hanna. McKln ey combine ha. been
watkiHg on How much they have
Impressed thr rld man may he
Judged from his reply when asked
huY soon hr was going = ono AMI
what part he expretdd I" take IN
The campaign. H. said he did nol
pxpect 10 br in lhr State before thr
first Of October, and thai il was not
customary for the Secretary Of State
to rnakepolitical speeches lf,ome-
body doesn't open his ryrs MI.
Sherman will make no speeches
Boss Plat came over from New
York this week to urge upon Mr..
Mckinley tile speedy appointments
Of the Plat candidates for the Fed
eral offices in New York which have
no, yeI been filled with republicans
He told Mr.. Mckinley that he
wanted the prpSligr otnamlng these
officers now, for the assistance II
would give him IN the greater New
York municipal campaigr; aud II
hp Was not to he allowed to name
them. he wanted 10 know at the
earliest possible moment II is
under tuud that MIR, Plat ralkrd to
to Mr. Mckinley more ike a man
whu had tht right lo demand things
than one who asked them as a
favor, aud hat lis rn-u ar going
To br appointed P az wants Il
get Secretary Bliss 10 resign and
become his caudllAtefr Mayor o
greater New Yuik
Notwithstanding the protests o'
the subcommittee Of the Senate
committee on Pacific Railroad, lht
syndicate that j. after the Union
Pacific Railroad will get ii under
the decree of the L S Circuit cuur
Of the Eighth District, ordering thu
road 10 be sold. The Senators VIII,
conferred with the Attorney Gpner
/ al asked that the matter bp held W
until Congress met, and pointrt
out that it could easily be done by
the government taking an appea
from the circuit to the supreme
Court, but the members Of the pur
chasing eyndlcalp are men Of in
tlurnce in republican circle anC
when the QUESTION was brought be
fore Mr., Mckinley and his Cabine
ii vas was speedily decided tha
no appeal should be taken and
that the policy If the goyernmpn
should he hands ofi This may
seem strange To some people ii
view of thev very positive statement,
made on the floor uf The Senate b,
Mr.. Morgan, If Ala, and other,
who have made careful study lht
matter, that this scala would NEAR
/ the loss Of millions ofdollars to the
/ u. S. and to other creditors Of tht
road, but it really isn't strange; il
/ Is merely canse and effect.
The decision Of Judge Cox in
thr case Of Woods against the Post.
master General. that the recent
civil service rules promulgated by
Mr. Mckinley have no authority in
! law and that the lpgal tiuht ,f a