The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-08
trrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.


n great lohNN"A
follow the delivery of several
speeches bearing upon the methods
EMPLOYED in the election of Mckin-
lev. in the Senate before the close
of this session of Congress. Several
Senators. including Jones, OF Ark,
and Teller, of Colorado, have had
agents at work ever since the result
of the election was announced, IN
vestigating and gathering facts to be
used in the speeches they intend 10
make.
No gold democrat nominated by
President Cleveland to hold an
office from which silver man was
removed will be confirmed, unless
the silver Senators change their
minds. This agreement was reach
ed by them after mature delibera.
ton. If the offices are to be held
bv gold men, they prefer that they
shall be gold republicans selected
by Mckinley. Although it has not
been fully decided there are reasons
for the belief that Secretary Francis
and some Of the other men who
were nominated to fill vacancies
not created by the removal OF silver
men will he confirmed by the Sen
ate, but if failure to confirm MS
nomination would not cause litiga-
ton by throwing cloud upon the
LEGALITY of his official acts as Secre-
tary of the Interior, it would be by
no means certain that the nominal
ton of Secretary Francis would be
confirmed.
II will be sometime before the
scarcity of Senators and Represent
alives at the Presidents reception
,, i stopped. There was less than a
dozen Senators present, and only
one of them was democrat, and
cut of about two dozen representa-
tiyes not more than half OF them
were democrats.
If the original Mckinley repub-
licans can have their way, Mckin-
LEWIS administration will start out
q lust about as tremendously as did
!. that of the last Ohio President,
/ poor Garfield. The latest edict OF
, these hog politicians is that the
, friends OF ex-President Harrison
{ need not apply for office under
s Mckinley. With the friends Of
I Tom Reed, Matt Quay, Tom Plat
and Ben Harrison black-listed SC
far as official favors are concerned
J. the new administration would hnc
itself confronted with as vicious
!, lot of enemies within its own part,
! as could be gathered together. l
, is possible, however, that Mckin
:. lev is wiser than some OF his woul'
be advisors, and that he will no
ye put himself up as target for all Q
II The stones thrown by this quartet
d and their friends, lest there be
h little David among them.
# Senator Jones, Chairman of tn
n Democratic National Committee
n has written the following letter to
discouraged correspondent, whic
~ speaks for itself. 81 don't agre
with the gloomy view you take 9
our efforts. When we polled
million more votes than Clevelan
did four years ago, when he wa
ne said IN have carried the country b
!, land slide, we certainly have at
" complished good deal, especial
= when we remember what the fee
y, ing Of the party was when the Oh
!. cago convention met. Anoth'
l'e thing is a matter of decided sati
I'm faction to me, and that is that v
ia. polled at least two-thirds Of all II
'a' intelligent votes in this countr,
% The large republican vote embrace
|! millions OF negroes and utterly u
:" lettered foreigners, who have
conception OF the genius OF our 60
ny, eminent, no appreciation Of the Q
HI LEGATION Of citizenship, and no id
IN Of economic questions. In II
Oh country | believe that intelligen
ru- is bound to win, and consider
we the fact that the overwhelming n
jority Of intelligent men were on {
lers side in this controversy, |
ave nothing to dishearten the friends
,nts democracy"
Senator Wolcott, who has gone
Europe to confer with the lead
iie- advocates Of international bimet
arr Ilism, stated before his depart
g, that he was not encouraged by
!, :. thing he knew to believe that
I I trip would be productive OF resu
u y, but that he was going to make
'he because he had been requested
.oly the Bimetallic League to do SO,
'o .hs the purpose Of ascertaining in
'he authoritative way what prosp'
also, there are, if any, for internati'
u'ne bimetallism. Silver men in Cong
pres, while, OF course, hoping that y
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