Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-28
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
MT. John W. Tomiinson Gives a Newsy 5 Report of His Trip to the Capital McLean's Dinner-a Big Success.

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 "what is the news in Washington? Will there be an extra session of con- l gress?" asked State Herald reporter of MT. John w. Tomlinson. who returned | yesterday from brief visit to the na- tional capitol.
 'srhe Cuban question was all the talk in Washington while was there. Yes, my information is there will be an extra ses- sion of congress called about March IS. In fact, Senator Morgan, who was at the Mclean dinner, stated to me that the re- publican senators had so informed the democratic senators.
 Well, the remedy proposed by the re- pubhcans is a higher tariff. and further currency contraction-higher taxes and less money"
 VIII this give relief?
 "The impression Is that 1t will not, and is not intended to benefit any except the classes to the detriment of the masses.
 "The democrats, however, will not of republicans adopting their proposed measures and putting them into practl- cal operation, so that when they fail to give general prosperity no excuse can be offered for their failure.
 q heard one of the ablest democratic senators remark: The republicans know they will be defeated next time unless. they can diSorganize our forces and DTtdk QOWn OuT ltdutIS-
 You can rest assured, he continued, 'that they, assisted by their recent allies, will drive a wedge whenever and Wher- ever they can, and that nothing would delight them more than for us to show the slightest disposition to abandon the principles enunciated in the Chicago platform"
 "Going to Washington I had the pleas ure of travelling with Hon. A. s. Clay, the newly-elected United States senator from | CspOrpf9 and much imnrPSSpd with him. He hung out his shingle at Marietta, Ga. as lawyer, the same year a schoolmate of mine located there, who moved to Georgia the year I came to Ala bama- During the senatorial race in Georgia the idea of sending Mir Clay to the senate was ridiculed by his oppo- nents, but his friends from all over the state, whom he had befriended in their aspirations rallied to his support and elected him, and I predict that he will take high stand in the senate, and being man of ability, and knowing how to hold his friends will remain there as long as he desires.
 q saw a good deal of Congressman Bankhead. who stands very high in Washington with his colleagues in the house, and with members of the senate. In speaking of the tax commission law, he said it was a fine law, and that prop erly administered, no one could criticise it, and he was sure it would be admin istered in that way.
 "Congressman Stallings is the same Stallings in Washington that he is at home-liked by all. 1 met him on Penn sylvania avenue. arm in arm with MT Gunter and his son, from Montgomery. I was invited to join the trio, and drink some milk at lunch stand.
 ''At MT. McLean's dinner, I saw Sen ator Hill who is no longer the center of attraction he once was, for while men gathered in groups around men like Sen ators Jones, Blackburn, Morgan, Daniels, MT. Mclean and others, no one seemed to especially seek out MT. Hill.
 Tt was suggested at Washington that Mark Hanna would not be in the senate many days before he would wish he was not there. It was suggested also, that he will be shining CD mark for the scathing sarcasms of some of the we'll known senator's.
 "Yes, great preparations, of course, are being made for the inauguration Stands are being erected along the park openings on Pennsylvania avenue. Mark Hanna telegraphed to reserve him 250 seats, whereupon an afternoon paper had a picture of 250 Mark Hannas seated along on the front seats on one side of Penn sylvania avenue, and one Mckinley, all alone, in a seat on the other side, with the suggestion that Hanna was the real person being inaugurated. "Mr. Bryan was, as he always is, the center of attraction. No wonder. He has an unequaled intellect, is sincere, is witty, is eloquent, is companionable, is entertaining. is appreciative of friend ships and ever thoughtful of friends; and it is generally believed by demo- crats and feared by republicans and mugwumps that he will be elected presi- dent in 1900.
 "Yes, Birmingham is attracting plenty of attention now. Congressman Towns, | whom I met last October in Duluth, 1 and who was recently through the south | as a member of the rivers and harbors committee, told me that he was more | impressed with Birmingham, than with 1 any other southern city"