Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-23
JUSTICE FIELDS RESIGNATION.
Going Home TO Vote uorlnan's Bluff
Reciprocity Treaties.
(From our Regular correspondeni.l

WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.--That Pres
ident Mckinley is in favor OF Gen
Tracy, the only regular Republican
candidate for Mayor of New Yorl
City, is now known to all the world
as it was to your correspondent wher
he told your readers that such wa'
the case. Secretary Bliss had the
support Of President Mckinley wher
he wrote that strong letter endorsing
Gen. Tracy and asking every Repub.
lican to vote for him, as he has the
support Of the President in going &c
New York for the purpose of register
ing aud Of ascertaining in what man
ner he can best help Gen. Tracy and
the regular Republican ticket, and he
will have that support in whatever he
may do in the campaign. President
Mckinley does not intend to write a
personal letter for use III New York,
any more than one for use in Ohio.
not because OF any lack Of sympathy
with the Republicans engaged IN the
campaign in both places. but because
he doesn't think that the President
of the United States should personally
engage in political campaign, but
he is going to Ohio to cast his vote for
the Republican ticket. and it is no
secret that he will think more OF every
Republican voter in any state who
follows his example. There is noth-
ing surprising in all this; it would
have been surprising to those who
know the man, had President McKin-
ley indicated any intention Of acting
otherwise.
Nothing but COMMUNICATION has
been heard Of President Mckinley
selection of Hon. John A. Kasson, oil
Iowa, to be Special Commissions
of the U. S., with plenary powers te
negotiate reciprocity treaties with
other governments, in accordance
with the provisions Of the DingIey
tariff act. Mr.. Kasson served in Con.
gress for many years, where, as 9
member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, he acquired valu.
able experience, and his diplomatic
career has been brilliant and cnviable.
He was first Minister to Austria,
then Minister to Germany and later
u. S. Commissioner to the Berlin
conference, which arranged the pres
ent government of Samoa The
country may rest assured that Mr..
Kasson will see that its interests are
properly taken care of in any reci-
procity treaty he negotiates. Nego-
tiations with France have been under
way sometime, and that country is
likely to have the honor of the first
reciprocity treaty under the Dingley
law. Austria and Germany have
given notice of their intentions to
open negotiations for a similar treaty.
There was no surprise at the publi-
cation Of the tender Of Justice Field S
resignation from the U. S. Supreme
Court, and OF President Mckinley S
acceptance thereof, to take effect Dec.
/, 1897. The fact is generally known
that Justice Field would have retired
during the last dministration--he
has been eligible for retirement under
the age limit nearly eleven years
but for his disincliuation to give Mr..
Cleveland an opportunity to appoint
his successor, and he announced last
year to his friends his intention to
retire early in the present administra-
tion. His health is quite feeble at
this time. There seems to be little
doubt that Attorney General McKen-
ma will be named for the vacancy as
soon as Congress meets.
Senator Germans latest. bluff, Of
fering to withdraw as candidate fot
reelection and to give up the leader
ship of the Maryland Democrats, il
the publisher of the Baltimore San
would agree 70 take the leadership
aud stop fighting the German ma
chine, is SO transparent that it has
furnished nothing bat amusement for
the Republicans. German knows
that the next Maryland legislature is
almost bound to be Republican,
and he is anxious to unload the re-
sponsibility for defeat on somebody,
and he preferred Mr. Abel, OF the Sun,
who has for years been his most in
fuential enemy inside the Demo
cratic party, to anybody else. Mr..
Abel has been fighting Gormanism