The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
TO REMAIN
Does Mckinley Allow the
Gold Democrats.
They Helped Him and Now lie Is
Grateful.

WASHINGTON, April 23rd, 1897
The gentlemen engaged in at.
tempting to organize revolt in
the House against Gear Reeds
high-handed way of doing things
have zeal, will, brains, audacity-in
| fact, everything but the one thug
necessary to succeed; votes enough
to outvote Reeds supporters
There is lots of talk about large
number of republicans being ready
to join the revolt, but If brought to
an issue it will be found that the
"large number" will be about q
dozen or possibly as many as twen-
ty at the outside. This being the
case it strikes me that these gentle
men are, with the best intentions,
wasting time that might be put to
u better use than raising expecta-
tions that cannot be realized among
those who are not fully acquainted
with the situation in the House.
That there are enough republicans
in the House who are at heart op-
posed to Mr.. Reeds policy and
methods to make majority of the
House when combined with the
democrats and populists is proba-
bly, true, but they all want the best
committee assignments they can
get and are not going to vote
against the man who makes those
assignments; they also want favors
from the administration, and they
know that Mr.. Mckinley is in fav-
or of the Reed policy. Enough re-
publicans to make majority ofthe
House will support Reed, regard
less of what they think.
"Billy" Mason, of Ills, this week
established his record in the Sen
ate as a "kicker," by making a
speech in favor of his resolution
for cloture rule, in which he ridi-
culed the methods of that august
body and charged its members
with caring more for individual
power than for the public welfare.
Referring to the failure to act on
the Morgan Cuban resolution he
said that it was impossible to tear
down the golden god of the Senate
rules in order to act, and closed by
saying: 81 would not scuttle the
old ship, but ] would like to put
her in dry dock long enough to
have her bottom scraped."
While no gold democrat has
been appointed to prominent
place by Mr.. Mckinley, he is indi-
rectly showing his gratitude to the
gold democrats by allowing
number of them to remain in very
desirable Offices. Mr.. Conrad N.
Jordan, Assistant Treasurer of the
U. S, at New York, is conspic-
ious example, although Senator
Platt and the entire Now York
machine made hot fight for his
place for Ellis II. Roberts, a Platt
republican. Mr.. Jordan was in
Washington this week to renew his
100000 bond that expired at mid
night on the 22nd inst. His re-
newal of the bond makes it certain
that he has been assured of his re-
tention in Office for an indefinite
period,as reward for being a gold
democrat. And the same policy is
being pursued towards Claude M.
Johnson, of KY, Chief of the Bur.
eau of Engraving and Printing; ex-
Representative Forman, of Ills,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
and others who fiji places of less
Importance.
The professional office holders
those who have been in office be-
fore have secured about nine-tenths
of the pie distributed up to date by
Mr.. Mckinley, which seems to
show that experience is as necess-
ary in Office seeking as In any
other business; but that doesn't
lessen the disappointment OF the
inexperienced reachers after Off.
cial pie.
Senator Morgan has given notice
that he would insist upon a vote
next week upon his resolution for
the recognition of the belligerency
Of the Cubans. The resolution can
majority in the Senate
all right, but there it will stop, un-
less Car Reed sees fit to allow the
House to do some business at this
session outside of the tariff bill and
the left over appropriation bills.
The adverse decision by the u.
3. Supreme Court in the case of