The St. Johns herald., 1897-10-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Platt-McKinIey Deal in
 Regard to New York.

The Platt-McKinIey Deal in
 Regard to New York.
 From Our Regular Correspondent
 WAsHINGToN, October 23, 1897.
 The Platt-McKinley deal, first shown
 up in this correspondence, has been fully proven by the actions If the administra- tion, public and private, within the past
 few days. It was to whip all adminis-
 tration republicans into line for Platt's
 man Tracey, that Mir. Mckinley had
 Secre tary Bliss write that gushing letter in Tracey's favor and announce his in- tention to personally take part in the New York campaign. The fate of oth- CT national administration candidates Tn
 New York should have warned MT. Nc Kinley
 According to private letters received
 iron, those who move in diplomatic cir cles Tn London. MT. Mckinley became very much afraid about the time ti gov ernor of the Bank of England made that silver bluff, that his own bluff, the inter- national bi metallic commission was be- ing seriously taken by the British gov ernment, and cansed it to be unofficially intimated to Lord Salisbury that this government had no real desire that any steps should be taken that were likely to lead to international bimetallism, as 1t was slowly but surely paving the way to make the single gold standard perm anent in the United States
 Senator Germans manly open letter to the publisher of the Baltimore Sun. offering to withdraw from the leadership of the democratic party of Maryland. if the Sun would show it's loyalty to the democratic party, by honestly support ing it's candidates and it's publisher --a'f fo fla management of ti.e r-as- ent campaign. has been the most absorb ing topic of conversation iu Washington since it was published Inasmuch SIS be the only obst, uction to it's support of the nominations of the democratic party in Maryland, Senator Gorman's offer has placed it where it must present some better excuse for ignoring the offer than it has yet done, or run the risk of losing the confidence of many democrats. practically unanimously on the side of Senator German in this controversy. In that open letter Senator German thus defines his attitude towards the civil service law "I am unalterably opposed except in judicial places, to life tenure of office. It is incompatible with our free institutions. l believe that the highest standard for admission to tn civil service should he honesty and ca pacity. When appointed, persons in public employ should be free from pOlit- ical assessment, but 1 am unalterably opposed to any rule which will prevent the people. at stated and fixed periods, from changing their public servants"
 It is no longer secret that General Fitz Hugh Lee, who has been much be- fore the public since he become our con- sul general to Cuba, will be a candidate for the seat now held by Senator Martin, IL is also fully understood that Genera Lee will, when he returns from Cuba, probably eaIly next year, begin per sonal canvass for the senatOrship, wh ch he intends shall cover the entire state of Virginia. even to it's remotest corners.
 The adminiss alton fully recognizes the danger of d big treasury deficit dor ing the next fiscal year, added to that which is being piled up during the cur rent fiscal year, and at the last cabinet meeting it was determined that the de partmentai estimates for appropriations to be submitted to the coming session of congress. should be cut down as 10" as possible, in order to try |" get the oxnsu,litnres down to the receipts of ,ho yovernment. This is confirmation Inf the arguments presented by proml- pant demo rats, while the tariff bill was before congress, that the bill would not raise sufficient revenue.
 No one in administration circles has denied the statement that Attorney i General McKenna is to have the vacan- cv made by the retirement of Justice | Field from the United States Supreme . Court on December l al hough there IS . one especial and particular reason why . Mir. McKenna should never sit on the sunreme benCh-he is too friendly to | the big corporations. This was known before he came to Washington, but ad- ditional proof was given by his avldity to ratify the bargain made under the Cleveland administration for the sale of the Union Pacific railroad to the Hunt ] ington reorganization committee, under conditions which practically shut out competition in the bidding. An attempt is now being made to get MT. Mckinley tn interpose his authority in some way