Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-09-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th, 1897.

Boss Hanna has the proverbiaI thrift
of the very rich man. He knows the art OF
making others pay for what he wants for
himself and he is utilizing it in the Ohio
campaign. Although there is no National
issues in the Ohio campaign the Republican
National Committee is taking an active
part in it and is putting up money literally
to help Hanna get that coveted election to
the Senate. To all intents and purposes
Boss Hanna and his man Dick, who are the
managers of the Republican campaign in
Ohio, control the Republican National
Committee and the surplus it had left in
its treasury from the contributions to the
Mckinley fund and fears are expressed on
the part OF Republicans from other states,
who had hoped to finger some of that sur
plus in the Congressional campaign next
year, that it will all be spent in Ohio this
year, and some of them do not hesitate to
say that Hanna ought to use his own
money in his efforts to buy his return to
the Senate. Boss Hanna is also making the
Government of the U. S. assist him to the
extent of many thousands of dollars by
carrying through the mails, under Congress
sional frank, bulky volume, printed at
the Government Printing Office in the form
of the Congressional Record and containing
speeches and compilations from public
documents. This volume as it first ap-
peared contained extracts from newspapers
and was therefore not franksble. The re-
vised edition now being sent out has left
out the newspaper extracts.
A new Republican candidate for Senator
GOrman's seat has added to Republican
confusion in Maryland and to the growing
belief in the certainty that the Legislature
will be carried by the Democrats. Post
Master General Gary is the candidate,
although the announcement of his candi
dacy was prematurely made. He has got
the Senatorial itch very bad and had hoped
by the aid of postmasters and other follow
ers to have had thoroughly organized
machine in every county of the state before
allowing it to become public that he was a
candidate, but somebody leaked. He re-
fuses now to confirm, deny or in any way
discuss the matter. He probably wants to
find out where he is at" before commit
ting himself.
Although Attorney General McKenDa
was indignantly emphatic in declaring that
he not did intend to consult with Mr.. Nc
Kinley about the opinion he is to give as to
the proper construction to be placed upon
the clause of the tariff imposing discrimina-
ting duties he did that very thing. And
he did not have the satisfaction OF waiting
until Mr.. Mckinley came back to Wash
ington to consult with him but was or
dered up to Somerset, Pa, where Mr.. Nc
Kinley was to talk the matter over. The
opinion is still held back and it will be dis
cussed at the cabinet meeting which Mr..
Mckinley has called. It is probable also
that the Cabinet will also discuss the verb
al report made by Consul General Fitz Lee,
who is in Washington, on Cuban affairs.
1t is understood that after this Cabinet
meeting Mr.. Mckinley will 60 away again
for a couple of weeks.
In the opinion of silver men now in
Washington the action of the Bank of Eng
land in deciding to hold one fifth of its
reserve in silver, will not prove any direct
benefit to silver, but they believe it will
help silver indirectly by increasing public
interest in Europe in the principle of BIZ
metallism. They think that the action
on the part of the Bank of England was
taken more to conciiate the growing silver
sentiment in Great Britain than as result
of the visit of the bimetallic commission to
England and its conferences with represen-
tatives of the Government of Great Britain.
Some of the silver men regard the busi-
ness as nothing less than trick on the part
of the gold standard financiers of England
to make the silver men there and over here
believe that they are gradually coming
around to bimetallism of their own accord,
in preference to waiting until they are
compelled to do so. These gentleman are
firmly of the opinion that England never
will willingly adopt bimetallism and that
the only way to get her to do so is to
force it, and the way to force it is for the
United States to adopt bimetallism inde-
pendently or in conjunction with as many
European Government as may desire to
join the move.