The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-03-16
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

- until his Congressional boarders
have eaten the tariff and currency
commission dinners now being pre-.
!. pared for them, although a few in.
= dividuals who have squared things
;, with King Hanna will be at once
given generous slices of the best
r pie in the establishment.
= Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives would like Mr.. McKin-
: ley's plan of making them choose
the men who shall be appointed to
office from their states much better
If he had not allowed it to become
generally known. They are will
: ing enough that the men who get
the Offices should give them credit
for securing them, but they do not
like the idea of having to be held
responsible by the unsuccessful
applicants. 1t was shrewd dodge
on the part of Mckinley and its an
pouncement has already brought
about marked falling off in the
number of office-seekers who seek
to push their claims by personally
calling at the White House.
| While the caucus of democratic
Senators did not decide the matter
definitely, it was plain from the
tone of the remarks made that a
number of them were opposed to
the proposed combination with the
silver republicans and populists to
reorganize the Senate Committe es.
Some of the shrewdest democrats
in the Senate are of the opinion
that nothing would be gained by
such combination, although they
are determined that the successor
of ex-senator Voorhees, on the Fin
ance Committee shall be a silver
democrat, in order that the silver
men shall retain their maj jority on
that committee. Senators Faulk.
ner and Smith have been put on
the democratic steering committee
in place of Blackburn and Brice,
and German, chairman, and Cock
rill, Harris, Walthall, Jones, of
Ark, White and Murphy have been
reappointed as members of that
committee.
The widow of DR.. Ruiz, whose
mysterious death or murder in
Cuban prison caused Consul Gener-
al Lee to threaten to resign if the
late Cleveland administration did
not better support his demands up.
on the Spanish authorities in be-
half of American citizens, arrived .
in Washington this week accom- >
panied by her five children, to try r
to interest the new administration :
in her claim for indemnity. She
says she has documentary evidence !,
which she is anxious to lay before o
Secretary Sherman, proving that q
DR.. Ruiz was killed in his cell by :,
he prison guards upon the instiga- o
ion of Weyler's men. Speaking OF n
Cuban matters. the new admins -
ration has disappointed many by
ssuing even more rigid orders Il
hat those of the Cleveland admin o
stration for the prevention Of fill IT
and the absolute main ~
enance of neutrality. 1t had not, q,
# course, been supposed that the
administration would 6
penly countenance fillibusterine.
hat would make this country IL
BILE for damages. But it was n
hought that the idea would be n,
onveyed to the officers of the Ma ri
al and of the Revenue Marine di
ervice that their superiors did n,
ot expect them to break them. In
elves down hunting for fillibusters. nj
republicans say the Supreme Court "
ecislon in the Three Friends case or
'ft the administration no choice. O,
Mr.. Mckinley has to have the kr
ervices of special military aid F,
e-camp; at least he has them, and m
nat duty has been assigned to hi
apt. Heistand, U. S. A., who by I'll
)me hocus pocus has been with OF
ne McKinley's at Canton ever We
nee the election. Capt. Heistand's X
ife will live at the White House w
nd be Mrs. McKinley's constant B,
ompanion. This sort of flap-doodle w
ay he all right in Europe, but it M
'ems out of place in this country. pl'
y coincidence the last President ma
no has military aid-de-camp mi
as also an Ohio man-Garfield. ca
Senator Harris, of Tenn, who sw
rs been dangerously i'll with the fai
lip, does not expect to be able to Nc
tend the extra session. He will ma
to Mississippi next week, if he ho
ntinues to get better, to remain riff
It'll he gets entirely well. He Sol
III be badly missed by the demo- Ha