Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-06-13
Will Fight With Regulars.
Ohioans Will Oppose the Bosses.
Henderson For Speaker.
lFrom our regular correspondent.)

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Washington, June 5, 1899.
Mr.. Mckinley has given the country
another exhibition of lightning change
OF mind. After allowing those who
talked with him during several days to
get the impression that be was about to
call for volunteers for the Philippines,
he suddenly changed his mind aud an
nounced that the Cabinet had decided
not to call for volunteers, but to replace
the volunteers now in the Philippines
with regulars, and to authorize General
Otis to enlist natives. 1t is believed that
the principal factor in bringing about
this lightning change was cablegram
from Professor Schurman, President of
the Philippine Commission, containing a
fairy story announcing the early surren-
der of Aguinaldo. Similar fairy stories
by the same author we're the basis OF the
hope of early peace INDUCED in by the
administration, some weeks ago. The
rainy season, which lasts three months,
is on in the Philippines, making it i'm
possible for Gen. Otis to worry Aguin-
aldo much for that length of time. That's
why no early surrender is at all probable
Hon A. j. Warner, President OF the
Bimetalhc League, is in Washington.
He said of the probable Democratic
platform Of next year "The Democratic
party will stand by the Chicago plat
form. The money plank will be made as
full and as strong as il there were no
other issues. / would be in favor also Of
making declaration against trusts, as if
that were the only issue; and the same
with our declaration against Imperialism
and the Philippine war Neither ques-
ton can be said to obscure or take pre-
cedence of the other, but all combine to
make an issue that believe the people
support"
Representative Gordon of Ohio, who
is visiting Washington, talks interest
ingly Of the political situation in
his State He said: "Whoever thinks
the Republicans are invincible in Ohio
this year will be badly fooled. There
never was time when the party was 30
badly split by factional dissensions, as
now, and If the Democrats are awake to
their opportunity, they will beat Senator
Hanna's candidate for Governor have
no idea who will be named as the Dem
ocratic candidate, but we have plenty Of
good material to draw from. Ohio is
naturally Republican, but the people do
not take kindly to political bosses, and
they are going to show their resentment
at the polls this year."
The friends of Representative Sher-
man of New York are claiming that he
was buncoed by the Henderson-Sher
man Speakership combine, into which
he entered short time ago, and there
appears to be foundation for the claim.
The combine has already made Hender-
son the only Western candidate for
Speaker and given him an apparent walk
over for the Speakership.
1t is intimated that it was formed to do
that very thing, and that the administra-
ton was a party to it, having decided
that Sherman's friendship for Reed, and
Reeds influence over him, made him un-
desirable Speakership timber. There
may, OF course be slip up in the pro-
gramme, but it is the general impression
in Washington that Henderson already
has the Speakership clinched, and pre-
dictions are freely made that Sherman
will find it advisable to withdraw in
Henderson's favor, long before Congress
meets, in order to get Payne's place at
the head of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, which carries with it the floor
leadership Of the party. The withdrawal
of Hopkins in favor of Henderson, is
believed to have been the work of Joe
Cannon, who wants his old place at the
head of the Committee on Appropria-
tons, and has probably been promised it,
although some say that Hopkins is after
/ the Ways and Means Committee FOR him.
self.