Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-12-25
FREELAND, Pa, DECEMBER a5, 1899
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Mr.. Mckinley, the man who once
blackguarded Mr.. Cleveland for wor-
shipping the golden calf and being the
enemy OF silver, has completed the job
OF jamming the gold-standard bill
through the house. The program was
carried out according to the advance
announcement, in every particular,
except that there were fewer Demo-
cratic votes for the bill than had been
claimed by the Republicans. The bill
has now gone to the senate, where Mr..
Mckinley can do no jamming, and
where this particular bill will be allow
ed to slumber in committee. But the
finance committee will report as sub
stitute, a gold standard bill that is even
more Objectionable than the house bill.
1t is whispered in inside Republican
circles that the party leaders would not
be sorry il this session OF congress
adjourn without final action On gold
standard legislation, because it would
be easier to raise a big campaign fund
from the money kings, II the matter is
left hanging, by promising to complete
the job at next winters session, than it
will be II the bill goes on the statue
book before the presidential campaign.
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1t is admitted now by Quay's friends
that probably he will not be seated on
tho certificate Of appointment from the
governor OF Pennsylvania. Quay has
roltad tha frfa dol tn Of In
In the senate to stand by him at a
critical time, to reverse all precedents
aud give him seat, just because he Is
Quay. There i, nothing like senatorial
courtesy" But the constituents OF
these statesmen have been heard from.
They want to know how it is a senator
can be seated whom the legislature in a
long session refused to elect. These
petititions are having effect. 1t is in
sisted that il he is seated, the governor
OF Utah will appoint Roberts, the polyg-
amist, with similar credentials, and the
senate doesn't care to have taste of
that unsavory case to add to its troubles
present and prospective.
/
There was lots OF behind the door
political work done by the committee
which succeeded in getting Philadelphia
chosen by the Republican national COM
mittee, for next years national conven-
tion-June 10. Before the committee
met, it seemed practically certain that
Chicago would be chosen, and so it
yunnlA haua ham had ba lala al
phians made combination by which
the southern members of the committee
were promised help to knock out the
scheme to reduce the representation of
the South in tho national convention in
return for votes for Philadelphia. The
combination won at both ends. Phila-
delphia got the convention by one vote.
Committeeman Payne abandoned the
scheme to cut down the number OF
"ni.ger" delegates to the convention,
because OF the opposition to it.
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The attempt OF Nebraska Republicans
to prevent the seating OF Senator Allen,
appointed by the governor to succeed
the late Senator-elect Hayward, on the
ground that as Mr.. Hayward never
qualified as senator, his death caused
no vacancy that could be legally filled
by the governor, aroused nothing but
amusement in Washington. There will
be no opposition to the seating OF SEN
ator Allen, because there is nothing
whatever upon which it could be based.
The gold standard Republicans would
like very much to find some way to keep
such a stalwart friend OF silver out of
the senate, until the long financial de-
bate, which will begin as soon after the
Christmas recess as the finance COM
mittee reports its gold standard bill, is
over, but they know too much to butt
their heads against brick walls.
/
Representative Lentz, OF Ohio, has
offered resolution asking for an in
vestigation, by special committee OF
the house, Of the charges growing out
OF the interference Of United States
troops in mining trouble in Idaho, in
defiance OF and contrary to the federal
constitution, at the individual request
OF the governor, when no riot or In
surrection existed, without consulting
the legislature or the local sheriff.
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