The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-11-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, Nov, 10, 1900.
How Democrats in Congress feel
toward the proposition to reduce
Southern representation in Congress
and in the electoral college, which is
being urged by quite number Of Re-
publicans, may be judged from these
remarks Of Senator Money: "If an at
tempt is made to reduce the Congress
sional representation from the South,
|, for one, Will be willing to talk from
the 3rd day of December to noon on
the 4th day Of March. And it won't
be wind, either. 1t will be a speech
worth listening to. | have been pre-
pairing for this fight for some time. If
the Republicans attempt that reduc
ton, they might as well prepare for an
extra session of Congress. They will
not pass their shipping bill, nor, indeed,
anything else in the way Of legisla-
ton" Every Democratic Senator and
Representative, who has been in Wash
ington, holds practically the same
sentiments that Senator Money ex-
pressed. Leading Republicans, who
see danger in the matter, are trying to
stop the talk among the small fry about
forcing this sort of legislation through
Congress by reminding them of the
Republican defeat which followed the
attempts to jam the notorious Force
bill through Congress.
1t seems that the public is not to be
allowed to get on the inside of what
ever crOOkedness there has been i'm
handling Cuban money, in addition to
the known stealings of the Nicely gang,
if the Senate Committee on relations
with Cuba, or rather the Republican
members Of that committee can pre-
vent it, even when there is no cam
paign going on to be affected. 1t was
known, and stated in this paper, when
the Senate ordered this investigation
to be made, that the committee would
make no pretense even of acting until
after the election, but it was not be-
leved that the committee would de-
cline to act at all. Yet, that is what
many are now saying and the talk
seems to be justified. The Committee
held "a secret meeting, after which
Senator Platt, Of Conn, its Chairman,
refused to even allow One'Of the news
paper men, waiting outside the COM
mittee room, to read any Of the infoI-
nation furnished by the War Depart
ment, on the expenditures and receipts
in Cuba, on the ground that the infor-
nation was mot complete" aud stated
that the committee had adjourned
subject to the call Of the Chairman,
and that he didn't know when there
would be another meeting.
If Secretary Gage represents the Re
publican financial policy, and the fact
hat he has been asked by Mr.. McKin-
ey to remain at the head Of the
Treasury Department during the next
administration is good evidence that
le does, a movement for the absolute
etirement not only Of the greenbacks.
'ut Of all paper money issued by the
government, may be expected in the
lear future, although the intention 10
10 50 was most vigorously denied by
many Republicans, during the recent
Mr.. Cages position has
cen pretty generally known for some
me, and he has just emphasized 1t in
lecture on Finance, in which he SAID:
The public Treasury is poor agency
'r issuing PAPER money"
There is considerable gossip in Wash
lgton concerning the candidacy for
he Senate, from Nebraska, of Assistant
ecrelary Meiklejohn. He spent the
realer part Of the campaign on the
Jump instead Of in the War Depart
lent, and now he is likely to spend
lore time IN Nebraska than in Wash
lgton, until the Senators are elected.
lille his salary goes right along. In
EDITION to being allowed TO neglect
IS official duties, Mr.. Meiklejohn !