New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-03
n,ty on Railroad Eror-ten. Pierce on inc
Pacific Raiiraad-The silver Greys and
the new Administration.


Pacific RaiirGaG-rbe silver Creys ana
the new Administration.
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WASHINGTON CITY, Tuesday, March !, 1888.
q The Senatorial opponents OF the PROJECT oil
ttnc the duties Off railroad iron though in minority
ye determined to kill ii by resortng the ezPetisni
With which Senator Pearce and others killed tae M
osbe measure for the relief Of Plher Richie, at the
eoe Of the session before the last That h tn nave
greed TO talk it to death They declare that unless S
fi nos viii abandon IT, there shall be an extra
of Congress, as they will not permit The eva anu
diplomatic bill to psss, embracing any 'oc A'
Ia supporters are for the most part fienI' "a III
coming Administration they Will sosnlOH '"e
40 soon as they become satisfied tnat It's opponents are
800, - ,bi ,b ,es. il being a well settled axiom
here that no new Executive can call an extra session
n cong,e.. wibout Immediately running into mi
IT., TIN, 1. before the spoils are divided out So,
q. ~, Zoe, after ALL b not 10 become law at this ses
non
The strict constructiOnists and stiff. backed
,en If the dominant party delighted with the tenor
n ,,ory concerning Pierce which mas been whispered
,mpd In Democratic circles here for two days past.
!, .eo, that liz the middle Of last week ardent
fjerd Of the Pacific Railroad bill approached Pierce,
% induce him to his influence with two SEN
,,ors whose positions doubtful in this connection,
N yor Of the enactment Of the BILL Of course. Pierce
answered promptly and emphatcay, that lie had not
han setsd By tie people be the PrCsideRt Of railroad
t,t Of Ae United States, and therefore could do no
,uo6 hiug" His reply reached the Senate chamber
shorty afterward, Snd is supposed 20 have settled
sgsirs the bill the vote Of all the doubtful Democrats
So went to the tomb Of the Cspuets al once and in
smysicrious way, it were. Until this little moroccan
Of court gossip "got out all stranny their wits
IL deyisng how aud why that measure failed shortly
after its friends felt certain Of ts triumph The old
liners in extaces this inklng Of the dsernina
ton Of General Pierce 10 stand square up to his Con-
yressiOnaI record.
Another on dit Of no little political import
spce IL travelling from mouth to mouth among the
horde OF Democratic politicians now in Washington
Thus II Is ssid, and have every reason 10 believe
truly that very recently Mr. Fillmore called by
sdeIeeatou Of Silver Grey editors from New York,
and one or two adjoining States to consult with him
mon the proper to be pursued by them toward
the new Administration and that they 70 formal
determination to give il their support As strange as
this may appear, / have no DOUBT OF its truth.
Your readers will recollect that Mr. Fillmore is the
syowed aspirant for Union party nomination in 1856,
II not by his declaration certainly by that OF his
friends ghe hope Of the nominal Wings who are
pushing him to that end IL that the expected split ia
The Democratic party will take place not HorsfaGHy
over the old Compromise issue, but that those who
we're ultra Compromise men few years since, find.
ing the two wings of extremists-Norhern and South.
ern-in higher favor than themselves will be ready 10
Join them 0be Silver Gregg in Union party organiza
ton.
Now thcse hopes entirely ialacous. The split
which hardly fail to occur though originating al.
most entirely from dssppointments concerning office,
will be apparently Of the Administrations
anngency questions of Constitutional construction
and expenditures and also account OF ts determined
and efficient hostility to all fllibustering 1t will
strengthen Mr., Falnore's prospects only in appear
snce really as besides being emnently consery
alive wig he possesses fewer personal elements to
suit the engine wing that s TO break of from the
Democratic party than any other prominent man in the
country. Some of the temperof Douglns will ut-
mstely be their ID, however will not join them
yuu may rely IT, there is strong vein of shrewd
common sense running at the bottom of the supersra
I'm Of volcanic congloneration Of which his public
naus, or rather history, has been made up for the
last four years.
Pierce will not bulge an inch from the course he has
marked out for himself TO propato Silver Grey sup
port you may rely on it. WABASH