The Dillon tribune., 1882-11-25
Correspondence.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our regular Correspondent

Washington, y. c., Nov. 18th, 1882.
\ numher of political corpse, from diff
ftrent sections "itl,c country have ''risted
into Washington since the late cvclone.
They are all cni eat politicians, If NOT ',ni-
uent statesmen, and their 81, w. are e;gerlv
sought bv CORE ;,ond..nt> and th's" who
think, like tn. fellow who told Noah to go
along Nth his Ola boat, that it WASH, 7 much
Of il shower From dispatches Received
from all the Congressional districts i" the
country the leading politicians h,le make
the following estimate upon the next
! House and SENATE: llouse-Rrpn'''can>
ia; Democrats, IY5: Readju~t'r>, $;
Grr,nbacker>, /. Senatc-R,.pubirans
IS, Democrats ,6; Readju>trr>, :.
democratic congressman and other lead
ing politicians of that party who have
reached here have begun to discuss the
election OF IA Speaker of the next House.
-Four candidates are already IN the h''a
and two or three more likely to i"'.ow'
Those whose friends are now urging thelf
claims to the Speaker>hip are rN.Sena'nr
Eaton, Of Conn; Hon. Samuel Kana"'''
OF Penn; Hon. John &. Carlisle, OF kth-
tuckv: and Hon Geo. l.. Converse. OF Ohio
Randall's friends are working hard to get
no a boom; but prominent Democrat,
who is Il ski!itul manipulation AS well as a
keen observer, said To me that sam KAN
daIrs hiah.taritf notions and his efforts TO-
kill all legislation when he was Speaker oi
the House would cau>c all Western ana
| Southern members to unite upon cithtr
Carlisle or Converse. The fight for Speak
er." said he, "will be fought on the tariff is
sue." John G. Thompson, OF Ono VINO
was Sergeant at Arms during the Forty
sixth Congress, II is thought by the party
oracles, will get that Writion again. for
Clerk and other offices there will DC a live
" scramble at later date.
1t Is rumorcd in official and political CIR
clcs that many important changes are TO DC
made among the higher officials OF the
Treasury and other Departments. ALREADY
the chief clerk and the pardon clerk OF the
Department of Justice have been requested
.to and have resigned. and others are to
follow. ,. g
Can't. IIowyate, ex- Signal Officer L. ,
ARMY. who escaped from prison some time
400. where he was awaiting his trial tor the
embezzlement of $Ioo,oOo, has again turned
nm in the brief romance Of newspaper par
arranh: this time in New Orleans The
l;,t,.. blonde. Miss Nellie Burrill, who was
m;xrd I'M in the scandal. disappeared f'on
,he Capital of our Republic several months
aoo and Dame Rumor says she has gone
to see how. gates swing in South America
The Government and his creditors are hav
ing contest in the courts here to see who
shall have his property.
Some very novel cases Of fraud frequent
IL crop out in the various Government
Departments. One has just arisen IN IN
Land Office in regard to a homestead entr.
made by woman. 1t appears that tn
husband had exhausted his right TO ente
. any Of the public land as a homestead T., nav
t ing previously made such an entry. Iher
we're I6o acres they looked on with cove'
Gus ewes, and in order to secure 1t the
were di,oyccd, and she, as an unmarr'e
i, woman, entered the land As her Homestead
but continued to live witt, her husband
usual. Upon the discovery "f this SeGrs
tary Teller cancelled the entry. An"he
case as that of woman who was drawn
pension as the wife OF an 'nsan
soldier. When he suddenly resained n
senses and was pronounced sane he VI
e startled to ti..d himself with wife and
!. warriors record. lie had neither: y
was picked up after battle dressed in So