The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-02-14
CUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


From our Regular COrreSpOr dent.l
WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. s, 1885.
The adoption by the Senate of Mr.
CullOm's Inter State Commerce bilk
by the decisive vote of forty-three to-
twelve, must be matter Of great
pride and infinite satisfaction to that
Senator, who has from the time that,
he introduced the bill at the first ses-
sion of this Congress manifested the
most intense zeal in furthering its
success. He has not only been COM
PEELED to overcome the obstacles pre-
sented by the adverse sentiment
among his brother Senators, but he
has had to surmount the greater diff
Guilty of fighting down the Reagan
Bill which passed the House last
month, and which hal been so ex--
haustiveIy discussed there, that MOTH
ing was supposed to he left in attain
ing legislative perfection. The fact
that Mr.. Cullom is entirely new in
the Senate, and has practically made
his fight alone, is just now attracting
the attention. of the public to a man
whose future promises yet greater
and more important achievemt nts.
While it is not likely that the House
will adopt the Senate bill without
radical changes in some of its prOvis-
ions, it il pretty certain that the Sem
ate will not consent to the adoption,
of the Reagan bill, and therefore the
railroads will possess their souls in
conscious safety from being under
Governmental control until some fu.
ture Congress shall agree that the
railroad companies of the country
are really subjects for Congressional
| interference.
The election of Secretary Teller to
succeed Senator Hill is under the
circumstances n great personal lri.
umph. He was not a candidate for
the Office but desired to return to his
law practice, and he had urged all
his friends to support ex-Gov. Routt.
To be unanimously called upon,
therefore, by all the other candidates
and representatives Of the party at
the lat moment, as the only man
who could surely defeat the corrupt
/ influences at work for Hill, was
summons he could not decline. In
the two days before heleft Washing
ton for Colorado he received 100 lele-
grams urging him to come. Mr..
Teller is not wealthy man and it is
as great now as before he entered
pHhlie life. If he had retired on
leaving The interior Department.. a
lucrative practice awaited him. Yet
few men could have resisted such an
expression of confidence and esteem
as the people of his State have Just
conferred. His great abb ity and
special adaptability for public life is
unquestioned. Geo. F. Elmunds,
VIM. NJ. EvartS. Henry NJ. Teller.
and James F.. Wilson, of Iowa, will
he the great Republican leaders #
the Senate during Mr.. Cleveland's
administration. The Democrats in.
Colorado took an honorable and dig
nitied position in the late Senatorial
contest. They refused all uvertures
to dicker with Hill, and stood Lrave-,
~ to their coIOrs. They knew that
Hill could not be trusted and prefer
red, AS between two Republicans, to
see Mr.. Teller chosen. I'm his speech
TO the Legislature after his elections
was announced, Mr.. Teller said: II
shall serve the people not as parti-,
san, but as IA Senator. l realize that
| have duty that owe to the peO--
pie OF the State, greater than | owe
my political associates and my p0Iit-.
cal organization. On the 4th of next
March there win be q Democratic adj.
mlnistration. shall regard it my
duty to aid and support that admin
istrati0n in every effort it may make
to promote the happiness of the PEG.
pie and to spread prosperity through
out the land.0 JUNIUs.