Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-04
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, January 27th. 1888.
 The antI-Cievelsrd element in the democratic party Is rapidly growing and secretly organizing in quite s number of states, if politicians from gh SC states, who visit this cisy from time, may be be- | iievsd. That the feeling IS encourag, d by quite a mum Der of prominent Demo crAts ID congress is s fact well known. It IS sad here that an organized open opposition to Ibe renOmiDstIoD Of Cleve- lsod is shortly to be started ln states Of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts. COnuestIcui, Rhode Island, Mary land, Virginia, W. Virginia, Tennessee, Ale bamB, and possibly others. IL Is blsO ssid that Samuel J. Ran dali sill head tie fight against Cleve- ! land, All Of this may CT may not be true, but that there IS s strong demo cratic feeling fo. Governor ilIli more or ! Jess openly expressed smOnZ prOmioenr members Of that party, IS fact that cannot be gaInssId.
 The bali season in swell society IS now 10 full blast. Lat Wednesday evening the chari call, 90 called because they never have any thIng left for Charity af Ger paying the rldiculOusly large ex- oenses shaJ are annually incurred to m Ike this ball the event of the season each year, Was given. It ts hoped that rhs patrons will have Co put shelr usnds ID their pockets tO make up large de- icIeLc, gs they dld CD one of the former occa ions. On next "Wednesday evening | H.- ftr. n ftI ur uaii to celebrate thr Chinese New Yea. The lppes ten are engaged in a wild -cFRmble tD secure invitations to tbis ball, which rumOr says IS Co be very se- ieet.
 Senator Frye says, the exemption oi iu ported liqu9rs from the operation of state laws relating to the sale of dIsillled md fermented liquors Is interfering with the temperance movement IL NRIT.
 Cleveland IS making quite a record as psrdoneT of criminals.
 The delegation hare from Dakota hsve orea making strenuous sff ,ris thIs Wesa to convince the House Committee Ou territories that Dakota has every right to be admitted 10 the sisteThOod Of states.
 Hou. Frank Lsvler, the hoOdlum member from Chicago, has introduced a oIll to remove he tGx from oieomsr- larine, which, be says, he intends Co See passed this session.
 The senate committee on pensions has lDAnimou-ly approved Senator Mgnder -0n's 'Grsnd Army" pension bill. The pill IS practically the same Gs the d. p-Ddent pensIOn bill which was vetoed y Cleveland last ear, eud there IS but .Ittie doubt that IL will be passed again by tnis congress. Some "Grsnd Army" m believe that Cleveland will sign il
 nIs time.
 D-moerst reprs ssentatives from hslf dCZ-n tobacco growing states hsve made a com nIne for the purpose Oi takIa: the ofhcsl scalp of Ststisjicsr Dodge of the Department of 4 Agriculture,
 u acc unt of alleged defects in his estI- mate Of the tobacco crops of last sum m5r They have petiUioued the President tJr DJdge's removal, winch l; is thought, ,hsy vill get. Hs has occupied his pre- .nt position for the past twenty two years.
 Cleveland, in his haste sO get solid with the Cs,hOlic voters. through his present to the Pope, seems to have for | gOtton that there was E losing ss well as | Ei3ning 6 de ,o the game. He knows l now, however, and be will know still 1 more when he hears from the | re-t of the protestant brrtbern in the back c'upties. Clsvsland'a luck. which nss heret- fore taken he place of brains, seems Co be desertIDg bim.
 Ihst "ReE uoliHs are ungrsteful," was never more strikingly sh Iw0, than ID { tie case of the survIvOrs of Lieut.. l ireeiy's expedition to L.dy Frauk.ir Ba.. They have not to this day, re- 'eIved from tbe government their reg Ilgc allowance for fuel and quarters. congress has not yet found sime 70 ren- Ter lu-tice ;o these men, although four cen of the nineteen persons named IT. the bill before 1t are now dead