St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-10
A Turn of the Wheel May
Land Henderson and But
terWopth in the Senate,
When, Behold, the House
Might Be Surrendered to
the Democrats.
It Is Diamond Cut Diamond,
With Big Times in Pros
pect.
Special to the Globe.

w WASHINGTON, dec. 9.-NO matter
what others may say. tell you Sher-
man aud Allison are going into the cab
met, asserted an Iowa representative
this afternoon. He had come from a
conference with Senator Allison, and
seemed to feel assured of what he said.
He continued: ''Of course l am telling
you this merely for your own informa-
ton and not for publication. know
that there have been influences brought
to bear upon Mr.. Allison which he can
not we'll resist. They come from his
own state, as we'll as from fellow sena-
tors" Another Iowan of prominence
said: eff Allison wants to continue to
be presidential timber he ought not to
allow himself to be built into a footStool
for another mans feet to rest upon for
four years. A service of that duration
would spoil the best timber in the
woods" During the past week
EVERY IOWA REPUBLICAN
congressman, every Iowa Republican Of
prominence in the city, including Com
mitteeman j. S. Clarkson, has been
ClOSCtCt WIFI lllC lONa OClQtOls Oil0
their talks have been strictly private.
Attention is frequently called to the
fact that Mr.. Allison is industriously
working to secure the passage of the
senate tariff bill, and pressing it to an
early vote in the senate. He hopes to
have that bill enacted into a law by the
present congress. He expects, further,
to be secretary of the treasury and eX-
ecute the law which he has framed. In
some respects he is duplicating history.
John Sherman pushed the bill provid-
ing for the resumption of specie pay
ments, and it was he who executed that
law and made great name for himself
as financier. If Allison succeeds in
his present work he will make himself
strong with the business elements of the
country. He is a strong man, a wise
man, far-seeing man. and will not go
into the cabinet without having first
dipped into the future, as far as human
eye can see," and discerned the entire
outcome of his work. He will to-day
scrutinize its effects
FOUR YEARS HENCE,
as carefully as he will consider its in
fuence upon tomorrow. The most
non-committal Iowa man concerning
Allison and his intentions is Hon.
David B. Henderson, of Dubuque.
Iowa would be most likely to unite
upon Henderson for the senate in the
event of Allison's appointment to the
treasury portfolio. He would have but
one strong competitor, and that would
be Hon. NJ. 2. Hepburn, of Clarinda.
Hepburn is an old soldier with gal
liant record. He is an orator and
lawyer. He has had congressional eX-
perience. He is popular. But, while
Hepburn was good soldier and al
that. he never stopped rebel bullet, as
Henderson did. Dave Henderson lost
leg at Fort Donelson. He is one
legged soldier. He has all the qualifi-
cations possessed by Hepburn-and OIL
more. do not believthat his friendse
claim that he was Drawer OF better
soldier than Hepburn; but that empty
trousers leg speaks for itself. Hender-
son is an interested party in the matter
of AIlison's action. He acknowledges
the fact tacitly by keeping mum upon
the matter. He has ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO SAY,
and does not feel even like giving adj
vice. He is warm, true friend of AL
lison's, and would not ill advise him,
even for his personal advancement. 1t
is believed by all observers here that
John Sherman has signified his accept
ance of the position of secretary of the
state department. The fact that Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, is candidate for the
speakership of the house, while Ben
Butterworth, a more popular man, is
not candidate. indicates that the deal
has been perfected whereby Butter
worth is to go to the senate in Sher-
mans place, so that Mckinley may
have the united Ohio delegation to sup
port him for the speakership. These
complications. as they come to the sur
face, are giving rise to serious specula-
ton concerning the organization of the
next house. The Republicans cannot
afford to send many men like Hender-
SOtl dllu DulDSt NOl Uil ONCl w Ill . OCI-
ate. There is no certainty that Repub-
licans can be elected to succeed them.
and if one or two Democrats were
elected in their places, it would make
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC.
Without a working majority in the
house Republicans can accomplish lit
tie in the way of partisan legislation
during the next two years. The house,
if Democratic. could veto every bill,
and checkmate every move made by
their antagonists. 1t is questionable
whether such policy would be wise,
though. If the Republicans were able
togo before the country in 1S90,and say:
1--WE cannot accomplish anything unless
you give us control of the house, be-
cause these Democrats are obstruction
ists," it might prove forever unfortu-
nate to the Democratic party. All
these things are being considered, and
hundreds of little conferences are being
held by the party leaders. Each side
watches the other with cat-like careful
ness and purring sweetness of de-
meanor. 1t is diamond cut diamond all
the time.