Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-12-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 1889.

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Rum.rs that ,be nr,sil.p, ar s.cre,,ry
Hl,iue f,vors the ,,uJ;1,,v os this ,,,,
or other candidate for the .ncnk.rsbin oi
IN. iouse have beep d,ni.a Inv bn,,, ,.n,l..
mon. and a ,rco, se,I;nc of uncertainty IL i,
the mir. Tb.'Iot,r candidate. i'm the fell
are making war in common ar,in., Mr..
Reed. They heh has nlwoys b..,,,nins
v,stern in,.r.s,. tb,, I,s ~ ,,,.s,,l ,n,x.
tended silver coinage. etc. They add thai,
hi. claim of ti,l,tot In. speok.r.hin bec,us.
d, WA, the hammer lr,r.r when ,b. bouor
was only an emp,y one. /, absurd. They
claim that the honor WAS only y;v,n him
h,Ior,. nt his earnest solicitation NJ n, Inc.
Iieyed il woul,l helm him to H., ,lected Ia
congress. This talk comes mostly from the
friends Of anndidatc4 other than Mr.. Nc.
kinley, whose policy il is to he on good
terms with Mr.. Reed. :, that. in the event
of the election sf either, the other will have
the best committee Of the house. Trading
for cummitteeships will he brisk for the
next two weeks. While all the candidates
talk confidently of their chances. only three
Congressional visitors to the executive
mansion complain bitterly of the difficulty
of seeing the president. They say that he
has No time To give any one but his cabipct
officers. As these gen, ,lrmen ha We cent rec
at all hours. il would seem unjust that they
monopolze the two hours given to other
visitors Almost every morning the ear
riages of two or three cabinet officers can
be seen around the White House from Ia
y. IL o'clock. \ congressman win. calls
with a constituent and il turned away day
after day naturally feels mortified II
huml,lr- him and iuiures his strength nt
home
The new senators will begin their h.gis-
lative c.trcr- by a-hiu. such senators a.
have seen the shortest sefvice to combine
with them for a reorganization of the force
Of senate employees. The civil service ,ys.
tenn has SCI restricted the number If offices
available for rewar,linr follower, that a
new deal is demanded. o,d s,r,tors like
Edmund-, Allison. sherman and Uoar.
have rnbbIrd up all the office. in sirb, nj. a
their follower. hay. held them far q, .ror,
Of wears. Senatorial cour,.sy in this maj,
ter. as in .,bers. is bouud 4, r.c,iy, =, rud,
shock. The present officers of ,b. s.unt,
ar, greatly sx.r,i.,,l over ,b. r,,u.,
The ti,b, f,, IA. .xno.i,ion of is,,
definitely op.u.d v,.fer,Inv bv ,b. arrival
ofC.l. .Jon,s and COY. Francis of Missouri;
the missionaries who are to civ. their r,o.
sons for their faith in th.m merit of :, Ioui.
Their headuuartrr. are at Willard. Tn,
Cbicopo r.uresentatiycs ,av,. b..u here ia,
some time. The interests n1 ,l,c windy cit ,
before congress will n. Iooke,I nf,.r hv OK
First Assistant p,stm,ster General ,ll.r
T.. stevenson. The ,xe,ut,v, committee o
th, Washinptou promoters m,, las, niyb,
I'm, mn definite n,tisn WAS tnk.p I, /. ,b,
int.uti,n to give "A dinner to In. d.leynte,
To the pan-Ameri.ap congress early in DE
ceml,r. probably about the 10th. As on
that date the governor. OF the state, inter
ested ia the Philadelphia centenary will al
br in Washington.
The finance committee Of the nationa
board uf promotion Of the Thre. America.
cN p~sitiun has issued n circular. urging al
the citizens oi the District oi Columbia (.
sign memorial to congress asking that
Washington be selected as the site for tn,