The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-21


WA<nixoroN. Mar. 10. lsoo.
vice~p President Morsan's sudden trip to
Florida ha. been fully explained to your
correspondent by prominent republican
VINO Is not an admirer Of the boodle CAM
palgn which Mr. Morton has entered upon
to capture the republican nomination In
ga. "Morson's object, said this ger tie
man." In going to Florida at this time IL 10
hold private consultation with Senator
Quay, who Is also down there. and TO as
certain whether his support can be pur.
chased. lie ls prepared TO pay big p,lce,
and am afraid he will succeed for Quay
has always had weakness for money,
particularly when In large aums, and no
man knows the value OF money In political
campaign better than he"
There Is an old fashioned game called
the devil among the tailors" that reminds
one OF Frank Hatton and the Civil Service
commission. AZ soon as the testimony In
hu Congressional investigation, which has
been anything else but favorable 10 the
present brand OF Cisil Service reform, was
all In, Hat,on threw another dynamite
bomb into the reform sham camp by eharg.
Ing that certain letters written by one W
ID Foulke and printed In the New Yorl
Times and the ST. Louis Repn6iie which
charged Mr.. Harrison and his Cabinet with
having entered into conspiracy 10 break
down the system OF civil service reform
were inspired by two OF the Civil Service
Commissioners. The two Commissioner
denythe charge. OF course that was to b
expected; Il was either deny or hand Il
their designations. But Hatton Will no
ct the thing stop here, u he can convlnc
Mr.. Harrison OF the truthiulness of hi
charge somebody will hear something drol
before long.
The democratic members OF the Hous
are tretling no little because they lost
seat In the House last week that mtg
just as we'll have been kept The trouble
Is, that certain democratic members Of III
House refuse 10 sacrifice either thei
pleasure or heir private business to oeeup
their seats and attend TO the duties thI
they were elected 10 perform. There ar
several OF these men who have not vote
n the House three times this entire session
In this particular case several repuLlI
cans, disgus,ed with the report OF the ma
jority of the Election Comm,stee, latina
TED to democrats that while they would nc
vote against the contestant they woul
make Il point TO absent themselves with
, out pairing when the time came TO tax
| the final vote 30 as to make Is certain ,ha
the democrats could defeat the contestant
These gentlemen kept their words, and ys
the contestant was seated BY a beggarl
majority of two votes, all because th
chronic absentees OF the democratic sid
were not on hand 10 vote.
The House committee on Pension
seeus to have gone taft. A majority o
that committee has practically agreed d
report bills that would. ~ they becam
laws, require nearly 100000 900 TO pa,
the pensions. These reports arc onl,
bunkum, no sane man has any idea tha
more than one OF the bllls--the dependen
- will be passed, and that IL BY no NEE "a
certain, as the rapidly lessenlng Treasar,
surplus has already caused the repubiiea
leaders to notify the chairman OF commit
tees to surssil their appropriations II TIE
expected the bills to get through.
The House will probably take up tn
bills admitting Wyoming and Idaho thl
week. The democrats will antagonize III
bills with an omnibus bill prepared BY Nj
Springer providing for the admission ,
Wyoming. Idaho. New Mexico and Ar
zona
tits inpossibleto get republican mem
ber Of the House Ways and Means com
mi.tee to say word about the new lari
bill, and when I. will be reported, II Il eve
Is, nobody Is willing to even guess.