Mohave County miner., 1890-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
responaence Of Tns MIsrs.

Senator Spooner, to the vacancy upon
the bench Of the Supreme Court, and
owing TO the fact that MIR. Harrison and
Senator Spooner are warm personal
friends OF many years standing, 1t will
not be surprising II he succsds. But the
friends Of other candidates among the re-
turning Senators sud Representatives are
by no means idle and it may be that
some OF them win in the end secure the
prize. AT any rate the uncertainty will
not be oil loug duration, as Mr.. Harrison,
owing 10 several important cases that are
being held back by the Supreme Court
for the action Of the full bench, has pro-
missed that the nomination shall be sent
by the Senate as soon as Congress
meets.
The supporters Of Representatives
Mills for Speaker Of the next House are
somewhat disconnected by the authorized
announcement that Representative-elect
Dan Lockwood, Of New York, is candi-
date for the position. The friends Of Mr..
Mills had been confidently figuring upon
the active support Of ex-President Cleye-
land, but now they win be satisfied II
they can secure Mr.. Cleveland's neutral.
lty in the fight for the coveted honor Of
presiding over the House. The reason for
this sudden change appears to be that
Mr.. lockwood claims, or some Of his
friends, claim for hina, that he was the
discoverer and creator, politically speak
ing, Of Grover Cleveland, and that he
will ASH his aid now, and that Mr.. Cleve-
land can not refuse, without proving him
self guilty Of ingratitude, that basess Of
all crimes. Representative Springer, an
other candidate. thinks he also has
claims upon the ex-President.
But an attempt is now being made to
form combination, which, II successful,
will probably settle Mr.. Lockwood's
chances for the Speakership. The scheme
is TO get majority Of the democratic
members Of the next House 10 agree that
no citizen of the state which receives the
Speakership, shall get their nomination
In 1892 This is bold scheme. but the
average congressman will lack the nerve
to join IL unless he has positive assur-
ances that il will succeed, and therein lies
;Sa xxa.irnaae 10 f<.oLu Isba aavr;y,, v.r.as.
tive notice upon Mesars. Hill and Cleve-
land, the two most prominent candidates
Of their party, that New York can't have
the Speakership and the Presidential
nomination too, and while such notice
probably reflect the real sentiments Of
four-fifths Of the democratic Representa-
tives-elect, the number who would care,
one might almost say dare, TO take any
part in serving such notice Is small, very
small indeed.
Great things are expected of Mr.. Blaine
in the way Of reciprocity in the near fu-
ture, but l must confess that ! don't zee
how he can do anything further than TO
start the ball to rolling. New legislation
win be absolutely necessary before any
thing really practical can be accomplish
ed. True, Mr.. Blaine may negotiate reci-
procity treaties, but reciprocity treaties,
like all other treaties, have to be ratified
by the Senate, and the same men who
brought about the defeat Of the Mexican
and Spanish reciprocity treaties few
years ago are still in the Senate and their
influence is still powerful, and one Of
them--Senator Edmunds---has stated in
a public speech upon the floor Of the
Senate that he regarded Mr.. Blaine's
reciprocity ideas as chimerical.
That several reciprocity treaties will be
negotiated in tune to he acted upon by
Senate drring the coming short session
y almost certainty, The new Spanish
minister vas selected by bis Government
for that very purpose, and although he
only arrived here last week he has al |
ready opened negotiations with Mr.. |
Blaine. Negotiations are also psnding with
several OF the Central and South American |
republics, and unless some unforeseen |
obstacles turn up, win soon be concluded.
Reciprocity would undoubtedly be bsne-
fetal to this country. but il will probably |
be some time hafore we get II on a large
enough scale to be Of any pratical hene-
fit.
Everybody is curious to know what
couFss the republicans will pursue at the |
short session OF Congress, and nobody |
able 10 answer the conundrum. Re-
publican Senators and Representatives,
who are daily arriving here make bee
line fo' the White House, a. soon ~ the |
dust Of travel is removed from their whis-
kers, but when asked what they propose
doing when Congress meets, they either
refuse outright to answer, or else answer
In snch way as to convey no informa-
ton. II Is evident that they have not
fully determined themselves what they
will do and probably will not until some
sort Of conference or caucus 10 held, and
II is by no means certain that an agree
rasnt osa he reached,
Mr.. Wanamaker still shouts for hts
postal telegraph scheme and viii come
out for all he knows how In its favor In
annual report, in spite Of the alleged at
lacks Of jay Gould upon his private
busines because Of his advocacy Of the