The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-20
HOW GOSSIP OFTEN RUNS
Washington Furnishes IN Illustration In
nontana'S Case.
Low-Splrited Republicans Who are
Running Congrese-EloQuent
Words Uttered In Senator
Cray'e Speech.

Special Correspondence OF the sunday standard.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-As to politics,
Rhode Island is the straw that falls with
crushing weight on the back of the admin
istration camel. One would hardly imag-
inc that the little mite OF a state could be
made to weigh enough TO be of account In
any political situation, but its election
returns prove to be oppressive with an ad-
ministration which has come to be unpop-
ular beyond precedent. Mr.. Harrison's
bitterest critics are congressman OF prom
inence in his own party. They score the
administration without mercy. The pre-
dicament OF the party Is made worse by
the confusion prevailing in the house OF
representatives over the Mckinley bill
and silver legislation. The situation is n
striking parallel to that i'm which the
house found itself after j. Warren Keifer
had been three months I'm the speakers
chair. Politics went all awry for the re-
publicans that year. They are about TO
go through the same experience this year.
The leaders openly admit that next No
vember elections are sure to turn the
house majority over to the democrats.
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II must be said that there is no ac-
counting for news when IL attempts TO tell
about events that never took place or 10
,a.cr;ho scepes which reality never wit
messed. Anv sort of n warn seems TO 90 II
once n Oets its r,,n and nobotly scotches
n Imaginat;on is n very beIpful agency
20 tho newsnaner renor,cr sometimes. and
the celebrated Montana case appears To
have deveIoned ;ts share of inventive
fe,,,,res Az FOR examnIe everybody here
was s,,rnr;sed to read in tho disnntches
sent IN ono az HeIena,s best-known news.
n,ners the account of n little gathering of
Montana democrats and republicans at
Cbomhcr,;n,s i'm tbis citv m few evenings
bacL where II IL said rivals who are nj
sword,s no;nt In noIitics mixed drinks and
comnanionsb;n after tho most nproved
style m social Igood-fellowsbin. The truth
10 there was rather a notewortbv little in
ci,lent nj Chamberlin's one night last
week. with attending Circumstances the
very reverse Of what il reported in the
nowsnanor rofcrred 10. and that il the
chief reason why tho incident Is note
wor,bv On thc evening In question
Major Mayinnis sat In one of
the narlors at Cbamberlin's chatting
nleasantlv over old times with Pension
commissioner Raum and Others. They
were talking about war times when the
STANDARDS correspondent joined them.
Within five minutes Sam Hauscr threw
his overcoat over the clerks desk and
registered. The evening train had inst
brought him from New York city. Ten
minutes later. in walked Colonel Sanders
who began talking Familiarity with every
one in the room. He is i'm the habit of be-
ing quite familiar. He had hardly ended
his salutations before he was joined by
Mr.. Bonner who is often seen i'm WASH
ington these days and who soon joined
Sanders at a table at distance from the
people just mentioned. Others sat i'm the
rooms at Chamberiin's-a score of men all
told. About half an hour later a new
conner quietly entered the room. II was
noticeable that his response to Colonel
Sanders very cordial salutation was quite
abrupt. He wanted to see Major Magin-
mis-. He exchanged nod with Hauser
Al. A.