The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-09
TALKS ABOUT MEN.
GENERAL spINOLA OF NEW YORK ON
THE sPEAKERsHIP.

hut VIII Want Good Deal OF Com
mittce Fat-Iiow the New Circuit
Courts Can he Organized without the
New Judges Being Appointed other
Gossip.
General Frank Spinola is reported as
saying that the New York delegation
would not put forth one of their own men
for Speaker of the Fifty.second Congress,
hut would probably unite on some one
# the leading candidates and throw their
whole Notwithstanding votes--to
him. New York doesn't often get left
when patronage is TO be distributed and
no doubt in this case she will exact of ths
next Speaker for her twenty-three votes u
large slice from of the tenderest part OF
The patronage OK. That would mean sew.
eral chairmanships of important commit
tees and other things thrown in. Cen
eral Spinola himself Is booked for the
chairmanship of the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
Amos Cummings would like to be at the
head Of the Merchant Marine. Mr.. Covert
would be satisfied to be at the head of the
Select Committee on immigration.
Mr.. Coombs, although new member,
will make hard fight for place on the
Ways and Means Committee. He is one
Of the largest exporters in the country
and is as well verscd in tariff matters as
either Mr.. Mills, Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Morri-
son or either one of the Breckinridgcs.
Anyhow the candidate who receives the
votes Of New York must first make SOL
emn promise to do certain things"
In connection with New York's astute-
ness in things political the writer is re-
minded of the fight for the Speakership
Of the Forty-sixth Congress. The con-
testants were Sam Randall, Milton Sayler,
Joe Blackburn and Sun Set Cox. That
Congress was called iii special session in
October, 1877. II was anybody's fight up
to two days before the caucus was to be
called.
Mr.. Cox had The assurance of his col
leagues of the New York delegation that
they would support him, and was also
promised number of votes from outside
sources. At that time Samuel j. Tildcn
was at the head of the Democratic ma
chine in New York, and for some nm
known reason, which your Uncle Charles
A. Dana can probably explain, decided to
pull Sam Cox off the track and throw the
votes of New York to Randall.
The day before the caucus Lieutenant
Governor Dorsheimer came down to
Washington. lie appeared IN M, Mr.. Cox's
present at the time Milton Sayler, DIR. Il.
Il. Bradford of this city and the writer.
Governor Dorsheimer told Mr.. Cox that
he WAS the bearer of an important mes
sage, and asked to see him privately.
That message was from the sage of Gram
ercy Park, and was to the effect that Mr..
Cox was to get out Of the speakership
After the two men had talked for half
an hour or so, Dorsheimer bid alden to
the party and left the hotel. He had not
gone minute before Mr.. Cox began to
weep like child. He said that he en-
tered the contest in good faith, had been
pr.mised the earnest support of his
colleagues, but ut the eleventh hour
some miserable deal had been entered
into by the bosses who controlled New
York politics, and he was asked to sinl;
his manhood and go into the deal.
IF | don't get single vote, will not
formally withdraw" said Mr.. Cox.
He didn't Withdraw, but he only re.
ceived twelve votes. Randall was elected
II is believed that ex-State Treasurer
Icmcke Of Indiana will accept the posi-
fion Of Treasurer, vice Mr.. Huston, re
signed.
Mr.. n. 7. Depauw of New Albany has
telcgraphed that lie cannot think of ac-
cepting the position. Mr.. Depauw is the
son Of the late Washington Depanw, the
and who gave a princely endowment II
the. Asbury University OH condition that
it change its name to Depauw University
which It did. The elder Depalw was {
Temt crat until the campaign of 1880
when he became Republican on tn,
tariff issue.
There is considerable quantity of th,
aftermath of the late Congress to be seer
around the Treasury these days. In tn,
various bills that were passed provision
for the immediate payment of mucl
money was made. The folks who repre-
sent that money want it and want it badly
would say that they need that money il
their business. They haunt the rooms o
The officials through. whose hands thel
checks will have to come. But they hav,
not yet got the sight of single greenbacl
or silver certificate. Nothing can be don,
for them until certified copies of the bill
in which they are so much interestc,
reach the Treasury from the State DE
partment. As unusual care has to b.
taken before such certiiication is made
and as there was an unusually large nun
Der OF bills passed, the bigger ones beinI
the most bulky in the history of the Gov
eminent, the anxious ones will have Il
sit on their benches for quite while we
before they get that which they are after
An ex-Member of Congress from New
York to-day told The CRrrIc reporter wha
Governor Hills programme Is.
"Governor HILL" he said, twill not va
cate the office which he now holds unit
he takes his scat in the Senate He is to,
shrewd a politician to let go the powerful
grip which he now has on New Yorl
GOvemorship until he takes the oath o
Office as Senator there is certainly moth
ing wrong.
ut would be wrong, however. if Il
should take his salary as a Senator whicl
commenced on the 9TH of the presen
month and besides it would be bad poll
ties. Now, Hill is notindulging in bad poll
tics. What he is going to do Is to declin
the Senatorial salary until he enters upo
his duties as member of the uppe
branch of the National Legislature"
Ex-Representatiye McComas of Mary
land has been offered indirectly the vacaI
Assistant Secretaryship of the Treasury
lie wants one of the new Circuit Judg,
ships, but as things go Virginia is entitle
10 II as Maryland already has Circu
Judge in Judge Bond. IL is thought h
was rendered the under sccretaryship b
Secretary Foster at the instigation of tn
President, who doesn't see his way clea
to appoint McComas ON the bench.
Some three hundred members and Sen
atoIs have endorsed Representative Gu
heison Of Texas for one of the new circu
judgeships. Mr., Culberson is one OF tn
best lawyers in the country, and has serve
ON the State Bench with credit. lie is
Democrat, however, and il is not altC
gcthcr likely that the President will al
point any Democrat.
The California delegation called on th
President and unanimously, as far as the
were represented in the visitors, urged tn
appointment of ex-Representaiiye Morro'
at that state to the new California Circu
.Jndgcship. The President practically toll
them be would make the appointment
Two others Of the new Circuit Judges ~
practically determined upon. One is e'
Representative pavson of Illinois VIII