The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

| a pOIiICal sensation at LnlS SEASON
of the year unless Congress happens
to be in session, but a sensation Of
the first magnitude was sprung here
this week by the announcement that
Representative Mills and Bynum
had determined TO withdraw as can
didates for the Speakership of the
House and to throw their strength
as fer as possible to Representative
Holman, of Indiana, who had not up
to this time even been considered as
candidate. And that isn't ALL It
is stated that Mr.. Mills is to head an
open revolt against Cleveland as a
Presidential candidate, and that he
! has assurances Of assistance from a
number of Southern and Western
Democrats who favor the nomination
of ex.Representative ("Horizontal
Bill') Morrison, at present one Of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sioners, or some other Western man.
The cause Of this action On the
part OF Mr.. Mills is, his friends say,
the base ingratitt:de of Cleveland,
whose assistance Mr.. Mills had
every reason to expect in his cam
paign for Speaker, in letting it be
understood that his first choice for
Speaker was McMillin, Of Tennes-
see, and his second Crisp, Of Geor-
gia, thus ignoring the candidacy of
Mr.. Mills entirely, and practically
knocking the bottom out Of his can
vas That was more than the hot
headed son Of Texas could stand
and he determined to have revenge.
There are quite number Of South
| ern Democrats Of prominence who
would gladly see the Speakership go
to some other section than the South
because they want the South repre-
sented on the National ticket next
year, and they-know that they cannot
have both. Just when Messrs.
Mills and Bynum will formally with
draw from the Speakership canvas
seems not yet definitely determined
upon, but if the programme is to be
carried out as their friends have an
nounced it will be within thirty
days.
The Weather bureau passed under
control of the Agricultural depart
ment on Wednesday of this week
and everything appears to be work
ing smoothly. Secretary Rusk pro-
poses to greatly enlarge the useful
ness of the bureau to the agricultur-
lists of the country, and in this he
will be ably seconded by Prof. Mark
W. Harrington, late of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, the newly appoint
ed chief of the bureau.
Elk Representative Simonds, of
Connecticut, has been appointed
Commissioner of Patents to succeed
Hon. Charles E. Mitchell, Of the
same State, whose resignation, has
been in Secretary Mobiles hands for
some time Mr. Simonds made
good record in the last Congress and
those who know him predict that he
will make an excellent Commissioner
The Executive Committee of the
Knights of Labor have been here
this week and a gentleman repre-
senting the committee has had sew
eral conferences with Secretary Fos-'
ter relative to the men who were
discharged from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, and just as it
was apparently about to be settled
in a manner satisfactory to both
sides, a committee from the Fedora
ton of Labor filed a protest with
Secretary Foster against the employ
ment of the discharged men until
after all other applicants for work
had been provided for. This has
resulted in temporarily hanging up
the whole matter.
The President left here this morn
ing for Cape May Point where his
family is. He will remain away for
some weeks, but it will only be va
cation in name, as his private secre-
tary will next week take the clerical
force of the White House over there
and establish an executive office in
close proximity to the Presidents
cottage which will be connected by
wire with all the departments in this
city, and the current business will 90