The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-10-16
WASHINGTON.
tgr0m oar regular sorespondent.j
WAsnrsoroN. Oct. s. 1901

Senator Carlisle is in Washington, an
many are Tie efforts that have bee
made 10 ascertain Ills favorite, II he ha
any, In the speakefehip race. The sena
tor smiles good naturedly and changes th
subject Hben the conversation gSis to-
near to a direct question, and the result I
that his preferences Is really unknown, al
though the friends oi the several cardi
dates vii enafdehtiaily assure you tha
"Carlls'e Is for him II is perfectly eyi
dent however 10 the dlsinterested that the,
base the statement solely on their hopes.
group oi democrats were discussing
the speakership lsst night and one Of them
who has,iC the Interest OF one of the can
didaies, made a canvass either by letter OF
personally Of every democratic represent
alive oi The diiy second congress sad of
the sIlnatloaa .fFbere a is considerable
number oi representatives Who are not
pledged TO any body ard who will IN all
probability enter the caucus rrpiedgcd
My impression Il that there will be no
nomination ON the first ballot owing 10 the
large number ot scattering votes. many Of
them Intend 10 be complimentary. Mills
and Crisp Will lead, but they 10th will be
considerably short Of the necessary major
4y. Now. the fellow who can guess where
all the complimentary votes will go,should
they all go together on the second or third
ballot, can come very near tanning the
next speaker oi the House. / can confess
am all at sea, although hope :hcy will
come TO my man and nominate him."
Another gentleman thought tnat unless
either Mills Of Crisp was nominated by the
third or fourth ballot that they both would
be dfoPped and one Of the other candidates
nominated With a rueh. When all the
members set here where they confer and
compare notes Il may be easier to ioretell
the resul, of the caucus than II IL nov. I,
can't be more difficult.
/, wss predleted last spring when Mr.
Harrison postponed the conference be-
tween Tic three Canadian officials and
himself and Secretary BiaInc, or reeIproc-
ity between this country and Canada. TN
I'll October II, that IL was extremely (
doubtful whether the conference would
ever be held, because of Mr. Hairison's
we'll known an;agonism 10 Canadian re
eiproeiiy, aud It now appears that the pre-
diciioa was we'll founded. The proposed
conference has been postponed indefinite
ly. the reason alleged being the absence OF
Secretary Blaine.
German day will be celebrated here to-
morrow by monster parade AMI Industrial
display and an outdoor picnic. The |
day Is celebrated as the anniversary Of |
the settlement, more than tKo hundred
Sears ego, TO be exact October 6, 1863, OF
The frst dis,ine,lvely German colony es-
tablished In America, which was staked
ou, on iha, day a, Germantown, Penn.
The pressure. political and otherwise,
witch has been brough, to bear upon Sec
retart Tracy for the dissolution of the
squadron Of evolution and the .ending of
Ihe vessels composing !, 10 various points
where they arc needed has at last been |
In spite of the strong ''pull' OF
Commodore Walker. The Boston and the |
Atlanta will Ia the future goio the Pacific
one OF the three vessels left--ihe Chicago, |
Ibe Newark, aud The Bennington-will go |
TO The South Atlantic squadron, and the |
other two Will join the North Atlantic |
squadron. /; has been along fight and |
very bitter one, ard the wounds left are |
likely to cause trouble in Navy for years
10 come.
Tension Commissioner Raum Is again |
Il on all sides, and II seems hard |
10 understand how he eau possibly retain
his position this time. There is direct Is.
sue between him and Secretary Noble, e,who |
has declined 10 dismiss tie three Pension |
Office employees who made affidavit to be
Ing approached BY young Raum with an
offer OF promotion Il they would pay the
price--$So. AS the removal OF these three
men was demanded by Raum Il Is thought
the refusal of Secretary Noble to remove
them leaves Raun no other course but
to resign. There are also ugly stories
about a war claim pending before the
treasury departmental which Raum is in
which II Is said have been placed
In Mr. Harrison's hands. Gen. RauIn has
gone to Illinois on two weeks leave of
absence, and there are many who believe
that his resignation Is already In Mr. Hsr-
rison's hands and that 1t will take effect
at the expiration of that time. He said
just before he left town that he had not
resigned and would not resign while under
fire, but Tanner talked that way too.
Mr. Harrison has decided not to make
any of the important appointments which
has been supposed to have under recent
consideration until after the fall election.
He proposes using them as prizes to en-
courage the republicans 10 work. His pri-
vate news from Iowa, Ohio, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and New York has not
been of an encouraging nature of late.