The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-19
SENATOR ALLEN HERE
Washington's Fair Treatment
by Congress.
CHANGES IN THE SENATE.
1dmunds and spoonsr-Senstor Squire
About to Visit Florida and WIN
Return Here in May.

Senator John B. Allen, Of waila waIla, arrived
IN the city yesterday afternoon from Tacoma.
and il q the Rainier hotel. In all probability
he viii be in the city until Monday. 81 am
jest making short trip to the Sound" said he
last evening, "and expect TO come over here
later and stay longer.
'In the session of congress which has lately
closed we worked very hard doing . great deal
OF routine work, which does not make much OF
. show. This state. think, has been treated
very fairly by the nation at large, and speaking
from the personal standpoint, / can say that my
colleagues in the Senate have on all occasions
borne themselves towards me with the greatest
kindness and consideration.
'How we shall fare with the Democrats OF the
House at the next session il wholly q matter OF
speculation They have q majority so large as
to be almost unvieldy, and as q result they viii
6nd IL very dificult to maintain the party disci-
pine. But believe that the South is generally
disposed to treat the West well, and to con-
cifia:e It, 30 that we may hope that our state
will receive Its due attention.
1.-THE Senate of the next session will be con-
siderably changed The resignation OF Senator
Edmuuds win be q serious loss He is fine
lawyer, and fine lawyer to have in a legislative
body; for he possesses q mind peculiarly fitted
for constructive legislation. Besides that, he
was . man OF absolute integrity and great
ssgacity. His long experience made him almost
invaluable, and the filing of his place will be
hard matter.
~ am not surprised at his resignation, for he
had won all the honor man could win in the
6enate-the leader of the Republicans there,
recognized as one of the ablest and most mp
right men In the country. But he has grown
old in the service, his own health is failing
somewhat, his family are not all in the best Of
health and SO he has right to ask for rest.
another man whose retirement is distinct
loss to the party and the country is Senator
John Gpooncr, of Wisconsin. His ability and
his honesty have brought him to the front with
great rapidity. A man of great natural capa-
bility, with mind broad and views well trained,
with heart chivalrous and fearless, he was
statesman OF whom we all could be proud
"when left Washington City the public men
had mostly scattered-as is usual at the close of
session. The Italian matter was not deemed
ut all serious then, and from what can learn,
at Is not now. Their prime minister, Rudini,
evidently made the movement in order to dis
tract attention from ltaly's domestic affairs
But he succeeded merely in giving Secretary
Blaine an opportunity to make brilliant exhi-
bition Of American diplomacy, and that aggres-
siveness withal in which Americans believe
"When last l heard from Senator Squire he
was at lion, N. Y. My information is that he
expected to go from there to Florida, with his
wife, to attend family reunion of some sort.
presume he will return to the state by May"
Senator Allen has been invited to be present
In Seattle when President Harrison visits the
CITY, but does not yet know whether he can
come.