Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-02-14
Washington City News.
pecial Correspondence to the HERALD.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 9th, 1891.
The President has long ago adopted
the plan OF President Lincoln Of not
crossing bridge until be comes to it,
and no man has even been authorized bv
him to say that he would either sign or
veto the free coinage bill, should that
measure get through the house. 1t
hasn't got through the House, and at
the present time the chances seem rather
against its doing SO. The bridge which
the President is now preparing to cross
is the choosing of a suitable man to fill
the place left vacant by the sudden
death OF Secretary Window, and it was
to enable him to cross in safety that he
asked Congress to extend the time for
making the selection, which had hereto
fore been limited to ten days and Con-
gress has sensibly adopted his sugges
ton, as it might proftably have done in
other instances, and passed a bill ex-
tending the time for filling the vacancy
to thirty days.
Mr.. Harrison is going about this diff
ticult and important task with his usual
caution and elaboration he has no ia
vorite for the position, and is deter
mined to secure the best man that can
possibly be obtained, and in order to
ascertain who that man is he has invited
the advice of prominent republicans in
and out Of Congress. When they have
all had an opportunity to present the
claims of those they think best fitted to
perform the arduous duties of Secretary
of the Treasury Mr.. Harrison will care
fully weigh the merits of the gentlemen
suggested and make his selection. And
l run no risk in predicting that he will
make no mistake.
The republican Senators held a caucus
Thursday night to determine the order
Of business for the remainder of the Ses-
sion, and it is understood that the ques-
ton Of whether the Federal Election
bill should again be taken up was also
discussed but that no definite conclusion
was reached.
The more testimony that is taken by
the House committee engaged in the
investigation of the alleged Congress
slonal silver pool or pools the stronger
grows the belief that there was no pool
or combine to influence legislation, and
that those Senators and Representatives
that engaged in specializing in silver
only two, Senator Cameron and Repre-
sentative Abner Taylor, of Illinois. have
admitted being engaged in such specu-
lation-did SO on their own Judgment
This week J. A. Owenby, the man Who
originated the charge, was a witness be-
fore the committee, and his testimony
proved absolutely nothing one wav or
the other. He seemed to be only m
impecun1ous adventurer who was him
self trying to speculate without capital,
and as soon as he was discharged from
the custody of the deputy Sergeant-at-
Arms Of the House who had brought
him from Chicago, he was arrested upon
a criminal charge of having obtained
ST under false pretense by means of
worthless check. A nice sort of fellow
to attempt to blacken the character of
Cong ressmen.
Both House and Senate have in the
main been quietly Jogging along on the
regular appropriation bill this week, al
though the silver question was the cause
Of some personalities on the floor of the
Senate between Mr.. Dawes, of Massa-