The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-01-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

openly candidate; and no republican
of prominen c who visits him leaves
the White House without being made
aware of that fact, and he is losing no
opportunity of making deals to secure
delegates to the next republican nat
ional convention. Ex-senator Bruce
to whom he gave the second best local
Office in the District of Columbia; ex-
Representative Lynch, whom he made
one of the Auditors of the Treasury,
and negro named Europe, who holds
position in the Post Office depart
ment, are relied upon to control the
negro delegates from the South. and
his own State has he thinks, been made
solid for him by his making friends
with Treasurer Huston. who some time
ago rendered his resignation in huff
because he thought himself and wife
had not been treated with sufficient
consideration by Mr.. and Mrs. Harri-
| son.
Secretary Rusk, who has within
week taken occasion to publically an
nounce not only that he was not a
candidate, but his support of Mr.. Har-
rison, is confident that ne can secure
solid delegation from his State, and
the other members of the cabinet are
all working to do the same thing in
their respective states. This has been
made much easier by the fact that the
result of the recent election together
with the attitude of the republican
leaders in Congress on the Force bill
and other matters to which he is oppos-
ed has removed all desire on the part
of Mr.. Blaine for the nomination. He
doesn't believe that there is hardly a
possibility that any republican can
be elected, therefore he will interpose
no objection to Mr.. Harrison's being
vindicated by denomination.
Senator Stockbridge, Of Michigan,
feels about a hundred per cent larger
than he did a week ago. He is cred
tied with having had Judge Brown, of
his State, nominated to the vacancy
on the bench of the Supreme Court
in the face of the active opposition Of
his Senatorial Colleague, General AL
ger and Secretary Blaine, all of whom
supported another Michigan candi-
date.
Christmas knocked the republican
leaders in the Senate out in the first
round. Mr. Hoar refused to even en-
tertain the idea of passing the usual
resolution for a holiday recess and
stated that the Senate would be in
session every day until the Force bill
was passed, but he reckoned without
counting the strong home attractions
of majority Of the Senators of his
party. BY Christmas eve the Senate was
short ofa quorum and adjourned to
Saturday; on Saturday the number of
Senators had dwindled to IS and after
five minute session, devoted to
prayer by the chaplain, an adjourn
ment was taken until today. Today
there is not quorum present, but an
effort will be made by the republicans
to continue the debate on the election
bill until quorum gets here. 1t will
hardly sue eed though, as it will be
done without a quorum. The House
is doing nothing for the same reason,
and it looks as though things would
remain in the same condition for the
rest of this week.
Attorney General Miller has made
his contribution to the Harrison boom
in the shape of an opinion which, if it
holds good, will enable Mr.. Harrison
to turn the Worlds Fair into man.
moth Harrison machine, by appointing
an army of political heelers to do i'm
aginary work towards preparing for the
exposition, while their real work will
be for Mr.. Harrison and the republi-
can party.
The anti-silver republicans, who are
all in favor of the Force bill, do not
derive much satisfaction from the ex-
pected arrival of two more votes for
that measure, in the persons Of the
new Idaho Senators, because both Of
those Senators are understood to be
enthusia site friends of free silver coin
age. These anti-silver republicans are
opposed to any financial legislation Of
any kind at this session, and they only
agreed to the financial bill recently re-
ported for the purpose of quieting the
silver men in their party and fully in
tended to prevent vote ever being
taken upon it. The silver men have at
last had their eyes opened, and they
are threatening to make the fur fly as
soon as the holiday abcentees get
back,
Commissioner Raum has been com
PEELED by Secretary Noble to write a
letter in favor of the bill now pending
to reduce the attorneys fee for obtain
ing an increase inpension to So. The
attorneys lobby still boldly and conf
IDENTITY amour ces their ability to de-
feat the bill.
Public opinion has proved toe