Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-01-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Senator Hoar Confident That the
 Election Bill Will Pass-Searching
 Investigation Into the Murder of
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1889. Senator Hoar is still confident that the Federal Election bill will pass the
 Senate and become a law. He thinks
 that Senators Stewart, Wolcatt, Teller
 and possibly one or two others, not over
 two, represent the entire republican
 opposition to the bill, although there are several others who may not vote for the bill, but who will not vote against it. But other republicans are not so con. fident of the final outcome. The dis
 affection in the republican ranks arises
 not so much from opposition to the bill
 as from the !dslay in disposing of it.
 These gentlemen think the bill has
 already occupied too much of the Sen
 ats's time, while other legislation, par
 ticulary that affecting financial matters,
 has had to wait.
 Just what the result will be it would
 be impossible to predict with even a
 reasonable degree of certainty, but
 every senator with whom have talked
 and they are numerous and represent
 the friends of all the measures awaiting
 to be taken up as we'll as of the electo
 bill agree in tse belief that decisive action of some sort will be taken by the Senate during the coming week, when about all of the holiday absentees will have returned. One strange. feature of1the situation is that democrats generally be- lieve that the election bill will be pas sed.
 Democratic senators are doing all they possibly can to encourage those re- publican senators who are known to be favorable to free silver coinage to at tempt to force the consideration of one of the bills already introduced previd- ing for free coinage before the election bill or the cloture rule is disposed of; they are not doing this because they favor free coinage, which some of its bltterestsopponents areSamong thedemo- cratic senators, but because they wish to create dissension in the epublican ranks in the hope that they may profit thereby ir the end. It will be discover ed, think, by these republicans, if one of these bills ever reaches "a vote, that the democrats with a very few excep- tions, will not vote for it.
 The republicans in the senate are strikingly in need of leader, that is to say man with the daring and dash which characterized certain periods of Mir. Blaine's and the late Roscoe Con- kings senatorial careers. There are many abe and learned republicans in | the senate but there seems to be no real | leader among them-no man-whom all | the rest will willingly follow. If Speak | sr Reed had been in the Senate I don't | believe the present condition of affairs, | which is entirely unsatisfactory to all | classes of republicans, would exist. Bat | ties are not won without fighting, and | DO army can fight well with divided | leadership. Republicans all hope for | the best, but they are not inspired with | that .aggressive confidence which has been characteristic of the party in other | great congressional contests,
 The president IS utilizing all the | post office department in making an in- of the recent murder of J. r. Matthews, postmaster at Carrollton, Mir. Harrison is determined to get to the bottom of this case. Mir. Matthews was.the third postmaster ap- pointed at that place since. June 1, 1882 First R. O. Hansbrough was appointed, put his commissioner was withheld and ais son was appointed. Soon after his Oondsmen withdrew and not being able 5e obtain others he was compelled to give up sthe office, Matthews was ap- pointed in August last, and took charge ,f the office in October. It has been stated here that citizens had openly made threats that no republicans should )e tnelr .pOSJndSucr. Is -I-- ,.zessis1as,4l ! convinced of the truthfulness ,f that statement they may find them elves without either postmaster or ,ostoffice.