The Progress., 1892-12-31
FROM WASHINGTON. 2. c.
Notes of Interest Gathered From Around
About the National Capital.


WAsHNGTos, II. G.. December 2S 1922
Special Correspondence to The Progress
VIII the next Secretary of Agriculture
hea Popuis,? Some people may sup
pose this a wild question. but isn't all
iho same. There are good reasons for
The belief th Il if such Democratic lead
- as Senators CONAN, BTrcc and Car
isle can overcome Presidcnt-elecl Clevc-
lnnd's wcll-knOwu TpiudlC" against the
| Pnuulisis, the successor g. "UnCi- Jerry
Ru,l sill he cho II fTom that party, or
rather, will b. a man who while suppbft-
| in. ih,. IT. LOu.s platform aud being
fd!iy rPc0gu Ztd us POpulist \, aside
| { uul subjects covered Oy that pla, tOriu,
A DemuCIat. The desire on he part of
,hcsr Senators To honor the POpulists Is
purely poli' icaI: they know that the
| Democrats are likely ~ need the votes Uf
| { e Pupulist Senator's quite often and
5 m, times very badly during the next
| -e,siun of Con grrss, and they wish to
| make sure of getting The g.. The Popu-
| I Senators ana Representatives have
| ven no sign showing what they think
| about being ~ presented in the Cleveland
! cabiupt, and one of them 10 whom the
subject was lr .ached said: "When au
oacr is authoritativcly made IL viii be
Ime enough to talk about IT,"
| With lobbyists from tie whi-key men
| H. object TO any increase IN the tax on
whiskey, Lobbyists from The ocean steam
| ,hip companies who object To any sus-
| pension ut lmmigr alton, lobbyists from
the great gram and cotton exchanges
| who oi jsrt To the pass ge of tue anti
OPTION bIil. and lubhylsts Icpresrn ing all
sOrts of private schemes are eXteudius
Invitations g. Senators and member TO
| d. come Their guests during tho " h C or
4 part If the ChrlstmLsTeCess. Congre, g.
| n VIII had Mt made their plaus IN
| rlyaUln h1d snuic .iiicuity IN uCcidl, z
| in how uud where they sbou,d spenu
| their twu U,eNs holiday. Very lew ie-
i mdiucd harp
Before lhc recess this W, eh an attempt
was made e siIe-track thp anti-opuUI
! on aud the yUte winch is re -aruri a. au
! Xart indication Of hoW tIe senators
! stand on The auti-OpJiDn measure was IL
10 ~, and l. senators were reported as
pnirud. notwithstanding tins over
| NhelWipg sCntineut IN favor of the bill
It's friends seem unable To force Il
| through the Senate ana some of them
a INIT their fears of not beng abe tu
| com ell "a vote u pom it. Senator Wash =
| burn ISN'T one OF the 60 ibtVrs. lie say :
the Liii will certainly 60 through at this
sesSIUn.
Tue subcommittee OF the Judiciary
Committee of the House, which inyestl-
gated The Homestead trouble and the
ronue ton OF tn PinkertOu's herewith.
has never b un able gOu-TUe upon thr
nature of the report which must be made
- the ful committee. There are five
members of the sub b-committee, and un-
less sUme of them chauge there will have
TO be i've reports ln order 10 cover Their
opinions.
The oppOeition 81 The Nicaragua canal
la a,
m the House that IL l. believed by mauy
that uult IS some of the heavy-hitters in
tue opposition ranks can be won over
duri z the recess the canal peope will
have the bill wi,hdrawu for tie PRESENT
SO siO e. escgl" che blacE-eyu hiVh Go.
ii ,u t4e livuse ".s"il p, dies 90.
IN the financial word. Tnis opposition
did not. h JweYtT. prevent the bill bsina
favurabiy reported 10 the Senate before
ths recess. Senator sherman has given
notice of his intention to call II up aud
press 10 IN "a vote at the earliest oDpOr
tunity af er the rtassembiiug of the sen.
ate.
The Democratic and Republican Sena-
torial caucus st eling committees" are
getting theiDse yes laughed at on account
o. the very thInly disguised game o.
DluH they ar playing against each other
pn the q.e-tiDu Of elecJiug United sta ps
senators from the Northwestern state
ln which neither party has clear ua-
jHity Ia the Legislatures. Neither com
miItee can really do any more than %
throw its moral influence ia favor of ITS
party, and IL must be- confessed that
moral Influence il not very powerful OF
danger ons factor in modern politics.
All day aud all night ever suce last
Sunday when Mr.. Bate came so near
To diving. the street III front OF bis resi-
dppce has Teen crowded, mostly with
newspaper men, by those auxOns t. get
IN" late I lutrrsDatiDa from q SICK
iuon. He has held his own Tor the lasl
two or three days. but hts physician.
plainly iutlmate that his chance for
surviving another at ack like that of last
SUNDAY IL hardly one out Of one hundI ed
and there rs little hope of his ever getting
up agaiu.
Jerry Simpson left for Kansas early
this week, aud his friends say that he
VIII enter the fight for the senatDrship II
his party can upset the lottery arrange.
ment by winch the Republicans obtaiuet
controi of the lower branch Of the Jegis.
lature, which they are hopeful OF doing