Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our l,cgui;li CorrcSpoudcu,y

tiron Our Regular Corrc>DondcntJ
ASliINGTON. April 15.--Mr. IIarri-
son is confronted by very peculiar 81
tuatlon. lie must choose between
violating a pledge made 10 one Of his
few personal friends. and keeping that
pledge and jeopardiZiEg his chance of
being re-nominated by antagonizing
the most powerful senators in his party.
He has this week intimated to Senator
Quay, who claims the right to name a
successor to the late Justice Bradley.
of the L. $. supreme court. as the price
Of his support, that he intended to keep
the pledge made to Acknowledgement
Miller wien he Was taken into the
cabinet, and nominate him to the va
cancy. Mr.. Quay told him, it is said.
that he could control enough votes in
the senate TO defeat the nomination,
and more that if it was made he would
use all OF lis influence toIave the Min
neapOis convention nominate an anti
Harrison man.
This is not the first time that Mr..
Harrison has il'timated his intention
TO redeem that promise made to his old
law partners; but in the cases of the
other vacancies on thc supreme court,
he was sqUarely EulldoZed out of his
intentions by senators and other prom
inent men in his party, and lie may be
again. but those hear to him say that
he fears to allow this opportunity to go
by Of providing for his friend for life.
us it is hardly probable that there will
be another vacancy during his term OF
office, and he fears that lie cannot be
reelected even if he is re-lIominated.
Still. he will probably think some time
before he deliberately invites a fight
with the senators who could be con-
trolled by Quay, as he knows very well
that many of them only wish on excuse
to fight him, anyway.
1t has often been stated that any,
thing was possible in Washington, pro-
vided enough money was put up; and
the purchase OF site for the new
Washington post-o1lice. by authority of
the billion dollar congress. in the dis
reputable locality on the south side Of
Pennsylvania avenue, where the ground
is only about two feet above ordinary
high tide in the Potomac, and where
engineers are now driving forty-foot
piles in search of Il foundation strong
enough to build upon. certainly fur
nia!.ed r; convincing argument that the
statement was in close proximity to the
truth. and the high price paid for the
ground makes it certain that the mon
ey spent by the real estate lobby in
manip u.ating tie deal. all came back
with seVera! hundred Per cent increase.
Che same gai;g are laying the wires
to unload another section Of the swamp
land, which it either OWLS or holds OD-
lions on, at a nominal price, on the
Government as L site Ior Il I.eW patent
Office. at /. price that would purchase Il
site III 4 goo! location. Already Il bill
has been introduced appropriating So
,O00 for Il new patent office, and
specifically providing that it shall be
located on The south side OF I'ennsyl-
vania, and the Two daily papers, both
OF which own avenue property, will
help the lobby to get it through, and
some of the senator's and members who
pushed the post-ofice bill through, will
also help. Democratic senators and
members should refuse to aid these
spectators, and they doubtless will.
when the real status of the matter is
brought to their attention-they have
been misled by Washington newspaper
Chairman O'FerIall. of the House
election committee, has given notice
that he will call up the report OF the
committee in the contested election
Noyes VS.. Rockwell, next Tuesday
This is the case in which Senator Hills
name has been very much mixed up,
because of his belief that the committee
did wrong in reporting in favor OF NJ
Noyes the republican contestant. 1t is
expected that a lively debate will take
place when the report is taken up, and
it will not surprise many if the House
votes against the report of the commit
tee and retains Rockwell in his seat.
The House census committee has re-
ported iavorably the resolution in
sstructing that committee to inquire
into the expediency Of establishing a
permanent Census Bureau.
! The House has been working very
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