The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-12-01
LATE CAPITAL NEWS!
A NeWsy Letter from the Nations
Capital.
Colonel Valentine Says the Democrats
Will Control the Senate.
THE LEADERS MEET IN NEW YORK
A Reyi.iOn of the Tariff and Providing
for the Deficit to Be the
First Work.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 1. SPECIAL i
There is at least one man in Washington
above all others, who keeps correctly
posted as to the political complexion Of
the senate. He has kept tab Of the
published results of the recent election
| and has been in private correspondence
with senators in doubtful states whose
selection will he determined by legisla
lures chosen on the 8th inst. That man
| is Sergeant. at Arms Valentine, of the
senate. To your correspondent Colonel
Valentine said today: There is not
the least likelihood that the alliance or
pOpulist senators will control the senate
after the fourth of next March. The
democrats-straight out demOcrats-will
have full control, and the populists will
not be consulted in the formation of
committees or election Of the senate's
officers in the reorganization of the SEN
ate. Counting a democratic senator,
from each Of the states of New York and
| Wisconsin, which are as sure as death
and taxes, the democrats have the senate
on tie, without considering either Sena-
tors Kyle or PETER, the alliance men.
Now, if the democrats get senator Of
their own stripe from either Of the states
of Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, CalifOr
MIA, Nebraska or Nevada they will have
clear working majority Of one without
fusOnist or pOpulist. It is my informa-
tion and judgment that the democrats
will get at least two senators from the
states named, and probably three. | am
glad the interests of the country will not
hang upon the qualms or whims of popu-
lists in the senate. The democrats will
have clean and clear sweep in both
houses of congress and the presidency,
and we all know what to expect. The
complexion of the senate being known,
there need no longer be any doubt in any
direction. The republicans in the senate
en- March 4th will vacate all the chair
manships of committees and make re-
quests or claims desiring to rid<them-
selves Of every whit Of responsibility.
The future Of The country, for two years
at least, il IN the hands Of The democratic
party
|. was hardly to have been expected
that the conference, anticipated in these
dispatches last night, for the outlining of
a policy upon the tariff and other ques-
tions would be held as soon as TO morrow.
simultaneously with the announcement
of the proposition to frame an "adminis
trat;on tariff bill'' came one from New
York that Senator German had called a
conference in that city, and Speaker
Crisp, Senator Carlisle and other con
trolling democrats were on their way To
Gotham Democrats in Washington are
to-day discussing the probable outcome
ofthe conference, and attempting to pene-
trate the future, not only as it will relate
10 the framing of a new tariff bill, but as
to general legislation and the disposition
of the spoils of office. There is large
preponderance of opinion here that IL
will be the policy of President Cleve-
lands administration to make haste very
slowly in every direction. 1t is believed
that the president elect has not only come
TO the conclusion that his nomination
and election were matters with which the
body of the democracy had little to do as
it was the inevitable, but that he Is
pledged TO a course in all things so CON
seryative that il will make little difference
with existing affairs Already the lead
ing democrats have begun TO write home
TO their constituents not to hurry about
{ arranging to take the offices, as hr. Cleve-
1 land is going TO make few changes, and
I make them slowly. They are writing
that there will be little done in the way
of legislation, too, and are pledging thei
constituents that there will be no laws
passed which will n 4terially affect manu-
featuring, commerce and banking The
thing TO be looked after is revenue sufl
cient 10 run the government, and the
effort 10 be put forth will be in the way
of curtailing expenses, and already tht
pledge is being made that there VIII De
{ no new pension legislation.
! Senators Carlisle and Mills have an