Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-12-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Dec. II, 1892.

zen until the EOurUn Oh u0AU MATCH
but his will is nevertheless regarded
as law by the democrats in the pres
emit Congress, and they are at this
very & moment waiting to learn his
pleasure before deciding upon their
programme for the session, and shak-
ing and quivering for fear that fsome
of them may be selected as the victim
of the great mans enmity, as was
Speaker Crisp at the Reform Club
banquet, in New York, Saturday night
"a most shameful and disgraceful
thing it was too, on the part of Mr..
Cleveland's friends. Senators Cor
man, Brice and Carlisle, who went to
New York ostensibly to consult with
members of the democratic National
Committee concerning the Senatorial
situation in states in which the con-
troll of the legislatures are still in
doubt, really went there to get Mr..
Cleveland's ideas of what legislation
should be taken up and what let alone
by this Congress; and the result of
their visit is to be laid before the
Joint caucus of the democrats Of the
House and Senate to be held in few
days. Mr.. Cleveland's New York Re-
form Club speech is being carefully
studied by those democrats who are
anxious to stand well with the future
dispenser of federal patronage, and
some of them profess to be able to
read between the lines of that speech,
which is facetiously referred to here
as "Cleveland's first message" more
than can be seen by ordinary people.
The democrats are divided on the
Senatorial question. The radical tar
iff smashers who claim Mr.. Cleveland
as one of their number, are in favor
of resorting to extraordinary methods
to obtain the control of the Senate in
the next Congress, while those who
make loud profession of intended tariff
reform without really intending to
make any radical changes in the tariff
system of the country, under the lea
dership of Senator Hill in the Senate
and of Speaker Crisp and Represen-
tative Springer in the House, hope
that all the doubtful legislatures will
send republican senator's, thus pre-
venting the democrats controlling the
Senate and giving them an excuse for
not carrying out their campaign
promises. Neither faction wants to
see any more third party Senators
elected. While probably a majority
of the prominent republicans in Con-
gress would rather see the democrats
control the senate there is no dispo
sition to help them elect senators.
An important conference among re-
among those present being
National committee men Clarkson,
resentative Johnson, of North Dako-
ia; Treasurer Bliss of the National |
committee; ex-senator Warner Mil |
Ter and Mr.. Geo. M. Pullman, was
held here two days ago to discuss the |
senatorial situation. 1t would be i'm
polite to at this time give the conclu-
sion arrived at. Suffice it to say that
some people may be surprised at some
of the political developments of the
near future.
Ex-Speaker Reed, was riding up to
the Capitol this morning in a street
car, which, by the way, is his favorite
vehicle, when he was asked what he
thought of the legislative outlook.
he looked at his questioner critically
TOR a moment, and then in a charac
soti 6yov II CO oy.lu hi
ne replied: "Well, now that 1 think
Of it, my democratic friends have
or forgotten to take me in
heir confidence; so 1 will not venture
In opinion
Congress got through its first week
yery quietly, but it is probably only
he calm which pRcedes a storm as
he material for a dozen legislative
ombats is lying around loose at both
nds of the Capitol, and only spark
) needed to touch things off; and
here are some very careless individ-
ais stalking around with fire brands ;
4 their hands.
1t is already apparent that the
Movement for the repeal of the pres
MT silver law stands a very poor
how of accomplishing anything at /
MS session; it seems to be utterly {
for the opponents of the s
wv to agree upon a substitute for it. !
enator Teller who represents the sill s
er men said on the subject: "The t
lw is not what it ought to be, and we {
ave always looked upon it as tenn l
orary expedient, but it affords re- 1
ef- Until something better and '
1ore permanent is given us the sill
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