The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-06-02
CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE,
Special Correspondence,l WASHINGTON, May 3i, 1892.

and sputtered with greater intensity than during the past week in Wash ington. When Chairman Clarksou ar- rived he brought Blaine whirlwind that for time threatened to sweep everything before it, but the Harrison men, aided by the timely arrival of Consul-General John c. New, the flat footed declaration of Senator Sawyer In favor of Harrison, aud the statement of Secretary Elkins that Mir. Blaine had told him and Mir. Harrison num- Der of times that he would not accept the nomination under any circum- stances, reduced the whirlwind to a moderate gale, and the departure of Messrs. Clarkson, New, and other members of the Republican National Committee, bound for Minneapolis, removes the Republican storm center to that city.
 The Democrats did not lack for eX- citement, although theirs is as yet little milder than that of the Republi- cans. The Blaine whirlwine filled the sails of the Cleveland ship which had been for time my Tapping for lack of favorable breeze, and the Cleveland men now think their ship has sufficient headway to carry it into the desired port, and they assert that his nomina- i tion is now probable anyway, and cer- tain if Blaine is nominated by the Re- publicans.
 The free coinage men are also in the swim. Senator Morgan called up his silver resolution, which has been "on the table" for some weeks and defeated an attempt to squelch it by having it referred to the Finance Committee, to be pigeon-holed; and he is confident of getting it adopted. Thursday Gen. A. J. Warner presided over the opening session of the second National Silver Convention, among the delegates of which are. many peoples party and labor men, all of whom were here in the interest of the free coinage of silver, question that may yet give the political leaders some bad half hours before the adjournment of Con- gress.
 They are telling some queer stories of the methods used to get majority of the House Democratic caucus to vote in favor of giving the right of way, which belonged properly to the anti-option bill, to the appropriation bills, which was a roundabout way to kill the anti-option bill for this session without having to vote against it. The anti-option bill is opposed by the stock and grain exchanges in the large cities, and it is said that other great financial institutions and corporations have aided in bringing refractory mem bers to their knees in one way or another. According to current gossip the opposition failed to secure promises from q majority of the House to vote directly against the bill-some of the members knew that such a vote could not be satisfactorily explained at home notwithstanding their extraordinary efforts. Then it was that the idea of killing the bill temporarily was hatchcd, and there was no difficulty whatever in getting it through the caucus, as the session is growing old and to say that the appropriation bills, which must be disposed of before adjournment, should have the right of way would need no explanation at home, Chairman Hatch of the House Agricultural Committee is mad at the manner in which the friends of the bill have been tricked, and he proposes to make fight on the floor of the House, which may bring out some interesting facts, if it does not get the bill up.
 Representative Holman is to make another attempt to cut down the river and harbor bill. He succeeded in pre- venting its going to a conference com mittee, after the House refused to con cur in the Senate amendments, and will make fight on some of the weak est items when it comes before the House in committee of the whole. If he succeeds in reducing one item at the start he may stampede the House and get the bill cut beyond recognition, :, as public criticism has badly shaken the nerves of many members; but the chances are against his succeeding at the start.
 It will require stronger proof than has yet been presented that tue rain making experiments conducted by gov ornment agents last year was not colossal humbug to secure the enact ment into law of Senator Pettigrew's amendment 10 the agricultural appro- priation bill, appropriating 10000 to continue these experiments.
 The quarrel between Postmaster General Wanamaker and Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt is again at the fighting stage, Mir. Roosevelt having,