The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.

tain knowledge much more concerned
about the success of the ticket to be
nominated at Minneapolis than about
who shall head it. He wishes the con.
vention to be harmonious, and would
like to see the nomination made by &C.
clamation, whoever may be selected to
head the ticket Whatever his friends
are doing. and some of them are doing
harm, both to him and the party, | know
that he is doing nothing to bring about
his own nomination, and further that he
has fully made up his mind that he will
not enter struggle to obtain the nomi,
nation, because of his belief that the i'll.
will left by such struggle would en-
danger the success of the party" The
President is now on the Chesapeake Bay
with his invalid wife, He will return
to Washington the middle of the week
Another sudden death; another fun.
oral in the Senate chamber, and another
Senator'S seat shrowded in black. The
sudden death of Senator Barbour of Nir-
ginia. who went to bed Friday night in
excellent spirits and in apparently good
health, and died of heart disease at an
early hour Saturday morning, has fallen
like pail upon his colleagues in Con
gross, among whom he was deservedly
popular by reason of his many endearing
personal qualities His funeral took
place this afternoon, and the remains,
accompanied by committee from the
House and Senate, were taken to Poplar
Grove, Md, for interrment. Alread
the Virginia Democrats in Congress have
begun wire pulling to name his successor.
This week will probably close the Pen
sion office Investigation, which has been
from the first nothing but bitter at
tempt to break down the personal charac-
ter of General Raum, an attempt which
has most miserably failed, as all such at
tempts should fail The few witnesses
yet to be heard are those named by Gen.
eral Raum.
Senator Germans defense of the ex.
penditures authorized by the Fifty first
Congress, while perhaps entirely unin-
tended, was practical acknowledgment
that the charge of extravaganza upon
( which the Democrats, aided by tariff
Misrepresentation, obtained control of
the present House of Representatives.
was false He said there had been an
increase in the appropriations made by
each succeeding Congress since the Forty
fifth, with the exception Of the Forty
eighth, and called attention 10 the fact
that the total expenditures under the
Cleveland administration were greater
than under Arthur's, Just as those of the
present administration will exceed those
of the Cleveland administration, and he
closed with these words, which certainly
have a strange sound, coming from a man
who may be the Democratic candidate
for President: "And, as the country
grows and you 60 on with the construc-
ton of your navy and open the harbors
and deepen the rivers and make great
guns for the army and navy, these eN'
penditures must increase.
The Congressional prophets have beer
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reporting Of the river and harbor bill t.
the Senate was directly contrary to thei
order to force the House into agreeing tt
Senate amendments to appropriation
the bill little more than a million, max
ing it carry total of SD, 470,ll |
will be taken up as soon as the naval ap
preparation bill is disposed Of, and Their
is no reason to believe there will be an,
+ unusual delay in disposing OF it. Tn
Senate commerce committee in its repor
, on this bill gave notice that it would re
, port no river or harbor bill next year.
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