The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From cur regular correspondent. !

WAsuINsToN, D. c., July %, 1892.
Mr.. Harrison is still keeping up his war on
the men who dared to oppose his nomination
at Minneapolis, and having fully disposed
Of Clarkson, Fassett aud company, he, this
week, turned his attention to saint Mat
thew" Quay, as the junior senator from
Pennsylvania has been called since he made
his seriptural quotations in favor of closing
the Worlds fair on Sunday and by nominat-
Ing George Shiras, Jr,, Of Pittsburg, Pa, to
the vacancy on the bench Of the United
States supreme court be gave the sanity
Matthew knockdOwn blow that may sadly
dlsarrange his halo.
Mr.. Shfras owes his good fortune to the fact
that Quay had q candidate for his place and
that he tried to make his friends nomination
the price of his cordial support OF Harrison.
IL may be that 1t was because Mr.. Harrison
thought QuaF's opposition more desirable
than his support that he declined to nomi-
nate his man and sent for Representative
Dalzell, whose enmity to Quay everybody
knows. and told him that he might try HIS
hand at naming q cause at any rate, that is
what he did, and finding that Mr.. Shiras,
who was named by Dalzell, was lawyer OF
good standing at the Pennsylvania bar aud
that he was endorsed by some prominent
people of his own and other states, Mr..
Harrison nominated him, without being per-
sOnally acquainted with or having even met
him. Quay Isn't saying anything against the
nomination, but he will get revenge 1t he
ever gets an opportunity, while his less crafty
colleague, Cameron, is openly kicking.
Although the house by vote Of 1872 TO ITO
ment to the Sundry Civil appropriation
bill appropriating $5,O00,000 to the worlds
| fair, 1t is expected that 1t will 10 the
| end agree to the appropriation, although 1t
may not be exactly In the shape of the sen
ate amendment. The worlds fair officials
now here, are doing much more real kicking
about the amendment, which has been
adopted by both house and senate
prohibiting the opening of any part
| Of the worlds fair on Sunday,
than they are about the tempOry defeat
of the appropriation amendment, and they
| will make as strong fight before the con"
ference committee to have the Sunday
amendment struck out of the bill as they
will have to the appropriation amendment
put back, but the chance Of success Is hardly
| as good In the first as in the last
Democrats are asking each other how 1t II
that ex-senator Malone, the notorious Re
publican lobbyist, has been able to contr0
the votes Of such Democrats as SenatoTVest
Butler, and Blackburn whenever the queB
ton of purchasing site for new govern
ment printing office comes up. MahOnt
owns piece of ground which he Is trying
to get purchased for that purpose, ant
although be has not yet succeeded, he has
with the aid of the senators named ant
others, succeeded IN preventing the pur
chase Of other and more eligible sites
Democratic senators do not enhance thel
own regulations by helping such man a
Malone 10 anything.
Representative O'Neil, of Missouri, sue
ceeded 10 getting an amendment to tht
sundry civil bill adopted by the house which
If 1t is not struck out in conference, viii
prevent the employment Of PiHkeTtOn mel
| at 10 nnminn A
city, aud, at the Worlds fair.
Col. Oates investigation committee haC
several PiDkeTtOn men before 1t yesterday
but their testimony concerning their pres
ence at Honest ad and the Aght did not ditfe
materially from what has already been pub
lished. The committee will present re
port as far rs it has gone in the investigation
Ia few days, and will continue Its wOrl
during the recess.
Quite number of Democratic congress
men went over to New York to take part Il
the Cleveland and Stevenson notification
jubilee. Wednesday night, aud they agree u
| man in saying that TammRny Is alTeRd
actively at work for the ticket, and dc
termined TO carry New York city by u large
majority than ever. They also agree In sSy
ing that the meeting at Madison sqnar
garden was the most immense affair OF th
kind ever held.
MIR. Harrison offended Senator Proct0
| Hueh Lo holnlu sCeu Soi. GnsSbS A. JAIL
of the Sixth Cavalry, to be brgadier general
the senator when secretary Of war haVtn
| promised the next vacancy to another co
Onel. Promises do not count with MI
Harrison when they conflict with his havin
hls own way.
Representative Cultivate, of Ohio, mad
an exposure on the floor Of the house, thi
week, that may result uDple Gntly to ALA
Rutherford, a local clalul agent, who hG
been senuing letters to parties interested
the bill for the relief of the hospital service
, demanding pay for having had the bi
passed. Mr.. Cultivate says the man
liable to arrest for using the mails for frAuG
ulent purposes as well as for ObtatDiD
, money under false pretenseg.