Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-06-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Regular Correspondent

those who do not go in person will be
there in spirit to assist in the selection
of the next president and vice-president
of the United States. The democrats
in congress have widely differing opin-
ions as to who ought to be nominated
but they all agree that the nominee,
whoever he may be, will be elected.
There are no hard feelings among the
champions of the several gentlemen
who are being pushed for the nomina-
ton, it is simply question Of ayaila-
ability.
1t is conceded by all that MI. Cleye
land will have majority on the first
ballot, aud the most sanguine of his
supporters claim that hs will get more
than the necessary two-thirds on the
first ballot. Conservative men believe
that if the votes of neither Cleveland
nor Hill swoW rapid increase after
the first ballot they will both be drop
ped. There is, however, a great deal
of guesswork about ante-convention
predictions, no matter how well posted
their makers may be.
Senator PGgh is one of those who be-
lieye that the nomination OF Senator
German is a political necessity in order
to prevent the third party getting a
foothold in the south. He says several
of the southern states will be in danger
if they are not actually lost, if any
other man is nominated
Democrats are not at all alarmed
over the rumors of the foundation of
silver party. If the dissatisfied silver
republicans should all go into the
movement and they should be joined
by the silver men of the south, they
could easily carry enough states to
throw the election of a president into
the house, which would of course, mean
a democratic president. This is dem
ocratic year anyway.
MI. Harrison S friends give his case
away constantly in private. Mr.. John
W. Foster, Of Indiana, who has held
ever since this administration came in
peculiar relations with the department
OF state-some say that MI Harrison
has used him as a spy upon Mr.. Blaine
having authority only second to that
OF the Secretary, stated privately since
MI. Harrison's denomination that he
considered Indiana Il very doubtful
state, with the chances decidedly in
favor of the democrats if no mistake is
made at the Chicago convention. That
was a good deal for a man as near to
MI. Harrison as MI. Foster is. to admit,
and shows that the Indiana democrats
in Congress know just what they are
talking about when they say that the
electoral vote of Indiana will be cast
for the nominees Of the Chicago con-
vention.
Representative Stackhouse, of South
Carolina, died suddenly this week of
heart failure. This makes the sixth
member OF the Fifty-second congress
lentlcss hand of the rider of the pal,
horse.
The House passed the Fertilization
appropriation bill and is now consider
ing Rep. Shive]ey's bill to reduce the
duty on tin plate, which it hopes to pass
before the close of the week. The bill
provides that after the first Of next
October the duty on tin plate shall be
one cent per pound, and that after the
first Of October, 1894, it shall be put on
the free list
The Ways and Means committee of
the House has decided to defer for the
present consideration of Representative
McMillin's resolution proyiding for ad-
journment on July 4. The reason of
. this is that the members of the COM
mittee are satisfied that the Senate will
not agree to adjournment at that date.
Mr.. Harrison is trying to placate the
silver republicans with empty honors.
1t was at his suggestion that Senator
Dubois, Of Idaho,W selected to make
the speech formally notifying MI. Har-
rison of his nomination.
Knowing that the chance of getting
anything after the 4th Of next March
is next to nothing, the republicans who
nominated MI. Harrison are swarming
to Washington to get something now.
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