The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-07-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, June 81, '92
The president has had no idl'
time recently. Besides His I'M
portant official duties he Has beer
devoting considerable time confer
ring with members of tile iiationa
republican committee, which will
be in session here the greater par
of this week making arrangements
for the coming fight. He finds a!
of the members OF Tie committee
confident of winning, although
aware the party will have to figh'
to do it. The nomination Of Ciev"
land and Stevenson hardly Mail
ripple at the white h0itse. Tia
president is a believer In the %,
servance of official courtesy, ans
will not express any opinion TO
publication but your correspond
ent happens to know that Mr.. H:'r
rison was very much gratilied Il
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland
and very much nIore SO at The
adoption of the tariff plank in the
platform, which tears the mask
from the democratic face and dis
closes the hidious features of free
trade.
The rumor that Jddge George v
Massey, of Delaware, had been
rendered the vacancy Oh the bench
of the supreme court Is again re-
vived. 1t cannot be verified, but
it finds many believers. Delaware
is part of the district from which
the appointment will be made
and Senator Higgins is known to
have been working hard to secure
the appointment for Judge MASSEY
1t would be difficult to- find d
more woe-begone looking lot oI
men than the fetdfniiig democratic
congressman. They privately
swear at the convention, tile licke}
and the platform; but they Try Il
assume a pleasant smile when ille,
say to the newspaper men: ''Uh
yes. l like the ticket; and it will be
elected" Their manner gives
them away; however; they cannot
conceal the listlessness they teei
over the outlook for their party.
Commander-in. CHIEF Palmer o.
the g. A. r: has beer trere iol
several days looking after some
congressional legislation relating
10 Mount Nc Gregor and after th,,
arrangements tirat are being III 'd2
for the encahpnent in Sept mir;
Speaking OF the encampment az
said; IL will Venture the prediction,
that there will be five iiunslred
thousand people in Washing on
and there will be seventy-iivc
thousand old soldiers in line "n
the day OF the parade. You may
put that down as my forecast and
you will see when the time comes
that | will not be lar wrong. ihe
approaching encampment viii be
the high water mark i'll The gather
ings OF the old soldiers OF this
country; and the like OF IT will
never be repeated in our day"
Elk Senator Ingalls,, when he
passed through w asffiuston several
days ago on his way TO Europe
Mhete Ire will spend about two
months in travelling, told a per
sonal friend THAT there was not the
slightest probability OF his accept
ing any appoin,ive office. ii ii werv
rendered to him. He is coniieI' .tt
that Harrison aud Reid VIII vii:
and will take all active part III he
campaign from beginning 10 end,
not only in Kalrsas, bur lii "iaer
states.
The house has again bee, >stt.e.,-
ing from the no quorum fever, W
ing to the absence oi such d iar-s
number of democrats, soate III
whom have not been III their sea- =
for two months. Here it is altnn~r
at the beginning of a new ii,c |
gear, and hardly any Oh The re-:
lar appropriation bills. ali OF y hi"sj
should be available on the hrst O
July, have become laws. As, "
nothing body the present ilo!s>,
has never been excelled. and il y.
cord alone should be sltliiclet: IL
only to elect the republican pa.
Dental ticket, but 10 restore j'Ie
control of the house oil Representa-
tives to the republican party. II
is only when the house is repubIj
can that the public business is
promptly attended to.
1t was surprising here i.,lj
Stevenson should have been pm
on the ticket with cleveland as il
is we'll known that the feeling be
tween them was anything but cor
dial during the last year OF Two OF
Mr.. Cleveland's admini>italiu5
Stevenson's favorite ne'hod
speaking Of Mr.. Cleveland anon-
his intimates was THAT mugwump
in the white house." The fact Is
commented on that Mr.. Cleveland
sent no congratulations to Steven
son.
Secratary Elkins sjustlv regard
ed as one of the shrewdest poii!i
cal observers in the country. ard