The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
MR.. HARRISON FINDING IT HARD TO
RUN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
Interesting Items Of Sensational and serl'
GUS Nature Published up Around the Ma
tional Capital-Inside Sketches Of
Congressional Doings.
From our Regular Correspondent;

WASHINGTON, July 18.-Mr. Har-
rison is finding out that the candidate
who attempts to run his campaign ac-
cording to his own will, without re-
gard to the opinion of all the men who
have been regarded as party leaders,
and to make every one else connected
with the campaign but humble agents
to carry out his orders without asking
questions or making suggestions, is a
big contract. The brainy men who
90 into politics will not consent to be-
come any mans lackeys. That i
why Mr.. Harrison had so much
trouble in getting chairman for the
Republican national committee, and
finally had to take Carter, who was
almost entirely unknown outside of
Montana previous to the Minneapolis
convention, and was probably willing
to accept Mr.. Harrison's conditions.
Col. Oates, chairman of the House
committee which went to Homestead
to investigate the labor troubles at
the Carnegie works, says the commit
tee will make a report the latter part
of this week of their visit to Home
stead. 1t is not positively known
what the nature of that report will be,
but it is believed that the committee
will take the ground that the strike of
Carnegie's men is not a matter tor
congressional interference, and that
it will ask for authority to continue
the investigation of the Pinkerton de-
tective system during the recess.
The report of the Pension office in
vestigation, recommending Raum's
dismissal, will be taken up in the
House this week, and if a quorum of
Democrats can be kept on the floor it
will be approved by the House.
Those WHO saw the purchase of a
site for new government printing
office postponed by the Fifty-first con-
gress through the Vaccinations of
that very expert lobbyist, ex-senator
Malone of Virginia, because the COM
mittee on the selection of site would
not approve piece of ground owned
by him, and entirely unsuited for the
purpose, were somewhat surprised to
see the same tactics succeed in ac-
complishing another postponement
for the same reason; and still more
surprised to see such prominent Demo-
cratic Senators as Vest of Missouri,
Butler of South Carolina and Black
burn of Kentucky acting in Mahone's
interest, and getting the credit of hav-
ing their votes controlled by
him. Senator Cameron of Pennsyl-
vania has been from the first
one of Mahone's most active agents
on the floor of the Senate, but that
surprised nobody, as he is generally
credited with keeping his seat in the
Senate for no other purpose than to
look after legislation affecting inter-
ests-principally Washington real es-
tate-in which he has money in
vested.
Public opinion has upset one of the
corrupt bargains by which John G.
New secured the nomination of Mr..
Harrison at Minneapolis. The NOM
ination of the negro, VIM. d. Crum,
to be postmaster at Charleston,
S. c., which he practically
admitted to the Senate post
office committee was given him as the
price of his vote for the nomination of
Mr.. Harrison, has been withdrawn
because Republican members of that
committee told Mr.. Harrison that
after Crum's statement and those of
other and more reputable witnesses
they would not vote for his confirma-
ton. The South Carolina delegation
in congress did good work in bringing
out the facts in this disgraceful barter
and sale of such an important federal
office, and not few Republican sena-
tors were glad of the exposure,
although they did not care to make i
themselves.
Representative Bailey of Texas, has
been looking up presidents concern
ing the drawing of salary for the time
they are absent by members of con-
gress. He says that previous to the
war the law providing for deduc,
ton ofpay when members were alb
sent from any other cause than sick
ness was strictly enforced, and he does
not understand why it should con-
stantly be avoided now. He says one
member of the present house has
drawn 1000 in salary and been pres
ent just three days, and he thinks
that too high a rate of pay for any
congressman.
Only three appropriation bills now
remain to be finally acted upon, and
unless the numerous and costly SEN
ate amendments to the sundry civil
bill shall bring about dead lock, con-
grsss will adjourn within two weeks.
If this bill were disposed of it might
easily adjourn this week.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, usu-
ally the mildest of men, lost his tenn
per Saturday and called Senators
Sanders of Montana, black scoun-
drel, because of an obstructive amend
ment the latter offered to local bill
which was in charge of the former
Later there was an apology and the
bad language will not appear in the
record.
A Republican senator, who went to
see Mr.. Harrison in the interest of one
of his constituents, who he thinks
ought to have that vacancy on the su-
preme court, told a friend that he was
satisfied that it was Mr.. Harrison's
intention to keep the place open until
after the election, and then to give t
to Attorney General Miller.