Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-02-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1892.
Mr.. Grover Cleveland, for eight years the
bination OF odds and ends known as the
Democratic party. has been effectually de-
posed by the Hill German Brice- Tammany
combination, and this week this once
mighty mogul passed through Washington
on his way home from the south. spending
nearly an hour at the railroad station, and
not one single individual took the trouble
to go there to meet him, although his COM
ing was well known. Such incidents as
this, small though it be OF itself, tell more
than columns of labored argument Had
the Democrats in congress not regarded
Mr.. Cleveland as a political back number
they would have crowded that railroad
station to pay him their respects.
Secretary Blaine was a conspicuous figure
a the diplomatic dinner given last week by
the president and Mrs. Harrison, and his
cordial greeting of Senior Montt, the Gillian
minister, who was one of the guests, was
an anbwer to the sensational stories about
the personal relations existing bet ween the
two men.
The gag rule of the last house which
the Democrats for two years exhausted the
vocabulary OF abusive epithets in describ-
ing, has been under different name
adopted by 1.-The Democrats of the
present house AS part Of the code OF
rules under which the house will do bust
ness, or, judging by the past two months,
do nothing, until March 4. 1898.
Postmaster-General Wanamaker holds
every morning short consultation with
the four assistant acknowledgements for
the purpose of discussing matters pertain
ing to each of their divisions and giving ca ch
other the benefit oftheir mutual e x perience.
II is an innovation which is highly spoken
OF by postal officials.
The Democrats in the house are as much
afraid Of a caucus as they are OF the truth.
The caucus which was last week called to
m eet for the purpose OF discussing and de-
Gliding, if possible. the Democratic policy
towards the numerous bills which have
been introduced for the free coinage OF sill
yer, has been abandoned, the leaders fear
ing to hold it lest the threatened split i'm
q.
Reciprocity with Germany was formally
proclaimed by the presidents proclama-
ton issued last wesk. The Democrats con-
tinue to publicly sneer at reciprocity and
privately admit it to be a boon to the CO m-
mercial and agricultural interests of the
United States.
The committee to decide upon a site for
the proposed equestrian statue of Gen.
Sherman has selected the let just south OF
the treasury department. The committee
expects an appropriation of $50, 700 from
congress, which with the money on hand
will make a sum sufficient to make the
statue one of the finest in the city.
Postmaster General Wsnamaker and all
the rest OF the postal officials regard the
decision OF the supreme court in favor OF
the constitutionality of the anti-lottery
law as a great help to them in the fight
they have been making upon various lot
terry men for the violation OF that law.
Silver and the tariff are not the only
| things about which there are serious differ.
ences of opinion in the Democratic ranks
in congress. Representative Bowers, OF
California, gave the peanut" Democracy a
scoring on the floor OF tthe house last week
and told them some disagreeable truths.
He said the people of the west wanted ap-
preparations for the Improvement OF their
rivers and harbors, for the erection OF nec-
essaI y public buildings, and for the survey
OF the unsurveyed lands Of settlers. He
warned the Democratic party that it's pres
ent policy, if persisted in, would certainly
result in defeat at the coming presidential
election and that the party which took a
nickel as the measure OF the American pso-
pie, as the Democrats propose to do, would
certainly get left. The advice was thrown
away, as "niggardlin. IS" has been adopted
as the Democratic motto.
The Democrats on the house postoffict
committee have decided to favorably re-
port the bill for the repeal of the mail sub
sidy act of the last congress. but it is not
there are quite a number OF Democrats in
the present house who worked and voted
for the bill last year because they recoR
nized the necessity Of extending better for
| eign mail facilities to our great CONNER
| cal interests.
Representative Holman's sweeping ordel
to the chairman Of house committees hay
ing appropriation bills in hand, to cu
down the estimates of the secretary of tn,
treasury twenty per cent regardless OF ne
cessities, is a specimen of Democratic
| craftsmanship.