Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-28
WASHINGTON LETTER II
from Our Regular Correspondence

his attention to saint Matthew"Quay
as the Junior senator from Pennsylva-
MIA has been called since he made his
scriptural quotations in favor of closing
the Worlds Fair on Sunday, andkSAy
nominating George Shiras, u; Of,
Pittsburgh, Pa, to the vacancy on the
bench of the United States Supreme
Court he gave the sanity Matthew a
knock-down bio" that may sadly disar-
range his halo.
Mr.. Shiras owes his good fortune to
the fact that Quay had candidate for
the place and that he tried to make his.
friends nomination the price of his
cordial support of Harrison. 1t may be
because Mr.. Harrison thought Quay's
opposition more desirable than his sup
port that he declined to nominate his
man and sent for Representative Dali
zell, whose enmity to Quay everybody
knows, and told him that he might try
his hand at naming a man for the va
cancy, OF it may have been from some
other cause, at any rate that if what he
did, and finding that Mr.. Shiras, who
was named by Dalzell, was Il lawyer of
good standing at the Pennsylvania bar
and that he was endorsed by some pro-
minent people Of his own and other
states, Mr. Harrison nominated him.
without being personally acquainted
with or having even met him. Quay
isn't saying anything against the NOM
nation, but he will get revenge if he
ever has an opportunity, While his less
crafty colleague, Cameron, is openly
kicking.
Although the house by a vote of 122
to ITO refused to concur in the Senate
amendment to the Sundry Civil appro-
priation bill appropriating IS ,OOO,O 900 to
the Worlds Fair, it is expected that
it will agree to the appropriation, al
though it may not be exactly in the
shape of the senate amendment. The
Worlds Fair officials now here, are do
ing much more real kicking about the
amendment, which has been adopted
by both house and senate, prohibiting
the opening of any part of the World s
Fair on Sunday, than they are about
the temporary defeat OF the appropria-
ton amendment. and they will make
as strong a fight before the conference
committee to have the Sunday amend
ment struck out Of the bill as they will
to have 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
it is that ex-senator Malone, the no.
torious republican lobbyist, has been
able to control the votes Of such demo.
Gratis as senators Vest, Butler and
Blackburn, whenever the question OF
purchasing Il site for the new govern.
ment printing Office comes up. Malone
owns piece of ground which he is try.
ing to get purchased for that purpose
although he has not yet succeeded, he
has, with the aid Of senators named
and others. succeeded in preventing the
purchase of other and more eligible
sites. Democratic senators do not ell
nance their regulations by helping such
a man as Malone in anything.
Rep. O'Neill, of Missouri succeeded
i'll getting an amendment to the Sundry
Civil bill, which if it is not struck out
in conference. will prevent the employ
ment of Pinkerton men at the coming
G. A. R. encampment in this city and
at the World Fair.
Col. Oates investigation committee
had several Pinkerton men before it
yesterday but their testimony concern
ing their presence at Homestead and
the fight did not differ materially from
what has already been published. The
committee will present report as far
as it has gone in the investigation in a
few days, and will continue it's work
during the recess.
Quite number of democratic con-
gressmen went over to New York to
take part in the Cleveland and Steven
: son notification jubilee Wednesday
night. and they agree to man in say
ing that Tammany is already actively
at work for the ticket, and determined
to carry New York city by larger ma
jority than ever. They also agree in
saying that the meeting at Madison
Square garden was the most extensive
affair of the kind ever held.
Mr.. Harrison offended Mr.. Proctor
when he appointed Col. Eugene A Carr
of the sixth cavalry, to be Brigadier
General, the senator when secretary of
war, having promised the next vacancy
to another colonel. Promises do not
count with Mr.. Harrison when they
conflict with his having his own way.
Rep. Cultivate, of Ohio, made al