Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 8, 1892.

ed in this country. lie proposes, It
his scheme succeeds, to become Pres
ident, even if he does rot receive the
nomination from his party. How?
BY assisting the third party to carry
enough States to throw the election
OF President into the House, which
he has on two occasions shown him
self to be completely master Of OF
course, ho prefers to receive the NOM
ination from the National Convention
Of his party, but il he fails to get it,
he hopes to reach the White House
by way OF the House, notwithstand-
ing the manifest duty OF that body,
10 the very unlikely event Of its hav-
ing 10 elect anybody, to select the
man who receives the party nomina-
ton, in case it so happens that Meth
or candidate receives q majority Of
the votes cast in the electoral college.
Hill has given up all hope Of the
people elacting democratic Presi-
dent, and is only struggling for the
nomination because he prefers that
the House should follow precedent
when Il elects him; but all the same
he intends it shall elect him anyway,
II he can throw sufficient number Of
States to the third party. North Car
olina Is one Of the Southern States he
is counting on; hence his trip TO that
State next week--to throw the cleo
ton into the House. 1t is said that
he is securing pledges from members
OF tho House to vote for him, II given
m opportunity, whether he be nomi-
mated BY the Chicago convention or
NOT. Was more audacious scheme
ever conceived? 1t is, however, but
. waste OF time on the part Of Mr..
Hill, asa majority Of the votes in the
electoral college will, unless all pres
ent indications are at fault, be cast
for the ticket nominated by the Mime
apolis convention.
No one enjoyed the circus more
than the democratic members of the
House whose districts have suffered
by reason OF the parslmony Of Repre-
sentative Holman, when ex-Speaker
Reed fguratively held Mr.. Holman
up by the slack OF his trousers while
he showed the House and the country
that the economical principles of the
Indiana member did not prevent his
supporting all appropriations that are
to be expended in his district, even
an item in the River and Harbor bill
which had been adversely reported
upon by the United States engineer
in charge of improvements on the
Ohio River.
The Senate committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads does not be-
lievs with the democratic House that
tho people Of the country wish the
postal service to stand still while the
country is continually rushing ahead
1t believes with Postmaster General
Wanamaker that what England and
other European countries have done
can be and ought to be done in the
United States, and that while the
people in large cities aud towns have
their mail delivered at their doors
several times day it is but simple
justice that the people residing in the
country should have increased faoili-
ties for getting their mail; therefore
it has reported an amendment to the
postoflice appropriation bill appropri-
atipg 100000 to enable the Postmas-
ter General to continue and extend
his free delivery experiments in vii.
lagos AID farming districts. Senator
Mitchell, Of that committee, says he
has every reason to believe that the
Senate will adopt this amendment,
and he thinks the House will concur,
IL its members vote as their constitu.
ents think.
Republicans in Congress, and out
OF it too, for that matter, are delight
cd to know that large number of
Democrats are coming out from be-.
hind the mask OF "tar,tf REFORM"
which they have worn for so many
years, and are at last showing them
selves in their true colors--pure and
unadulterated free trade. Represen-
tatiye johnson, of Ohio, who arrang-
ed for the publication of Henry
Georges "Free Trade or Protection"
in the Congressional Record, and who
is now "roping in" his Democratic
colleagues to sending out thousands
OF copies of that book in pamphlet
form, under their personal franks, is
the Democrat to whom the Republic