Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-12-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Democratic Pilfering Schemes will
be Checked.
Speaker Crisp's Snub May Result +,
his Advantage.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. IS, '99.
From our Regular Correspondent.l

Senator German, with whose tricki.
ness as politician the country has
long been familiar, is the manager OF
the Democratic scheme to secure the
election of Senators from Wyoming,
Montana, NORTH Dakota, Nebraska and
possibly California, who if not Demo
Gratis will make an ironclad agreement
to vote with them On all political ques-
tions, including the organization of the
Senate of the next Congress. Jerry
Simpson is to be his chief instrument
in hoodwinking the Populite members
of the Legislatures of those States.
Facts were brought out at the Repub-
lican Senatorial caucus held this week
which convinced the Republican Sen
ators that anything like an honest deal
in those States is bound to result in the
election of Republican Senators, and
steps are being taken to upset Senator
Germans little game by preventing
Depocratic dishonesty. 1t is now be-
lieved that the Republicans will con-
troll the next Senate by a very narrow
margin.
Present indications bear out the
truthfulhess of the report prevalent be-
fore the assembling of Congress that
the anti option bill was to be talked to
death in the Senate, The other report
that number of Southern Senators
who had favored the bill at the last
session had changed front and were
now opposed to it is not borne out by
the action of the Southern Senators
who have already spoken on the bill.
The President will endeavor to obtain
q little recreation during the holiday
recess of Congress by going on duck
shooting trip. While he is not exactly
sick, he is far from robust, and it is
hoped by his family and friends that
a good rest will put him in good condi-
ton to stand an immense amount of
work that will be imposed on him after
the holidays.
In marked contrast to publications in
Democratic newspapers alleging by
implication, if not in actual words, that
Secretary Foster is trying to deceive the
Democrats and the country about the
condition of the Treasury are the words
of Representative Springer, Chairman
of the House committee ON Ways and
Means, which has just been authorized
to look into and report concerning the
condition of the Treasury, and the rev.
enues of the future under existing reg
ulations. Mr.. Springer said: 1--WE shall
call on Secretary Foster for a state
ment covering moneys ON hand and in
cluding Dec. 81, which closes the first
half of the current fiscal year. Of course
we have all confidence in Secretary Fos-
ter, and there is no doubt that we will
be given correct statement of the con-
dition of the Treasury Secretary
Foster told Mr.. Springer and Senator'S
Carlisle and Brice that it is absolutely
certain that there will be an available
surplus of sec, 200, 900 at the close of the
pracant 6cool .,a,r
The excitement in the House over the
studied slight put upon Speaker Crisp
at the Reform Club banquet has not
yet died out, but as there is still some
doubt as to whether or not Mr.. Cleve-
land was party to it, many Demo-
cratic members refuse to talk in public
about it. The impression that the oc-
currence made Crisp's reelection to the
Speakership certain is not SO strong as
it was at first, and the shrewdest OBJ
servers have come to the conclusion
that the Speakership like the extra ses-
sion question will be decided by Mr..
Cleveland. They argue that the av-
erage member of the next Congress will
want to get as much patronage as pos
sible, and he is not likely to start out
by offending the President, the man
from whom he expects the favors to
make him solid in his district, by vot.
ing against his wishes in the Speaker
ship contest.
The design for the equestrian statue
of Gen. Logan that is to be erected in
this, city has been selected. The sue
cessful artist is Franklin Simmons, the
famous American sculptor. There is
available for this statue S65,000, $780,.
600 of which was appropriated by Con
gress and the remainder donated by
Gen. Logan g comrades in the G.. A. R.
and the Army of the Tennessee.
AT last the House has taken up and
passed one of the regular appropriation
Mlls-the army. Representative An
thony, of Texas, created quite stir by
offering an amendment to the effect
that no person drawings pension from
the Government should be allowed te
receive any of the appropriation. Il
was not adopted.