Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-01-12
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.l
Washington, Jan. 6, 1898

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the wiping out of every veslige of fed
eral supervision Of national elections,
by means of a corrupt bargain with the
populists, is, according TO the informa-
ton received by prominent republicans
among them chairman Cater, who was
/ in Washington this week. in fair way
to succeed The republican senators
might have outbid German ia cOnces-
sions to the financial and other crank
ideas of the populsts. but no republi-
can senator was willing 10 retain con
troll of the senate on any such terms.
The republican party has given this
country the best financial system it has
ever had. although 1t fully recognizes
the fact that perfection has not yet
been reached, and its leaders are not
willing to leave a stain upon the par:y's
bright record in the pages of history by
being parties to any compromise with
the isms of the populists. The demo-
Gratis had no such scruples-they never
knew the meaning of the woodland
Senator German. with the approval of
the so-called prophet of reform, Mr..
Grover Cleveland, has been bargaining
with those who claim to be able to
dispose IN advance of the populists SEN
ators votes. Most republicans will
agree with the leaders of the party that
it is better to lose control of the senate
than to retain it by the loss of self
respect, which would necessarily have
followed any concessions made to the
populista.
Mr.. Cleveland's latest pronuncia-
mento, made through his faithful and
confidential friend, Dan Lamont, may
prove to be boomerang. 1t has upset
the calculations of lots or democratic
senators and representatives who OPP
posed Mr.. Cleveland's nomination, as
to patronage under the coming admin
lstration, for it says in unmistakable
language, although not in these pre-
else words, that Mr.. CleYeland pro-
poses taking care of those who favored
his nomination first last and all the
time, and that he will not bother his
head about the democrats who opposed
his nomination. If he lives up to this
announcement he will find himself ia
Andy Johnson's predicament before his
administration is one year old, for it is
well known that more than majority
of the democratic senators and repres-
! entatives were openly opposed to MIR.
Cleveland's nomination, and that the
number VINO openly advocated his NOM
ination was ridiculously small.
Senator Chandler succeeded in dis
placing the anti-option bill for two days
with the bills reported from the COM
mittees on Inauguration and on Epi.
demic Diseases, relating to the danger
of the introduction of cholera INTO the
United States, although Senator Wash
burn, while granting the importance of
the two bills mentioned, stoutly main
tanned that his anti-option bill was even
more important and should first be dis
posed of
Kentuckians in Congress are so GER
tain that Senator Carlisle has accepted
the portfolio of Secretary of the Treas
ury, which was recently rendered to
him by MIR. Cleveland. that they are
discussing the probabilities of who will
succeed him in the senate.
If it be fair to Judge by their actions
the democrats wish to confine the legis-
lation of this session of congress to pass
ing the regular appropriation bills, and
have adopted as the best plan to bring
about that result, keeping the house
without a quorum. At any rate the
house has been without quorum since
the resssembling of congress.
Senator Hill seldom displays his feel
ingS to the extent that he has since his
return from Albany. where he went to
see that all parts of his machine. which
IS to elect brewer Murphy to the o. S.
Senate, was in good working order
He fairly beams with satisfaction over
the situation. MIR Cleveland opened
tbc fight on him. in what he regards as
an entirely uncalled for manner, and
he SAYS that when the democratic cau-
Gus Of the New York legislature meets
next Tuesday only seven democrats viii
vote against Murphy, and they were on
record as opposing him before Mr..
| Cleveland came out against him. The
Cleveland democrats now shamefacedly
claim that Mr. Cleveland never expec-
ted to defeat Murphy, and that he has
done nothing beyond expressing his
own personal opposition to him. When
this story was told TO Senator Hill he
smiled knowingly. as much as to say,
tell that TO the Marines
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