The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-04
SENATORIAL CONTESTS
NOW TRE CHTEF TOPTC or INTER
ESTTN WASHING ron.
why Prisident-Elect Cleveland Has a
Right 70 Interfere in the Case of Muir
ply Pensions aud Postal Changes.


A great many OF them. however. ce stl
Al homo. especially IN those stats whore
the Legislatures are just organizing. ana
where balloung for senator's vi be COM
menocd. These senatorial nshs form the
only subject Of political Gisossion here
now. and even the Cabinet slate makers
are enjoying a short respee from their
active labors.
The California Les.satare stands:
Democrats. 80: Republics. 53. and Popu-
lists s. The Democrat need two votes
20 elect senator ans the Republicans
eight
i'm both Nebraska and Kansas the
fsht is being actiyey was,d. In both Of
these States "a c0a.tion II the Populists
and Democrats ponld elect a senator,
and IL is now th0ght that ,he democrats
$, u yield .he oraiizauon OF thcir LeSis-
ltures In rcurn for the election o.
Democratic s,Ihofs.
The Murphy scnatorship fight IN Ne"
N-ort IL r,alI the chief topic OF CONVEX
sstion. and Ike all other similar efforts,
r-as as oivocatcs of one phase md
5enunciatoS OF others. The situation,
however Is understood here by some
,,,,rra ma SIS interesting at least. Dur
frs- my recent visit to Richmond j heard
a number Of gentlemen say that MI
Cle,eand had no right TO interfere IN
tto slection Of "a senator &c, OUT !
MS always impressed with the fact that
3D. 60 same gentlemen predicted l;epubii-
c.n victory iu the state when tie nonl-
...t.n for fhe presidency WAS made
Mr.. Cleveland has made no attempt 20
dictate. hut his expressions IS 10 AI'
rl.rphy has simply come from an honeSl
\ sire 10 have 'he people of ms state
,..,n III. full b6ncfts of Dem)crauc sue
c.-s SIS far back as loo2 Murphy pesan
his hostility 20 Governor Cleveland ana
lsfer when Mr.. Dan Mannirs OF Albany,
the owner Of the Argus, and a pronounced
friend of Nr. Cleyelands was IN pos
session of the State printing, he made
bitter fight against each ara succeeded In
r.ftine. the printing for tn Troy Times q
r4rer which he owned. n the National
t,onvoution of 1854 Murphy used all OF his
.rerries and resources 10 prevent Nr.
clavelands nomination, and again at ST.
louis was eager 10 join forces codll ne
nossibly have found llscordant element
but this was not 20 le. and so the cam
rofrn of l,sS was the only o. pOrtunity for
Murphy to wreak bis vengeance upon ms
unsuspectiLg enemy. Ihct campaign OF
ISIS i'm New York Is too well known FOR
discussion. but another man, ana rot
Murphy. got the outside blame Tor hnll-
ing" the party candidate.
The case. in "a nutshell. is iust this: Mr..
Cleveland IS fully aware that If Murphy
goes 20 the Senate that all OF his New
York appointments will fan Of cohhrnA-
tion an the Senate There j. ptcNailihs
Senatorial courtesy which never app .aiS
except sn the ab0minable secret session,
but which would enable Murphy and SEM
ator Hill too. 20 withhold the coniirma-
tion OF any appoiutec5 but Of their selec-
tions Mr Cleveland knows this. and 40
matter whom he appoints unless II be a
Murphy hcnchman. the fight Will come. IL
may be claimed that Murphy only WAITS
10 stop Mugwumls, but this Is wholly
untrue. fOI uIs A-nt la lot aedinat eIe
four or five hund.cd recognized enthu-
siasts Of New York city. but extends 10
every faithful and efficient Democrat in
tho state who has ever been friendly 10
the President-elect.
AI-. Cleveland sees the harm that Nlr.
Murphy will work 10 the party, and has
tr.l.in a manly way 10 avoid IL, and II
tte ,Lne comes when he makes nomi-
Iall0n for New York. and Murphy sue
ccssflly opposes it I'm the Senate the
Iroba A.ites are that the Republican viii
c.utluie iu Office and Murphy and Sena-
tor Hil may % the explaining. The prob
abilities are that Murphy will be elected
as The plans were so laid when the Legis-
l.ture vs. elected. and were laid without
rcfereue { to the States casting IT'S vote
for Grltr cleveland. but fortunately the
fact IeiEins that the country can row
nominate and splcndidly elect a Demo-
cratic P'esilent without attending 10 the
Whimpernl ~ the wOuld-be statesmen
from Nev York.
The prnipal opposition that comes up
against Autuhy is that he knows nothing
of public n ures. and is not capable Of
dlscusalul 'Or passing upon them in the
Senate. g never made q speech I'm his
life. ana Y ably never read or spell "a
through "a lut Ir document lie Is opposed
% ballot II .rm. tariff reform, civil SER
wee reform. and i'm fact the thought Of
reform, W. on January l, 1893, gives
Murphy ther ehtmare.
ReDresenudte Sayers. Of Texas, has
been ID busy I'm during the recess and
mas CONDUCTED number of hearings on
the items in p new Sundry Civil ApprO-
priauOn bin. (le Of the most interesting
changes he Ia so FAR discovered is the
estimate in re ln by the War Depart
mrHt OF $ov'J9 Tor the purchase Of ar |
uhcial limbs t. soldiers. The amount |
appropriated ,t Che first session cf this |
Congress was s 900. Mr. Sayers has |
been informed y Dr II. o. Perley, Of the |
burgeOn-Gencrl. office. that up 10 the |
ttty-nrst Comm the old soldiers who /
were entitled W're allowed artificial limbs /
every I'VE years or allowed 10 take SO |
Tor les or so e an arm in lieu OF the |
NmDs' AZ their 1s elton. The Fifty-first |
Congress changed tle time 20 three years |
Ihls' the doctor t.d. was unnecessary, |
as me Hmbs lastd a much longer period |
rms was sho"n. lt AID. by the fact that |
SS per cent of thse entitled to arms and |
10 per cent. oi ,hase wearing the legs re-
celved eacn year D. money instead Of |
the limbs. This lelIs 70 swell the I'm
mense amoun@ pid annually for the old
soldiers. and which whole sum is just
about one-third of tn entire expenses Of
the Government Iae approximations have
been hXed for this year. and are as fol-
lows:
Pensions. exclusive OF an ex-
pecied deficiency. .SlGG 831, $50 90
Soldiers homes. s............... 262).3S Il
Soldiers State hOmcs........... $4,000 % |
limbs................... $4,000 % |
cemeteries. .......... 2H253 81
Back pay and bounty claims,
including indefinite apDrO-
pratiOns estimated % l10,-
90 ............................... $4,000 %
One-third cost Of natiola hos
pital for iusane......4...... 1850 90
Pension office salaries M cZ-
penses ......................- 27i.ao 90
Record and pension division
salaries ....................... l.O0.S9o %
Total ..............~.........si CsOi. III II
appropriations FIRST session.. lG5, ,026 3j2 z