Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-01-05


self at that. my only feeling is dis
gust
Boss Germans machine for grabbing
L. S. Senators must have run against
some unexpected obstacles, for there
has been a ''let up" in the democratic
game Of brag and buster about the
control Of-the Senate in the next Con-
gress. and they are now willing to
admit not only the possibility but even
/ the probability that the organization Of
the Senate viii not be changed when it
meets ID extra session TO confirm Mr..
/ Cleveland's nominations for his cabinet
and other important positions. There
are democrat5-very prominent ones,
too-who 90 not wish to see their party
control the Senate; they are smiling
very broadly these days.
If the democrats fail to control the
Senate in the next Congress they will
avoid what has promised TO be the ugli-
est soft of row over the distribution
of Committee chairmanships 1t is a
rule which has been seldom violated by
the majority in the Senate that when
changes are made in the heads of COM
mittees the next man on the committee
get the craftsmanship. Under that rule
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, would
have been made chairman of the COM
mittee on Finance, and Senator Harris,
of Tennessee, of Appropriations. Meth
er of these men wear Cleveland collars,
so few weeks ago when democratic
control of The Senate seemed certain
boss Cleveland issued orders that the
old rule must be ignored and these
chaIrmanships given to Carlisle and
Mills. When Dan Voorhees, heard about
that order there was some language
spoken which would not be proper to
use in addressing Sunday School, and
he announced his intention of having
his rights, if his party controlled the
Senate, whatever Mr.. Cleveland mi ght
wish.
MIR. Cleveland caused sensation
here by so freely expressing, in news
paper interview. his opposition to
the election of Murphy to be Senator
from New York, and his reasons there
for. His reason are good, for no SEN
sible man can honestly claim that con-
Quoting brewery will give man the
necessary experience to make an ideal
member of the U. S. Senate; but all the
same it was very "bad break for q
| President-elect to make. The people of
several States have more than once
shown by their votes what they thought
of President attempting to interfere
with their state politics, and it is now
regarded as a certainty here that
Murphy will be elected, and it was Mr.
Cleveland's interview that made that
! impression general. Men who are Mr..
/ Cleveland friends and admires admit
that the interview was mistake, and
that it will cause Senator Hill to emba-
rass the new administration in every
way that be can, and the even division
in the Senate will give him plenty Of
opportunities
The latest democratic guess al Mr.
Cleveland's cabinet is rs follows: Don
Dickinson. Secretary of State; Senator
Carlisle, Secretary of Treasury; Senator
Gray, Attorney General; Dan Lamont,
Secretary of the Navy, and Hon. VIM.
Il. Morrison horizontal BILL Secre-
tary of the Interior. This slate is given
for what it is worth, and your cores
pendent thinks that is very little, be-
cause Don Dickinson stated positively
when he was in Washington last week
that he would not go into the cabinet,
and close personal friend of Senator
Carlisle, who would be likely to know
his intentions, said today that Mr..
Carlisle had been offered the Treasury
portfolio, but had for private reasons
positively declined to accept it. No
guesses are being made by democrats
who know the inside workings of their
party machinery about the next Secre-
tary of Agriculture, because they know
that it will depend upon whether Cor
man can make a deal with the populist
Senators 10 exchange their portfolio for
votes in the Senate. 1t that deal is
made and Jerry Simpson fails 10 break
into the Senate he may be the next
Secretary of Agriculture, that is, if
German can get place for him
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