Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-04-07
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.
spacial Corrsspondence.

Speaker Crisp by Mr.. Cleveland, Mr..
Crisp backed candidates for each Of the
several federal offices in Georgia, which
we're this week filed but not a single
one OF his men received an appointment.
Whether true or not this failure OF Crisp
to get bis share OF patronage in his own
state is taken by many politicians to
mean that MIR. Cleveland has changed
his mind about allowing Crisp to be re-
elected speaker of tie house. 1t is
pointed out as proof of this that Mr..
Cleveland has announced, notwithstand-
ing the efforts of Crisp and his friends
to secure an earlier date, that he would
not call the extra session Of congress
until September. This" said demo-
cratic member OF the house, sis, to my
mind, proof positive Of Mr.. Cleveland's
intention to antagonize Crisp. He
would, believe, have called an extra
session of congress this spring il he had
not opposed the reelection of Crisp.
He hopes by September to have a strong
organized support for the administration
candidate for speaker, yet to be selected"
1t has also been noticed that the mem
bers OF tie last house who were con-
sp1cuous as anti Crisp men receive fiat
tering attention when they call at tho
white house.
There is no occasion, however, for Mr..
Crisp to feel at all lonesome because he
finds himself "outside the breast works"
He has plenty of companions, one of
them being no less parsonage than
Vice President Stevenson, When he as
sumed office Mr.. Stevenson announced
thai he had made up his mind not to
endorse anybody for office, but he made
one exception, and now he wishes he
hadn't. His former private secretary,
William Duff HaYnie, was an applicant
for the office of U. s. attorney for the
district of South Dakota, and through
friendship for Mr.. Stevenson lot only
endorsed his application but made
personal appeal in his behalf to Mr..
Cleveland. To say that he was both
surprised and chagrined when he learned
that Mr.. Ezra W. Miller, a Cleveland
EGoxD vzboso CT rn,, oaat apJorsar yuac Con
ator Pettigrew, a republican, had re-
oeived the appointment, Is putting it
very mild. He will probably hereafter
stick to his original determination to
endorse nobody,
There is no longer any doubt about
the attitude of the New York senators,
so far as the distribution of patronage
Is concerned. Not a single Hill man
has yet been appointed to a federal
office, and this week Senators Hill and
Murphy, who called at the treasury de-
partment to obtain small appointment
for New York democrat, were given
the snub direct by Secretary Carlisle.
The conversation as reported here was
about as follows Senator Hill-"We
want this man appointed; he is good
democratic worker and deserves recog
milton" Secretary Carlisle-'Is that
all you have to say in his favor?" Hill
-"Isn't that enough" Carlisle-"No
it isn't. There are already more appli-
cations from New York thFn it is pos
sible TO appoint. 1 have no room for
this man and will rot appoint him"
Hill, frigidly-"Good day Senator
Murphy took no part in the CONVEX
sstion, but il is safe to say he did lots
of condensed thinking.
No one regrets more than the repub-
lican senators the disgraceful episode
precipitated by Senator Hoar's resolu
tion directing an investigation by a
senate committee of the charge of Grim
inal embezzlement of the funds of the
Washington bank Of which he was
cashier, which has been openly made
against Senator Roach, and never de-
MED or satisfactorily explained. Pa
tience had simply ceased to be virtue.
The republican senators had caused Sen
ator Roach to be informed that such a
resolution would be offered BY one of
| them, il he did not offer it himself or
make public pers NAL explanation of
his connection with the charge, AT
first Roach agreed to make such an ex-
planation, bat he afterwards refused to
do SO, saying that he had been advised
by his democratic colleagues not to do
it. Then the resolution was offered.
There Is not the slightest talnt of par
tsan politics behind it; it is simply an
effort to protect the honor and good
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