Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-01-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

tions, by means OF a corrupt bargain
with the populists, is, according to
the information received by promi-
nent Republicans, among them Chair
man Carter, who was in Washington
this week, in a fair way to succeed.
The Republican senator's might have
out5id German in concessions to the
financial and other crank ideas OF the
populists, but no Republican senator
was willing to retain control OF the
senate on any such terms. The Re-
publican party has given this country
the best financial system it has ever
had, although it fully realizes the fact
that perfection has not yet been
reached, and it's leaders are not will
ng to leave stain upon the party's
bright record by being party to any
compromise with the isms of the pop
ulists. The Democrats had no such
scruples-they never knew the mean
ing OF the word-and Senator German,
with the approval OF the so-called
prophet OF reform, Mr.. Grover Cleve-
land, has been bargaining with those
who claim in advance to be able to
dispose of fthepopulist senator's 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 tine popu-
lists.
Mr. Cleveland's latest pronuncia-
mento, made through his faithful and
confidential friend, Dan Lamont, may
prove to be boomerang. 1t has up
set the calculations of lots of Demo-
cratic senators and representatives
who opposed Mr.. Cleveland's nomina-
ton, as to patronage under the COM
ing administration, for it says in un-
mistakeable language, although not in
these precise words, that Mr.. Cleve-
land proposes 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. Ii he
lives up to this announcement he will
find himself in Andy Johnson's predic-
ament before the administration is
one year old, for it is well known that
more than a majority of the Demo
cratic senator's and Representatives
were openly opposed to Mr.. Cleve-
lands nomination, and that the num-
Der who openly advocated his ncmi-
nation was ridiculously small.
Senators succeeded in displacing the
the anti-option bill for two days with
the bills reported from mthecommittees
on Inauguration and on Epidemic Di-
seases, relating to the danger OF the
introduction ofcholera int o the United
States, although Senator Washburn,
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 disposed of.
Kentuckians in congress are so GER
tain that Senator Carlisle has accept
ed the portfolio OF secretary of the
treasury, which was recently rendered
to him by Mr.. Cleveland, that they
are discussing the heprobabilities OF who
will succeed him in the senate.
Ii it be fair to judge by their actions
the Democrats wish to confne the leg
islation OF this session OF congress to
passing 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 a
quorum since the reassembling OF con-
gress.
Senator Hill seldom displays his
feelings to the extent that he has since
his return from Albany, wherehe went
to see that all parts of his machine,
which is to elect Brewer Murphy to
the U. S. senate, was in good working
order. He fairly beams with satisfac-
ton over the situation. Mr.. Cleve-
land opened the fight for him, in what
he regards as an entirely uncalled for
manner. and says that when the DEM
ocratic caucus OF the New York legis-
lature met last Tuesday only seven
Democrats voted against Murphy,
and they were on record as opposing
him before Mr.. Cleveland came out
against him. The Cleveland Demo-
Gratis now shamefacedly claim that
Mr. Cleveland never expected to defeat
Murphy, and that he has done moth
ing beyond expressing his own per-
sonal opposition to him. When this
story was told to Senator Hill, he
smiled knowingly, as much as to say,
"tell that to the marines"
A very broad smile passed around
the house and the galleries when Rep
resentative Clover, of Kansas, who is
now being sued for a divorce by his
wife, presented petition from Mrs.
Nathalie Pollard, asking that a law
be enacted abolishing divorce in the
District of Columbia, the territories
; and other places over which congress
? has legislative control. Mr.. Clover
! was about the only man present who
did not smile.
Among large batch denominations
/ sent to the senate last week was that
j OF ex-senator Gilbert A. Pierce, pro
: prietor OF the Minneapolis Tribune, &c
: be minister to Portugal.
. John ID. Rockefeller has dropped
/ another 81 100000 in the lap o