Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Prom our Es71'er Corronosdsst
WAuuNGtoS, July 10, 1893 -uD5
the elements xist Ia The membership
OF the House 70 defeat Mr.. Crlsp for
speaket2" was asked nj a senator, and
IN view tf Representative Jerry
simps n's proposition to combine tho
Populisis, silver Dem Gratis and
Republicans ior the purpose Of clec,lng
Representative Burrows, of Michigan,
who has been cassod as a free coinage
Republican, speaker II the House. his
answer IL interesting. Here It Be-: "Y,s.
they DO, but do not think any human
power II strong enough to weld
them together. While Nit. Crisp was
model Of fairness Ia presiding over
the last House, there is a. doub,elly
feeling among the Democratic repre-.
sentstivcs who favor Tree coinpge that
In tho next House he will be against
them, Notwithstanding his olllql
record n "a free coinage man; do not
pretend 10 cxpl 30 why this feeling
exlsW, but know that % do,s. Now,
this element, " members voted thoiF
own and the sentiments uf their con.
stitucntF, would be very large, but the
loss ui patronage or tho fear Of such
loss will keen them In the Infiy traces
and largely reduce II II does not en-.
iitcly wine out thpt element. Tho
P0pulists could, OF course, Dee ueprnucd
upon toaupport new man iorsptakcr,
and also the Republicans, provided the
new man was nominated by their eau.
Gus. So you see that the uucontfOi-
nblu element IN 3impeOn's cUmbiuatiOn
h the silver DumUcfnta. IL they would
vote with the Populltts anu the Re.
publictns Crisp could br badly TO-
icatei, but IN my Judgment they viii
not 10 u their caucus. Yet, the mere
fact that they can by taking such &C.
ton bring about the defeat 0f the
caucus nominee surrounds the organic
alton Of tue House with unusual inter.
eat, anu while the probabilities all
favor HE election Of Mr.. Crisp, there
II a bare possibility Of different 10.
suit.
Congress has from time 10 time for a
number Of yCnfA been asked to enact %
law Prohibiting the employment OF
convict labor by any contractor for
government work but, somehow,
Congress never did II. Nj. O'RouTke,
the new supervising architect Of the
treasury, has a policy which will,
N not upset uy n court sc.
clsion, have tho effect OF
shutting our convict labor from all
public buildings, the contracts Tor
which are hereafter made. lie simply
iuEefiB ga every advertisement Tor prC-
pusals published by his office "a clause
stating that no proportion will he
entertained from IA mau using convict
labor, and that no convict labor shall
20 into the building. Mr.. O'lOurke
takes the ground that the absence uf
any specific law covering convict
labor on public huildingr leaves u dir
cfolionnry with hin, aud that lac does
not bellows Ia subjrctiug honest latOr
to competition wilh dishOnest labor.
IL h donied by tue p3st1iiics au,hori.
ties that the decision 10 open tie
WOrl - Fair branch Of the Chicago
post flee on Sunday "during tucn
hours ~ may be deemed necessary Tor
the sale OF stamps aud for tbs receipt
ana delivery VI mail" indicates any
sympathy with tho opening OF the
WORLDS Fair on Sunday nud the Ia.
stiuotlOns 90 tho employees at the Tx
position post fiice, telling them 10 rope
OIL the exhibit as far a. possible on
SUNDAY, are cited NJ proofs. The
claim that ~ IL the business demand |
that hns boon met IN ordering the
Fair posi0tllce k,p. open on SUNDAY.
The news from Buzzard's Bay cor. !
TobOfgtes what your correspondent |
wrote several werks ago concerning
the egnriOus state OF President Cievc.
lands health and caused no surprise |
among the few people here who know |
his condition. lie left here 10 sud. |
denly because he was ordered TO rest |
by his physician.
me lat issue OF the pateut office
Gazette was four days behind, because |
ul change in tho contractor whs |
prints II, aud the clmmis.i uer says
some delay may be expected for several
weeks.
The death OF Justice Blatchford has
opened n lively coutcSt Ia u dignlfluI
way, Of course, for the vacant seat IN
the u, 5. Supreme Court. Justice
Blatohtori was appointed from New
York anu the Now York politicians
will try TO have his successor appOint,d
from that state, but It does not follow
that they viii succeed, M there is no
ironclad role governing such appoint.
ments. Two members OF the cabinet
Gresham Aud CArlisle-hRve been
10 become members
Of the Supreme Court, hut
ls both OF thom are cred.
tied with having hope- Of the Demo.
cratic nomination In 100 neither may
be 80 anxious about the supreme court
NJ they once were, "A local paper
suggests that MIR. Cleveland follow he
sx mule Of Mi. Harrison Ia appoint.
'ug Demucrit,nnd name Pr sldent
llarrson for the vacancy, but tits great
big dollars 20 lsst years uirds nests that
he viii not adopt the buggcstion, ana
Il would be rather crowding DOR, weak.
human nature ~ expect him 10 10 ~,