Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Some Pertinent Observations On Po'.
tics and Politicians at the
National Capital.
WAsHNeToN, ID. C.. July 90. 1893

| wandered into the hall of the House
of Representatives yesterday. How qui
ct the great arena was. How different
it will be in few days. The twenty -four
new seats that have been put in since ad-
journment take up all the space that
should be used for seats. We have got
to quit increasir G our population, cut
down our ratio of representation much
more rapidly, or build new hall in the
near future. The House is large enough
now. The rush for the extra session has
not yet commenced, and these hot days
make us wish for cold wave before the
grand rush comes. RumOrs and counter
rnmOrs are flying through the political
atmosphere. One day it is settled that
the Speaker will appoint Bourke Cochran
as Chairman of the Committee on Coin
age, and the next day it is said Mr.. Bl; n
will be offered his old position as Chair
man, but with the Committee so made
up that his views on silver cannot be car
ried out. Mr.. Springer is said to be sure
to lose his place at the head of the Ways
and Means Committee, and will be sue
ceeded by Mr.. Wilson of West Va, who
has been selected by the powers that be,
to give his name and brains to the new
tariff bill. Then this story is denied, and
again reaffirmed.
Judge Holman's place is said to be in
doubt, but it can hardly be possible that
the old "watch dog of the Treasury,
who has watched so long for a good chair
manship, is to be turned out with only
two years service. One argument ad
vanced for retaining Mr.. Bland in his old
position is his long service, and the fact
that the repeal of the present silver law,
if accomplished, will be with the assist
ance of the conservative silver men. To
take the craftsmanship away from Mr..
Bland, the recognized silver leader in the
House, would arouse feeling of antag-
onism among silver men, bitterness
that would cause the loss of votes for the
desired repeal. The policy to be followed
is one of conciliation toward the moder-
ate silver men, who have stood by silver
in the past. A good many members who
now propose to vote for the repeal of the
present law, it is said would not be able
to do so, if the silver leaders were in any
way to be degraded. The Speaker has
no easy task before him. Seeing that |
there is bo be no contest over his Office, |
he has gone into retirement, and is hard
at work over these problems. There are |
seventy-five new members of the House,
and quite number of old members who |
were not members of the last House |
The Speaker will have the advantage of |
being absolutely unpledged on account of !
having no contest. There are twenty |
chairmen of committees, who were mem
bers of the last House who are not mem
bers of the present House. Some of these
are very important committees. Among
them are: Banking and Currency, For
eign Affairs, Mines and Mining, Pensions.
Indian Affairs, District of Columbia,
in Navy, Expenditures for
Public Buildings, immigration, Patents,
and Reform in Civil Service. Mr.. Her
bert of the Naval Committee, who has
been called up higher, will probably be
succeeded by Amos J. Cummings of New
Y York. Mr.. Blount of Foreign Affairs,
will be likely to be succeeded by Mr.. Nc
Creary of Kentucky. Mr.. Cochran of
New York, has some chance of the Bank
ing and Currency Committee, if Mr.
Bland holds his old place on the Coinage
Committee
There is considerable speculation here,
the appointment to the va
cancy on the bench of the supreme
Court in place of the lamented Judge
Blachford. New York presents two or
three prominent candidates. Massachu
setts has candidate in the person of
Attorney General Olney. But as Justice
hardly see Mr.. McCleary on the Bench
at present. A strong pressure will be
brought upon the President to appoint
the new Justice from some of the South
oiu OIdtcS. 1Ho COutu Cidluio oHO 10 HOt
represented on the Supreme
Bench. The South claims good deal
these days. Judge Olney of Md, and J
B. Cummings of Augusta, Ga, are two
men that are highly recommended. Sen
itor Lindsay of Kentucky, elected to
Jarlisle's vacancy is candidate. Judge
Lindsay is an able man, and his selec-
ion would leave Senatorial seat from
Kentucky again vacant, and it is sup
posed Mr.. Carlisle would be very glad to
lrop back to his old seat in the Senate
It is plain to be seen he is very tired of |
lis Cabinet position, and he realizes now, r
what his friends tried to force him to t
ealize last winter, that sure seat in the Z
senate is much more to be preferred
han an insecure Cabinet position.
By the way, the action of the Treasury \
Department in meeting its balance at F
he New York Clearing House in gold
oflarge coin looks good deal
ike an attempt to sqeeze Wall street in
mall change, does it not? The silver
nen are hustling for all they are worth :,
or their convention in Chicago. They =
intend to make this convention as large
md influential as possible, and to make 7
IN estimate of their strength, and their :
demands at the present time. You have .
10 doubt seen Senator Jones' statement :,
hat he will tie up the Senate by debate, 4
f necessary, so that no action can be
aiken at this session. The rules of the
Senate are such that an almost unlimit- v
ID time may be consumed in talk, and &
We know by experience in the past, what d
ng-winded Senators can do, as we had b
good specimen in the Fifty-t first Con i