Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washisectese, Feb. ID, 1892.
ESPECIAL coRREsPoNDB,scE OF THE MONITOR

WashiR@to5e, Feb. IL, 1892.
Is the victorious democratic part.
on the eve of DISRUPTION? Democrat
of national prominence in Congress
privately express the belief that it is
and predict that long before the enc
of the administrator to begin mex
month the separation between the
wings will be open and final. The
principal cause of thhs BELIEF is the
wide gulf that exists between Mr.
Cleveland and the southern and west
ern democrats on the silNer question
. gulf which is the failure of Mr.. @.
to force the repeal by Congress of the
present silver law has W1idened and
made apparently impossible Notice
has been publicly served or Mr.. Cleve-
land by Representative Bland, the
leader of the Silver democrats in the
House, that further attempts along
fthis line would bring about a with
,l7rawal of the Silver men from the
party. The force fullness Of Mr..
,Clav Glands character is so we'll Known
here that the general opinion is that
he will continue his fight against sill
yer by calling an early extra session
of the Fifty third Congress, unless
onMipced that a bill for the repeal of
the silver law would be voted down in
either the House or Senate. In that
case he would p ostpone calling an ex
ira session until he had "converted"
a suffi cient. number to carry his point.
The selection of Judge Walter O.
Gre sham. as the head of the Cabinet,
which is accepted here as an accom-
plished fact will also be factor in
bringing about a split in the demo-
cratic party. AS rule the democrats
in Congress decline to publicly discuss
this selection, but privately they are
showing their anger and disappoint-
inent. The feeling among them may
be judged by the fact that Senator
Gorham, who is ordinarily the most
Indifferent of men to newspaper sto
Eies printed of him, took special pains
to go around among the Washington
correspondents and contradict the |
published rumor that Gresham had
been selected on his advice. With the
natural shreWdness of the taetful po-
htical wire pulier German lost nc time
in disavowing his responsibility for
he had seen and noted the
effect of the announcement of his
selection upon his party associates in
Congress.
Senator Hill has been quietly sound
ms the democratic Senators to ascer
tam how many of them are willing to
carry their opposition to Gresham to
the extent of voting against his con-
firmation as member of the Cabinet.
If he can secure the pledges of suf-
ficient number of Senators to defeat
5he confirmation he proposes to do it,
although it would be something never
before attempted, as it has been con-
,idered one of the unwritten laws of
he Senate to confirm Cabinet nonni-
Nations without question.
Pressure is being brought to bear to
nave Seargent-a at Arms Yoder of the :
House made Commissioner OF Pen l
,ions, if the scheme of transferring :
hat bureau to the War Department
md suspending the pensions Of all
Widows married since 1870; Of all men
having an income in excess of $500 a
rear, and, except for total incapacity, :
IF all alien non-residents, fails, as it :
Will The Commissionship is merely :
% be used as stepping stone to the :
nomination for Governor
# Ohio. The claim is made by Yo 7
ler's friends that his connection with
he q. V. U. will enable him to get the :
7otes of sufficient number of old
heretofore republicans, to
lnchor Ohio permanently in the
column. =
The House committee on Ways and !,
/ silly newspaper rumor alleging that =
Foster had agreed to sell
80, 600, 900 worth of bonds to a syndi !
ate of New York bankers for gold. :
There is not word of truth in the :,
umor. Sec. Foster has made no
greement to sell bonds and has no =
Intention of making such an agree :
nent, and he has no idea that the
financial situation will be such during
his administration as to cause him to
wen take such a step into serious
Besides, it is we'll
,nown to those who enjoy the Presi- =
lent's confidence that he would not
,ermit an issue of bonds. Y
WORLDS FAIR MEETING.
The State worlds fair commission t,