Milford chronicle., 1893-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 1898,
Rumors are flying thick and fast Of au in
tention on the part of the free coinage demo
Gratis 20 bolt the Democratic caucus and vote
for the Republican CAUCUS nominee for Speak
er In order to defeat the admlnistrstiou pro
eramme. which includes the reelection OF
Speaker Crisp. The new House will have a
total membership of $50, of whom 1913 are
Republicans aud 10 populists. Should 50 OF
the a1s Democrats bolt the Democratic cau-
rus II would be possible to defeat Crisp, but
while It is possible, no well informed person
considers it probable. It is more likely that
these runors are started for the purpose OF
obtaining concessions to the Democratic sill
yer men in the makeup Of the House com
mittees through the fear of Crisp and the
administration that such combination might
be made While the Republicans could not
prevent the populists and boiling Democrats
voting for their nominee for Speaker II they
wished to do so, they do not as rule regard
the election of a Republican Speaker unoet
such circumstances as very desirable thlns'
Two members Ofthe Cabinet VIII take their
vacation at government expense. Secretary
IlEIUEAAs WIN HAS IHAk ANNNA@NN
Worlds Fair, will this week start upon what
he is pleased to call an inspection OF the
eastern navy yards He will go on the Dol
phiu and the trip will be along the Atlantic
coast as far east as Maine. See. Hake Smith
goes Herbert several better, as he, IN COM
pany with his wife and three children, his
father and mother, two neices and three in
vited guests, is now on = western inspection
tour in a private car and will take IN the
Worlds Fair aud other points of interest
along the routef Great is the inspection
tour" particularly when It IS manipulated
sss,- 1fed reform administration. Demo
oy q 90 use to call such tips pleasure
iunkets." y. .as,-ts ,, ~s5,,cs the net,-
-, roT tbroT the various methods al
Teadv widely pnblished, Commissioner
Iochren has heen ecte1 Oy 'ne
sccordins to Inform afion from Trustworthy
source to prepare o' ,i DlllS a. 5eo,,
troduced in CongressS Rhleh woniu .l,s 1loP q
1..oe 1nmber of peusioneTs should
tsev become laws. The (ntention IS to pat
s.r,,ard fine most harmless o these bills hrst,
az Congressional pulse feelerst the others 10
eo,IoVz IN regular order if co,ngress appears
n he in accord with the administration, or to
he laid aside until more propitous nhle
ehould the contrary prove to be true. KEEP
resenfative Holman is not IN accord with
the administration on the pension question,
notwithstanding his general tondness ior
economy. He is reported to have said the
other dav that if the pension programme
which has been drawn up by Mr.. CLEVELAND
md Ser Hoke Smith be carried out the Re
Dublicans would have q majority OF al least
iftv in the House ofthe Fifty fourth SoneIess
the members of which will be elected next
year. ,,...,.e.-s nr-
cieys1and GETS an altogether unexpected
fthat Is. unexpected until about two weeks
agol plum to dispose Of where It will do the
most GOOD to Clevelandism. Secretary Car
Isle would very willingly give up the cares
and resnonsibiiities of the head of the Trea-
surv for a lifetime berth on the oeneh OF the
u S. Supreme Court
II was said at the time that MI Carlisle
was hesitating about becoming nemOei OF
the cabinet that he was promised seat on
the bench Of the Supreme Court before the
end of the administration, but even granting
that proinise to have been made It does not
necessarily follow that he will get this Vacan-
~ Secretary Gresham was reported to have
received a similar promise
There was a delay of four days IN tue IS
sue Of the last weekly Patent once Gazet tie.
,.,v "a the contract for printing It having
interest of democratic economy been
iaken away from a concern which has the
facilities for getting It out properly and Civ
inc ii 20 one that lacks them. The same ex-
peTinent was made in the early days Of the
6rst Cleveland administration, aud had to be
abandoned because of the delay and bad
M. Cleveland's health is again a
leading tonic of conversation. That it has
NOT been entirely good has for some time
been apparent to those who have come into
close contact with him and that his physician
has forbid his doing any work for the present
is known here, but It IS generally thought
n he nothing more than over work, caused
by his queer habit of spending hours over
routine work that might just as easily be
performed by one Of the clerks at the White
House. A doctor who knows him sums up
his case thus: ooh, Cleveland is just ike
most fat meh, he is slave 70 MS stoinaehe /,
and everv once in a while it brings him to
his knees. Aud II he does not learn to con
troll it. il will eventually kill him, just as
other fat men are killed every day"