Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-01-26
Washington Letter
FROM OUR REG ULAR CORRESPONDENT,

FROM OUR HEG ULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON. D. c Dan. 92nd, 1893
Verify politics do make strange bed.
fellows. When the idea Was advanced
few weeks ago of the possibility of
populist becoming Il member of the
Cleveland Cabinet it was poo poohed
by the know.it alls, as being too ridicu-
Ious for serious consideration. Now,
there are good reasons for the belief
that Judge Gresham, who came very
nea: to being the populist candidate for
President, has been asked by Mr..
Cleveland to accept place in his Cab.
inet. Democrats Of prominence, among
them Senators Broe, Carlisle, McPher-
son, Palmer and Gray, all supposedly
in MIR. Clevelands confidence, admit
the probability of Judge Gresham being
member of the Cabinet. Senator
Br,ce goes further and says he knows
that Judge Gresham has been rendered
place in the Cabinet. A friend of
Judge Gresham, who saw him when lie
paid secret and mysterious visit to
Washington a few days ago, told Your
correspondent that he could 60 into the
Cabinet. but that he judged from what
the Judge said that be would prefer II
place on the bench Of the U. Supreme
Court. Judge Gresham has had some
experience as member of the Cabinet ;
he was Postmaster General under Pres.
ident Arthur.
One Of the most interesting questions
before this Congress- is the admission Of
new States to the Union. -Four terri.
tories-Arizonu, New Mexico. Oklaho.
ma and Utah-are claiming through
their citizens, sent to Washington for
tn" purpose, that they POSSESS all OF the
requisites for statehood, and indeed,
some that were not required of others
earlier admitted TO ,he family of states.
The house has already passed bills for
the admission of the first two. an the
bill admitting the last has been favor.
ably reported ard wl!I lin all probab, hty
be sed by The house IN the first sus
pension day. Individually the Senators
with few exceptions appear to favor the
admission Of the new applicants for
statehood Senator Piatt who prevented
action on any Of these bills by the Sen.
ate Committee on Territories at the
last session, now says that he will do
nothing more against them than to cast
his own vote, and Senator Perkins,
whose Influence was actively "gainst the
is now earnestly working for its almis.
sion. Ii parties aud politics did not
enter the question: it would be perfectly
safe to predic. that four more states
would be added tc the Uuipn before
the 18th Of March. IL is nothing but
polltacS THAT makes the outcome doubt
| full. A member OF the Senate Commit
tee said; "lf any ct in all will get in.
My own impression is hat an Omnibus
bill incluulng them all Will hs put
through The republican Senators
expect to caucus on the question tins
week.
Senator Stewart, who refused to GO
into republican cancns held Saturday
night to consider the Sherman bill to
repeal the law fer the purchase oi silver,
says he has made a careful canvass of
the Senate aLd that it Will BE- i:aN4s>l
BILE to pass the bill. lie SAYS that some
of the democratic Senators who voted
for free coinage last sesaioa may be in
duced by Mr.. Cleveland's influence 10
support the bill, but that he has posi-.
tive assurances from every republican
Senator who voted for free coinage last
year that they will vote against it. and
also from Senators Carey, Warren and
Hansbrough, who voted against free
coinage last year, and that half dozen
other republicans who are opposed to
free coinage will vote against the bill,
because they are opposed to any legis-
Iation on the subject at this session.
The TACT that the republican caucus
made no attempt to compel the mem
bers of that party to vote for the bill
seems to bear out the correctness of Sen
ator Stewards statement.
The Rural New-YOrker,
A hold ctep buu ba.n I ,kan NV that