Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent. }
washington Jan. 6. 1898.

and for wiping out every NestlSe
Of federal supervision OF natlonal
elections, by means OF ~ corrupt par
gain with the populists, is according
to the infOrma ton received by pro-
miuent republicans, among theiil
chairman Carter. who was in Wash
mgtun this week in Il fair way 10
succeed. The republican Senators
might have outbid German III con-
cessions to the financial and other
crank ideas of the populist, but no
republican Senator was willing to re-
tain control of the Senate On any such
terms The republican party mas
given this country the best financial
system it has ever had although It
fnlly recognizes the fact that perfec-
ton has not vet been reached, and it's
leaders are not willing to leave
stain upon the party's bright record
in the pages OF history bJ being par
ties to any compromise with the lsms
OF the populists The democrats had
no such scruples [they never knew
the meaning of the world and Sen
ator German, with the approval OF
the SO callod prophet
of reform, Mr.. Grover Cleveland,
has been bargaining with those who
clt.im to be able to dispose in advance
OF the populist Senators votes, Most
republicans will agree with the lead
ers OF the party that it is better to
lose control OF the Senate than to
retain it by the loss OF seii-rlsp2ct,
which would necessarily have fol-
lowed any concessions made to the
pOpulists.
Mr.. Clcvelanu'S latest prOnuncia-
mentO, made through his faithful
tnd confidential friend, Dan Lamont
may prove to be a boomerang. Ii
las upset the calculations OF lots Of
democratic S,cnalo' = and Represen
tatives who opposed Mr.. Clevelan" $
nomination as to patronage under
the coming. administration for 1T
says in unmiS taxable language, al
though not in these precise words,
,hat Mr.. Cleveland proposes taking
care of those who favored his Domin-
alton first last and al the time, and
that he will not bother his heat
about the democrats who opposed
his nomination. Ii he lives up TO this
announcement he VIII find himself in
Andy Johnson's predicament bef~re
his administrators is one year Old,
Tor it is well known that more than
Il majority Of the democratic Sena
tors and Representative were open
opposed to Mr.. Cleveland's nomina-
ton and that the number who open
| ~ advocated his nomination was
,'idiculOusly small.
Senator Chandler succeeded ia dis
placing the anli-OptiOn bill for tive
days with the bills reported from the
committees on Inaugural ton and on
epidemic diseases rtla ting to the
danger of the introduction OF Cholera
into the United States although Sen
ator Washburn, while granting the
Importance of the two bills mention
ed stoutly main tanned that his anti
option bill was even more important
and should first be dispo sed OF.
| kentuckianS in Congress are SO
certain that Senator Carlisle has ac-
cepted the portfolio of Secretary OF
the Treasury. which was recently
rendered to him by Mr., Cleveland
that they are discussing the proba-
bilitcs OF who will succeed him in the
Senate.
Fit be fair to Judge by their actions
| the den O:ratS wish to contine Il e
| legislation Of the session OF Congress
to passing the regular apprOpria ton
bills, and have adopted as the best
plan to bring about the re- suit keep
ing the House without Il quorum
since the reassemblin & { Congress.
Senator Hill seldom displays his
feelings to the extent that he has
since his return from Albany where
he went to see that all parts OF his
machine which is to elect brewer
Murphey to Z. S. Senate, was in
good working order. He fairly
beams with satisfaction over tho
situation. Mr., Cleveland opened the
fight on him, i'll what he regards as
an entirely uncalled for manner, and
he says that when the democratic
caucus OF the New York legislature
meets neXtTuesday only seven dom
ocrats will vote against Murph
and they were on record as opposing
him before Mr.. Cleveland come out
against him. The Cleveland demo-
Gratis now shamefacedly claim that