Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1893-04-07
washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 1893.
Democratic Senators are fguratively NOV
ing Heaven aud earth to prevent the invesii-
CATION of the charge Of ( piual emAezzie-
meut made against Seus doach, Of North
Dakota, directed BY S Or Hoar's resolu-
ton. They first tried sbluf by stating that
other Senators were IN the same boat with
Roach, and iutiuating that Power Of Mon
taua, was one of them. That didn't work,
not evsa a little bit, for Senator Power
5, o.npti denounced it as false ard demand
ed the mos9 searching investigation, two
things which, Roach has not done. The
Democratic SENATORS have good reason to
fear any thing thst promises to expose the
true inwarduessN pf the election Of Roach to
the Senate, whi6h was brought about by
special and explicit, directions from German,
who was chairman oS the Democratic Seua-
toriai steering" committee. There is good
reason for the belief thatS the actual facts in
the deal by which Roach, became Senator
would, if made public, eausk national scan
dal with more or less disgraeefil rami6ca-
lions in number Of states. The Democratic
Senators are now making personal appeals
to the most easy-going Republican Senators,
to let the whole matter drop, because what
eyer the result Of investigation 50 far as
Roach is concerned it will bring a scandal
upon the good name Of the Senate that will
cling to it at home and abroad for many
years have no authority to speak for
Republican Senators, but violate no conf
dence in stating that number Of them have
made up their minds that something has to
be done, and If Roach doesn't resign before
the Senate gets through with the cases of
the appointed Senators, now under consider
alton, they propose to have some action
takeu upon Senator Hears resolution, or to
let the country know why It has just been
earned that the new program Of the Demo
cratic Senators is to force an immediate ad-
jonrnuient Of the Senate as soon as the cases
Of the appointed Senators are disposed Of,
They are perfectly willing to postpone the
election Of the Senate officers until the
meeting Of the extra session, which Mr..
Cleveland has decided to csil in September.
THE excuse given is that it will be impossi
BILE to keep quorum Of Senators here after
these cases are voted upon. It has been
suggested that If the Senate fails to act Mr..
Roach may be arrested aud tried in the
criminal court for emhezzliug the funds Of
the bank Of which he was cashier, but such
proceeding is mot probable,
The break between Mr.. Cleveland and ex-
Speaker Crisp, which last week looked as
though it would result in bringing forward
a new candidate for the Speakership Of the
House, in opposition 10 Crisp, and backed
81 all the influence Of the administration,
has been, it is now understood, patched up
BY the administration Of an extra heavy dose
Of humble pie to Crisp It was not, how
ever; forced upon him, but he went to the
White House and asked for It. Under this
agreement, which is much more humbling
to Mr.. Crisp than the one made in New
York just before the meeting Of the last
session Of Congress, the Georgian is to be
elected Speaker ofthe House again and to
draw the salary and perform the routine
duties of the position, but the real suthority
IA to be exercised by Mr. Cleveland, who
has already determined that Mr.. Springer,
chairman ofthe Ways and Means committee,
and sir Holman, chairman Of the Appropri-
alton committee, shall not again be placed at
the head Of those committees.
The reason why AfE. Cleveland has not ap-
pointed commissioner Of Pensions has
leaked ont. He has 90 far failed to find a
man who comes up to all his requirements
and is at the same time willing 70 pledge
himself to do certain things which are to be-
required Of the new commissioner. It has
been, 50 those in his confidence say, ds6u-
iteiy decided by AIr. Cleveland that the com
missioner must be an Essiern man who does
not belong to the G. a. r., and that he
shall be to iunueurase q system Of
handiig applications that win place as
many s. Rrictons and Is much humiliation
.ss.az - applicants for pension as can posi-
biy e done BY stretching existing laws to
te limit. in the wrong direciicn. to say
hothiug to treating pensioners already on
the rolls a. frauds who hase no right 70 be
there.