Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, July 10, 1898.

RumOrS are lying thick ana IaSO o
an intention on the part of the free
coinage democrats to bolt the demo
cratic caucus and vote for the repub-
Iican caucus nominee for Speaker, in
order to defeat the administration
programme, which includes the re-
election of Speaker Crisp. The new
House will have a total membership
of 356, of whom 1913 are republicans
and IS populists. Should 3S of the 215
democrats bolt the democratic caucus
it would be possible to defeat Crisp:
but while it is possible, no well in
formed person considers it probable.
1t is more likely that these rumors
are started for the purpose of obtain
ing concessions to the democratic sill
yer men in the make up of the House
and the administration that such a
combination might be made. While
the republicans could not prevent the
populists and boiling democrats vot-
lug for their nominee for Speaker if
they wished to do so, they do not
publican Speaker under such circum
stances as very desirable thing.
Two members of the cabinet will
take their vacation at government
expense. Sec. Herbert, who has just
returned from the 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 Dolphin and the trip will be along
the Atlantic coast as far east as Maine.
Sec. Hoke Smith goes Herbert several
better, as he, in company with his
wife and three children, his father
and mother, two nieces and three in
vited guests, is now on western in
spection tour, in a private car, and
will take in the Worlds Fair and other
points of interest along the route.
Great is the inspection tour" par
ticularly when it is manipulated by
so-called reform administration.
Democratic editors used to call such
trips pleasure junkets."
In addition to his efforts to reduce
the pension roll, through the various
methods already widely published,
Commissioner Lochren has been di-
rected by the President, according to
information from a trustworthy
source, to prepare number of bills
to be introduced in Congress, which
would drop large number Of pen
sioners should they become laws. The
intention is to put forward the most |
harmless of these bills first, as Con-
gressional pulse feelers, the others to
follow in regular order if Congress
appears to be in accord with the ad-
ministration, or to be laid aside until
a more propitious time should the
contrary prove to be true. Repre-
sentative Holman is not in accord
with the administration on the pen
sion question, Notwithstanding his
general fondness for economy. He is
reported to have said the other day
that if the pension programme which |
has been drawn up by Mr.. Cleveland |
and Sec. Hoke Smith be carried out |
the republicans would have MAORI
ty of at least fifty in the House of the
fifty fourth Congress, the members
of which will be elected next year.
BY the death of Justice Blatchford
Mr.. Cleveland gets an altogether I'M
expected chat is, unexpected until
about two weeks ago. plum to dispose
of where it will do the most good to
Clevelandism. Sec. Carlisle would
very willingly give up the cares and
responsibilities of tie head of yhe
Treasury for a lifetime berth on the
bench of the U. S. Supreme Court.
1t was said at the time that Mr.
Carlisle was hesitating about becom
ing a member of the cabinet that he
was promised a seat on the bench of
the Supreme Court before the end of
the administration, but even granting
that promise to have been made it
does not necessarily follow that he
will get this vacancy. Sec. Gresham
was reported to have received SINH
lar promise.
There was delay of four days in
the issue of the last weekly Patent
Office Gazette, owing to the contract
for printing it having in the interest
of democratic economy been taken
away from a concern which has the
facilities for getting it out properly
and giving it to one that lacks them.
The same experiment was made in
the early days of the first Cleveland
administration, and had to be aban-
doned because of the delay and bad |
work.
Mr.. Cleveland's health is again a