The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-04-06
wAsHINcroN LETTER..
Iron Our Regular Correspondent

| IRON OiI Regular Ioresponuent.J
Washington. March 81, 1898.
! The most significant political event Of
the week was the turning down. OF ex-
Speaker crispb Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.,
Crisp backed candidates for each of the
several federal offices in Georgia, which
were this week filed, but not Single
one of his men received an appointment.
Whether trne or not this failure OF Crisp
to get his share of patronage in his own
state is taken by many politicians to
mean that, Mr.. Cleveland has changed
his mind about allowing Crisp to be re-
elected Speaker of the House. 1t is
pointed ,out,as proof of this that Mr..
Cleveland has announced. notwithstand-
ing the efforts OF Crisp and his friends to
secure an earlier date, that he would not
call the extra session OF congress until
September. "This", said a democratic
member of the House, is, to my mind,
proof positive of Mr.. Cleveland's inten-
ton to- antagonizs Crisp. He would, ]
believes have called an extra session OF
congress this spring Il he had not OPP
posed the reelection of Crisp. He hopes
by September to have strong, organ
lied support Tor the administration can
didate for Speaker, yet to be selected"
Ithas also been noticed that the members
of the last House who were conspicuous
as antI-Crisp men receive fattering at
tention when they cell at The White
House.
There is no longer any doubt about the
attitude OF the administration towards
the New York Senator's, so far as the dis
tribution of patronage is concerned. Not
single Hill man has yet been appointed
to a federal office, and this week Sena-
tors Hill and Murphy, who called at
the treasury department to obtain a
Small appointment for New York demo-
crat, were given the snub direct by Sec
rotary Carlisle. The conversation as
reported here was about as follows:
Senator Hill--..We want this man APP
pointed; he is a good democratic worker
and deserves recognition" Secretary
Corlisle:-"Is that all you have to say
in his favor?" Hill-"Isn't that enough"
Carlisle-"No it isn't. There are already
fmore applications from New York than
tits possible to appoint. l haveno room
for this man and will not appoint him. I"
Hill, 4frigidly-"Good day." Senator
Murphy took no part in the converse
ton, but it is safe to say he did lots OF
condensed thinking.
No one regrets more than the repuoli-
can senator's the disgraceful episode pre-
eipitated by Senator Hoar's resolution
directing am investigating by senate
committee OF the charge Of criminal en-
bezzlenent OF the funds of the Washing
ton bank of which he was cashier, which
has been openly made against Senator
Roach, and never denied or satisfactorily
explained. Patience had simply ceased
to be virtue. The Republican Senator's
had caused Senator Roach to be informed
that such resolution would be offered
by one OF them, if he did not offer it him.
self, or make public personal explana-
ton of his connection with the charge.
At first Roach agreed to make such an
explanation, but he afterwards refused
to do so, saying that he had been ad-
.vised by his democratic colleagues not to
do it. Then the resolution was offered.
There isn't the slightest faint of partisan
politics behind it; it is simply an effort to
protect the honor and good name of the
United states Senate, both. of which
have beer snirched by the charge
against Roach; and hints that other
Senator'S have done things in the past
just as bad do not help Roach. In his
case they are not hints but clear and
distinct charge. Il 10 doubtful whether
the senate will take any action until the
cases of the appointed senator's, now be-
ing debated. arc disposed of.