The Progress., 1893-04-08
a1R WASHINGTON LETTER.
,,t,, ot Interest Gathered from About
''''' thR National Capital,
w,smseroS. D. C.. April l. 1893
.,,ondence 70 The Progress:

csnate are "teW au" Iva
;. a'4 ,hsre was one Of the first mag
''a' l.as a.; last week, when Senator Hoar
a,'ass ass,sd a a resolution directing the
0ns,r a',mittee on privileges and elections
. 'on ;uvsstigate the charge of criminal
v ~.hsrzlement openly and publicly
made against Senator Roach OF
s.b r' Dakota. There had been con-
Va liable talk about the probability
,sncb resolution being offered
rsr since the extra session opened 4,
w y, .omebow nobody thought it
y, ',ld be done, most people being of
y. ooipion that senator Roach would
s.ts personal explanation of his
Is -.a0sction with the al led bank en-
s..,lsment. Indeed, it is known that
,.E nromise several weeks ago to
.,Ls an explanation, but he did not
6a. and the resolution was offered
Tbs ouestion now is, what will the
Senate do about it' 1t cannot re-
iuse to adopt the resolution, and the
nrouosition made by some of the sup
no,ters Of Senator Roach to enlarge
he scope of the resolution, by au-
,bOrzing the committee to investi-
oste the antecedents of every Sena
ior seems too childish for serious con
alteration. The charge is not made
srsinst other Senators, but solely
.oa;ost Mr.. Roach. If there be other
Senators with black spots in their
past the charges should be specific
and their names and the crime OF
uimes they are charged with in
ended in the investigation resolution
before it is passed. The matter is toe
important and too far-reaching in it.
couseouences and influences to be
trested from a demagogic, partisan
uoliticsl standpoint. The honor of the
Senate is at stake and the people have
sright to expect that the Senators
Will do that which will maintain it
regardless of consequences to indi
yiduals 1t is not expected that the
resolution will be taken up for ac
ton, although there are hints that j
may he discussed in executive ses
sion, until the case Of the Senators
appointed by the governors of Mon
tana, Washington and Wyoming
shall have been disposed of, and ther'
mo certainty about how long the de
bate, now going on, will last, as th'
disposition seems to be to discuss th
constitutional question involved il
the matter in the most thorougl
manner.
Secretary Gresham raised a huh
bub in the department of the Stat
last week by demanding the resigna
ton Of DIR. f. o. st. Clair, who ha
for twelve years been chief of tn
Consulsr Bureau. The trouble seem
to have been that st. Clair had &C
the idea that Le individually, and nc
be government, was running tn
consular service of the country, an
that he considered himself permar
ent fixture and consequently biz
ger man than the secretary OF Stat'
who seldom remains in Office as muc
Is four years Great pressure ha
been brought to bear on Secretar
Gresham to reinstate st. Clair, VIII
has very strong pull" with the bi
politicians, irrespective of party, br
gsstely to his credit he has refused
81 Clair's residence is said to cor
taln q very valuable collection
rare products and curios from a
parts OF the world, presented to hi
or bis wife by thrifty corsuls an
consuler employees who shared h
belief that he was a bigger man ths
Inc Secretary of State, and cons
uuently must be kept in a good hi
NOR.
There was much disappointment
among thos friendly to the labor o
carnations Of the country over tl
allure Of Herman j. Schulties,
Wisconsin, to receive the nominate
70 be superintendent of immigri
uon, To- which be was very strongl
endorsed aud for which his FRIEND
believed him to be specially we
qualified, but all agree that e:
Congressman Stump, of Marylan
VINO received the nomination, an