The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-19
Sunday, February 10. 1893.
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Of national prominence in congress pri-
vately express the belief that it is. and
predict that long before the end of the
administration to begin neXt month the
separation between the wings will be
open and final. The principal cause of
this belief is the wide quit that exists
between Mr.. Cleveland and the south
ern and western democrats on the silver
question. a gulf which the failure oi
Mr.. c. to force the repeal by ngr
of the present silver law has widcned
and made apparently impossible. No
tice has been publicly served on Mr..
Cleveland by Representative iilard.
the leader of the silver democrats in the
house. that further attempts along this
I line would bring about a withdrawal Of
, the silver men from the party. The
~forcefulness of Mr. Cleve!and's eharac-
ter is so well known here that the gen
eral opinion is that ne will continue his
fight against silver by calling an early
extra session of tie Ffty-third congress.
unless convinced that a bill for the re
peal of the silver law would be voted
down III either the house or senate. In
that case he would postpone calling an
extra session until he had converted"
a sufficient number to carry his point.
The selection of Judge Walter q.
Gresham. as the head of the cabinet.
which is accepted here as an accomplish
ed fact. will also be a factor in bringing
about a split in the democratic party.
As a rule the democrats in de-
cline TO publicly discuss this selection.
but privately they are showing their
anger and disappointment. The feeling
among them may be judged by the
fact that Senator German. who is ordin-
arily the most Indifferent of men to
newspaper stories printed Of him. TOOK
special pains To go around among the
Washington correspondents and contra
dict the published rumors that Gresham
had been selected on his advice. With
the natural shrewdness OF the tac,tul
political wire puller German lost no
time in disavowing his responsibility
for Gresham. he had seer and noted the
effect OF the announcement of his selcc-
ton upon his party associates in con
gress.
Senator Hill has been quitely sound
ing the democratic senators To ascertain
how many Of them are willing 10 carry
their opposition TO Gresham to the ex.
tent of voting against his confirmation
as a member Of the cabinet. If he can
secure the pledges Of a sufficient mum
ber of senators to defeat the confirmation
he proposes "a do it. although il would
be something never before attempted. as
II has been considered one of the un-
written laws of the senate to confirm
cabinet nominations without question.
Pressure is being brought 10 bear to
have Sergeant AT arms looher 81 the
house made commissioners of pensions. if
n scheme of transferring that bureau
To the war department and s%usuendin"
h pensions OF all widows married since
1870: of all men having income in excess
VI 49, "a N'hi. III fNNfDi lDT tplti m
capacity. Of all alien non residents. fails.
as it viii. The commissionership is mere
iy to be used as a stepping stone to the
democratic nomination for Governor OF
Ohio. The claim is made by foder's
friends that his connection with the e.
V. L. vii! enable him get the votes Of a
sufficient number If old soldiers. here
fofore republicans, ID anchor Ohio per
~manently in the democratic column.
The house committee on WAYS and
means Is OF a wild goose chase after a
silly newspaper rumor alleging that
Secretary Foster had agreed to sell
s.h.ot-,OoO worth Of bonds to 2 syndi-
cate OF New York bankers for gold.
There Is not a word of truth in the
rumof Sec. Foster has made no agree
menf TO sell bonds and has no intention
of making such an agreement. and he
has no idea that the financial situation
VIII be such during this administration
as 10 cause hIm To even take such a step
into serious consideration. Besides. il is
well known to those who enjoy the
presidents confidence that he would not
permit AN issue of bonds.
The democrats in the house sttempt
ed to railroad the proposed radical
manages IN the pension laws through
the house without debate. but they were
hauled up short by the republicans.
who told them they would filibuster un-
til the end of the session if the fullest
debate were not allowed. The debate
will go on this week.
The president has fully made up his
mind. and will. it is thought this week.
send a message to fayoring
annexation. \ majority of
favors annexation. but some of
The democrats would prefer to postpone
it until the next administration. and II
rs possible they may attempt to do so.
" is really amusing to hear the demo
Gratis with their big majority in the
house plead the baby act and trr Ia
the republican a.:..h the r%espon-
for defeating NJ. C,eveland's