Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-01-06
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

| turned from New 1ork where ne nAu
gone at Mr.. Cleveland's request to hold
q conference with the president-elect.
II went to see him expecting to find him
deep in the intricacies of the tariff and
Of finance, and was shocked TO find that
be was more intent upon knocking Hill
down by preventing the election of his
man, Ed. Murphy, to the senate than he
was upon the tariff or financial policy
OF his party for the next four years; and
you may be sure that the shock was not
lessened when he made it plain to me
that he was bargaining patronage, even
to the extent OF seat in his cabinet, to
accomplish Murphy's defeat. Now you
know that l never did admire Mr.. Cleve-
land-he has too much o the |, me and
myself style for me but l did give him
credit for being above the ordinary trick
cries OF machine politicians, and now
that have been shown my mistake, and
by himself at that, my feeling iG disgust"
Boss Gormsn's machine for grabbing
u. s. senators must have run against
some unexpected obstacles, for there has
been ''let up" in the democratic game
OF brag and buster about the control OF
the senate in the next congress, and
they are now willing to admit not only
the possibility that the organization of
the senate will not be changed when it
meets in extra session to confirm Mr..
Cleveland's nominations for his cabinet
and other important positions. There
are democrats, very prominent ones too,
who do not wish to see their party con-
troll the senate; they are smiling very
broadly these days.
If the democrats fail to control the
senate in the next congre 8 they will
avoid what has prom sed to be the ugli-
est sort OF a row over the distribution of
committe chairmanships. 1t is a rule
which has been seldom violated by the
majority in the senate that when changes
are made in the heads of committees the
next man on the committee gets the
craftsmanship, Under that rule Senator
Voorhees,, OF Indiana, would have been
made chairman OF the committee on
finance, and Senator Harris, of Tennessee,
Of appropriations. Neither OF these men
wear Cleveland collars. so a few weeks
ago when democratic control of the sen
ate eeemed certain Boss Cleveland issued
orders that the old rule must be ignored
and these chairmanships given to Car
Isle and Mills. When Dan Voorhees,
heard about that order there was some
language spoken which would not be
proper to use in addressing a Sunday
school, and lie announced his intention
of having his rights, if his party con-
trolled the senate, whatever Mr.. Cleve-
land might wish.
Ahis SlONSIdld ChubStl Il EGubdUlOu uClt
by so freely expressing, in newspaper
interview, his opposition to the election
of Murphy to be senator from New York,
and his reasons therefor. His reasons
are good, for no sensible man can hon
estly claim that conducting a brewery
will give man the necessary experience
TO make an ideal member OF the L. s.
senate; but all the same it was very
"bad break for a president elect to make.
The people of several states have more
than once shown by their votes what
they thought of president attempting
to interfere with their state politics, and
it is now regarded as a certainty here
that Murphy will be elected, and it was
Mr. Gle yeland's interview that made that
impression general. Men who are Mr..
Clevelands friends and admirers admit
that the interview was a mistake, and
that it will cause Senator Hill to en-
barass the new administration in every
way that he car, and the even division
in the senate will give him plenty of OPP
portunities.
The latest democratic guess at Mr..
Clevelaud's cabinet is as follows: Don
Dickinson, secretary OF state; Senator
Carlisle, secretary of the treasury; Sen
ator Gray, attorney general; Dan La
mont, secretary of the navy, and Hon.
VIM. r. Morrison ("Horizontal Bnl")
secretary of the interior. This slate is
given for what it is worth and your
correspondent thinks that very little,
because Don Dickinson stated positively
when he was in Washington last week
that he would not go into the cabinet,
and close, personal friend of Senator
Carlisle, who would be likely to know
his intentions, said to-day that Mr.,