The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
F1om our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. %. 1894,

WASHINGTON, Sept. %, 1894.
At every roundup of the information
received by Chairman Babcock, of the
republican congressional campaign COM
mittee, the indications point to larger
republican majority in the next house.
According to the latest figures made by
Chairman Babcock the next house will
be composed of 200 republicans, 147
democrats and 9 populists, and % of the
state delegations will be controlled by
republicans. These figures are consid-
cred by those who are familiar with the
information upon which they are based
to be very conservative, only those dis
tricts being put down in the republican
column which appear to be reasonably
certain to go republican. For instance,
the republicans only claim eleven mem
bers from Illinois, where many well-in-
formed persons believe they will elect
larger number, and where the demo-
cratic committee, in a published esti-
mate, comedies the election of thirteen
republicans. 1t is just the same with
New York, Mr.. Babcock only claims
nineteen, while New Workers who come
to Washington say that at least twenty
two and possibly twenty -four republicans
will be sent to the next house.
Considerable amusement was caused
in Washington by the attempt of demo-
Gratis to appear surprised at Senator
Hills nomination for governor of New
York by the democratic convention,
when they knew perfectly well that the
whole programme was cut and dried
from the day that Hill and Murphy COM
PEELED Flower to withdraw as a candi-
date. Hill has recognized for some
time that this campaign was life and
death struggle with him, with the
chances ins favor of death. ''But he
concluded" !" says one of his close friends,
''that he preferred making the run for
of being supported by the Cleveland
democrats, to allowing Cleyeland man
to be nominated and then be held res
ponsible for his defeat, by democrats
outside of New York. He fully realizes
the desperate condition the democratic
party of New York is in, but does not
believe that it will hurt him politically
to be defeated; while he knows that it
would make him the biggest man in the
democratic party should he by some
hook or crook succeed in being elected
governor" Lockwood was put on the
ticket to catch the Cleveland democrats,
but if those in New York are not easier
to be caught than those in Washington
the catch will be small. Mr.. Cleveland
has before now proven himself to be no
better than the average nan when it
comes to dealing with his personal enc
mics, and he would have to be very
much better if he really wished to see
Dave Hill elected governor of New York
at this time. The belief that Levi P.
Morton will be the next governor of
New York has grown stronger, if possi-
BILE, since Hill was nominated by the
democrats, and it isn't confined to re-
publicans, either.
By its notice that the reciprocity treaty
with the United States would cease to
be operative on January 1, 1895, Brazil
puts on record It's disapproval of the
democratic idea of abrogating treaties,
regardless of their stipulations, by act of
congress. 1t was provided in this treaty
that it might be abrogated by either gov
ernment provided notice to that effect
lwere served upon the other three months