Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-04
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.I
Washington. d. c.. Sept. 2s, 1894.

Washington. d. c.. Sept. 2s, 1894.
At every roundup of the information
received by Chairman Babcock. OF the
Republican Congressional Campaign
committee. the indications point 10 9
larger republican majority in the Mex
House. According to the latest figures
made by Chairman Babcock the next
House will be composed of 200 republi-
cans. l47 democrats and o populists.
ana 70 OF the State delegations will be
controlled by republicans. These fig
ures are considered by those who are
familiar with the information upon
which they are based to be very con-
sentative. only those districts being put
down in the republican column which
appear to be reasonably certain TO 90
republican For instance, the repub-
lieaps only claim eleven members from
Illinois, where many well informed
persons believe they will elect larger
number, and where the democratic
committee, in a published estimate,
comedies the election of Is republicans.
1t is just the same with New York, MIR.
Babcock only claims 10. while New
Workers who come to Washington say
that st least p and possibly "a republi-
ans will be sent to the next House.
considerable amusement was caused
cI Washington by the attempt of demo-
ats to appear surprised at Senator
hills nomination for governor of New
I ork by the democratic convention,
when thsy knew perfectly well that the
whole program was cut and dried from
the day that Hill 5nd 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 in favor of death. but he
concluded" says one of his close friends
''that he preferred making the run for
governor himself and taking the chanc-
es of being supported by the Cleveland
democrats, to allowing CleYeland man
to be nominated and then be held re-
sponsible for his defeat, by democrats
outside of New York. He fully rea-
Lies the desperate condition the demo-
cratic party of New York is in, but
does not believe that it will hurt him
politically to DE defeated; while he
knows that it would make him the big
gest man in the democratic party,
should he by some hook or crook
succeed in being elected governor. "
Lockwood was put on tho ticket TO
catch the Cleveland democrats, but il
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 man when
ii comes 10 dealing with his personal
enemies, aud he would have to be very
much better if he really wishes to see
Dave Hill elected governor of New
York at this time. The belief that
Levi P. Morton will be the next gov
ernor of New York has grown stronger,I
if possible. since Hill was nominated
by the democrats, and it isn't confined
to republicans, either.
BY its notice that the reciprocity
treaty with the United States would
cease to be operative on January L,
1895, Brazil puts on record its disap-
proval of the democratic idea of abro-
eating treaties. regardless of their
stipulations, by act of Congress. 1t
was provided in this treaty that it
might be abrogated by either govern
ment, provided notice 10 that effect
were served upon the ether three
months prior to the first of January or
the first of July of any year. Not
withstanding that the democrats in
Congress by provision in the tariff
bin abrogated ell reciprocity treaties,
except that with Hawaii. without an
hours notice. 1t was rather clever
bit of diplomacy on tire part of Brazil
to decline taking my official notice of
the abrogation of the treaty by Con-
gress, and instead to give notice of its
own intention to abrogate it in accord
ance with its terms. although 10 do it,
American goods shipped to Brazil will
have 10 be admitted under the reciproc-
ity advantages since Aug. 28, last.
Don Dickinson has landed another
fat office by the appointment of Gen.
w. w. Duffield, of Detroit, Superin-
tendent of the U. s. Coast and Geodet-
ic Survey, to succeed DIR. I. &. Men
denhall, who has been connected with
the survey for many years, and whose
resignation was recently asked for.
Gen Duffield is very nice gentleman
and one of the few democrats who can
truthfully boast of brilliant war re-
cord upon the Union side, but it is be-
cause he was Don DickInson's man
that he gets this $4,000 year plum,
and not because of his war record, nor
yet because of his possessing the nee
essary scientific qualifications to sue
cessfully administer the duties of the