Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-10-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular corresponds.
WASHINGTON, d. G. ~.

ton received by Chairman Babcool
of the republican coneres.;os',
committee, the indications min,
larger republican majority II i
next house. According 10 the a..
est figures made by Chairman RI
cock the next house will be composed
of 200 republicans l47 democrats ana
9 populists, and % of the state dol.
gatione will be controlled by ranrl
licans. These figures are consido.
ed by those who are familiar with
the information upon which TIA,
are based to be very conservative
only those districts being put down
in the republican column which >.
pear to be reasonably certain to o.
republican. For instance, the "a
publicans only claim eleven man
bers from Illinois, where MANY well
informed persons believe they will
elect a larger number, and wbe,o
the democratic committee, in pub.
lished estimate, comedies the elao
ton of IS republicans. 1t is lust
the same with New York, Mr.. Bah
cock only claims l9, while New
Workers who come to Washinctou
say that at least % and possibly "a
republicans will be sent to the NEXT
house.
Considerable amusement was
caused in Washington by the at.
tempt of democrats to appear sur.
prised at Senator Hill's nomination
for governor of New York BY the
democratic convention, when they
all knew perfectly we'll that the
whole programme was cut and dried
from the day that Hill and Murphy
compelled Flower to withdraw as
candidate. 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 him.
self and taking the chances of being
supported by the Cleveland demo.
Gratis, to allowing Cleveland man
to be nominated and then be held
responsible for his defeat, by demo.
Gratis outside of New York. He full.
ly realizes the desperate condition
the democratic party of New York
is in, but does not believe that it
will hurt him politically to be de.
feated; while he knows that it
would make him the biggest man in
the democratic party should he by
some hook or crook succeed in be.
ing 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.. Cleve.
land has before proven himself to
be no better than the average men
when it comes to dealing with bis
personal enimies, 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 7.
Morton will be the next governor
of New York has grown stronger,
if possible, since Hill was nominal
ed by the democrats, and it isn't
confined to republicans either.
By it's notice that the reciprocity
treaty with the United States would
cease to be operative on January !,
1895, Brazil puts on record its DIS
approval of the democratic idea oil
abrogating treaties, regardless OF
their stipulations, by act of congress
1t was provided in this treaty that
it might be abrogated by either
government provided a notice to
that effect were served upon the
other three months prior to the flrss
of January or the first of July Of
any year. Notwithstanding that
the democrats in congress by pro-
vision in the tariff bill abrogated all
reciprocity treaties, except that win
Hawaii, without an hours notice
1t was rather clever bit Of diplo'
macy on the part of Brazil TO de.
clina TAXING any official notice OF